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Striated Thornbills

Started Mar 11, 2016 | Photos
vass
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Striated Thornbills
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Thought id'e share these little beauties.
The Striated Thornbill is a small little bird that averages about 10cm long and weighs about 7g. They are a very active bird that feed mainly on insects but do eat small seeds too occasionally.
Usually they are hard to get close too without good reach but this time I got very close and was pleased with the results
Enjoy!

100 % crop from 3rd image

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DavidH202 Senior Member • Posts: 1,607
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very nice ... and they look even better in your Flickr page!

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Lovely with cracking detail - gorgeous series.

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DavidH202 wrote:

very nice ... and they look even better in your Flickr page!

Thank you

Agreed, was just comparing the 3rd image and the details seem to get blurred on DPR, same file was uploaded on both sites

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Mister Roboto wrote:

Lovely with cracking detail - gorgeous series.

cheers

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very good, looks like a bird with character

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beautiful series

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thk0 Regular Member • Posts: 159
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Remarkable detail. I might show the last one to my biology of birds class because it demonstrates interesting modification of the feathers around the face giving the bird a "grizzled" look.

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Trevor Carpenter wrote:

very good, looks like a bird with character

thanks Trevor, they definitely have character

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Marg Rodgers Forum Member • Posts: 51
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Great pics - as usual! I have managed to get a few shots of these little guys but nothing close to the standard of your shots. The feather detail is amazing.

Marg

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cangopluto wrote:

beautiful series

Thank you

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Beautiful images! A pleasure to look at,

katy

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katy C. wrote:

Beautiful images! A pleasure to look at,

katy

Thanks Katy C

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Hen3ry wrote:

Thanks Geoffrey

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Marg Rodgers wrote:

Great pics - as usual! I have managed to get a few shots of these little guys but nothing close to the standard of your shots. The feather detail is amazing.

Marg

Thanks Marg

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