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Exhausted after his migration from New Guinea. Rehab and released.



Date: 8 Dec 2003 04:55 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kelloggs2066.livejournal.com
Who's a Pretty Birdie! :D

Date: 8 Dec 2003 04:59 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
Who's a cranky birdie with a sharp beak?

Date: 8 Dec 2003 05:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com
Cranky and pointy he may be, but *my* what gorgeous colors!

Date: 8 Dec 2003 05:56 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com

"Pining for the fjords my %@$@*^*!"

What an amazing bird! You can see the attitude all right!:)

"Gorgeous bird the Sacred Kingfisher, beautiful plumage.........."

Date: 8 Dec 2003 07:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dabroots.livejournal.com
That's a beautiful and incredible-looking bird. Are they at all endangered?

Date: 8 Dec 2003 13:20 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
They are really common and easily found along waterways with trees along the banks. You never knoew they're there until you see a blue flash and a splash.

Date: 8 Dec 2003 13:27 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dabroots.livejournal.com
Not quite as fast as hummingbirds, though. Or are they?

Date: 8 Dec 2003 14:07 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
Only in a "plummeting" way. They perch over water and drop in to catch fish, then bounce out and fly back to the perch to eat their catch.

In the shade they're a real dull blue so you can't see them, but boy do you see them when they hit the sunlight!

Date: 8 Dec 2003 14:11 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dabroots.livejournal.com
Very cool. If airfare between the US and Australia weren't so incredibly expensive, I'd love to take my 8 year-old son--a great lover your region's peculiar animals--there for a visit.

Date: 8 Dec 2003 16:50 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
I can highly recommend Taronga Zoo in Sydney, where you'll see platypuses, and Australia Zoo near Brisbane, where you'll see a large reptile collection, crocodiles and Steve Irwin. 8)

And there's a pretty good zoo here in Dubbo. It covers 3000 acres and has free-range enclosures. I can get you up-close and personal to some animals too.

Date: 8 Dec 2003 17:45 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dabroots.livejournal.com
I'll keep the offer in mind. Thank you. Three thousand acres is enormous, and it sounds wonderful.

Date: 8 Dec 2003 07:59 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jim-lane.livejournal.com
Incredible coloration! Tail feathers look a bit "frayed".
Can't blame him for being annoyed---at YOU!!!

(hehehe!!!)

Date: 8 Dec 2003 08:12 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] betnoir.livejournal.com
< MontyPython > Beautiful plumage! < / MontyPython >

But boy does he looked PISSED!

Date: 8 Dec 2003 10:12 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] makovette.livejournal.com
Whoda thunk that the Norwiegan Blue migrated from PPNG?

At least no nails were required to keep this one on his perch ;-P

CYa!
Mako

Date: 8 Dec 2003 08:28 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elynne.livejournal.com
I love that second picture... he totally looks like a punk. "Yeah, up yours, wanker!" :D

Date: 8 Dec 2003 14:16 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
They have a little crest on their head that rises slightly when the bird is irritated, and then you know Someone Will Be Pecked.

It's usually me.

Date: 10 Dec 2003 13:55 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elynne.livejournal.com
Awwww, cute... and painful. ;D

Date: 8 Dec 2003 10:57 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/crossfire_/
Caption for the second pic:

"Get that $*(@ing camera out of my face, you wanker!"

Date: 8 Dec 2003 14:14 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanderling.livejournal.com
What a gorgeous bird!
He looks pretty chipper there! There's something funny about seeing a bird like that with carpet in the background...

Date: 8 Dec 2003 16:44 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
He grabbed my glove so tightly I simply took it off and placed it on the floor to get the photos. He was happy to hang on and not fly. (For "cranky" values of happy.)

I don't have an aviary so I couldn't put him in there, and if I did he'd vanish into the greenery.

Date: 9 Dec 2003 20:56 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanderling.livejournal.com
At least it was your glove and not your finger! His beak looks like it could do some damage.

I doubt even if you could devise some sort of naturalistic perch to photograph the birds on, that they'd cooperate and sit nicely on said perch while photographs were taken. Birds (and wild animals in general) being who they are.

What sort of a camera do you use to take these pictures?

Date: 9 Dec 2003 22:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
It's a Canon EOS 50E with a 35-80mm zoom. A local film processing shop does a direct negative-to-CD transfer, so the quality of the jpegs is really nice. Only have to crop and resize the photos.

Date: 13 Dec 2003 20:29 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanderling.livejournal.com
Pretty nice camera! Someday I'd like to get myself something spiffy like that, for wildlife and nature shots. In the meantime I buy what I can afford. The digital prints CD is very handy. I know you can get that done around here but haven't looked into it (mostly because, with a digital camera of my own, there hasn't been much need).

Date: 8 Dec 2003 18:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grygon.livejournal.com
*collapses*

Date: 8 Dec 2003 22:05 (UTC)

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