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Oscarr-334 [2018-01-15 05:45:06 +0000 UTC]
Awesome shot! I'm glad you took a photograph of one of these guys - they are pretty cool
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Brakawolf In reply to Oscarr-334 [2018-01-16 10:06:10 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. Actually I took another photo today, at the bay near where I live - and another of them turned up in the shot. It looks like the same bird, which would mean he roams up and down the river quite a ways - but the focus wasn't good enough for me to be sure.
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Lethal-Lana [2018-01-14 14:52:47 +0000 UTC]
You have captured this shot so beautifully. I love it's colors. You were lucky to get this one. Is it the only image you have of this bird?
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Brakawolf In reply to Lethal-Lana [2018-01-16 10:11:35 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much. No - well, I have heaps of shots from that session, which i could post if you like, though a lot are quite similar. I do have some photos in my gallery taken at the same location last six or seven months earlier, which I think are of the same bird. Not quite as good a lens, though.
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Lethal-Lana In reply to Brakawolf [2018-01-16 23:10:40 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for sharing these I would enjoy seeing them
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Doll-Ladi [2018-01-14 12:46:46 +0000 UTC]
WOW this has to be one of the best shots of these birds. I have never seen one this color. What an incredible looking shot. I love it!
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Brakawolf In reply to Doll-Ladi [2018-01-16 10:12:29 +0000 UTC]
Thanks very much. I do have more from that session, though I was only going to put up more if they were different in some way.
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Doll-Ladi In reply to Brakawolf [2018-01-16 22:49:37 +0000 UTC]
I would love to see them
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Brakawolf In reply to Doll-Ladi [2018-01-22 23:12:45 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. I will get to it. I'm just trying to keep my new entries varied, but I've put a couple aside which might be suitable.
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Doll-Ladi In reply to Brakawolf [2018-01-23 02:54:53 +0000 UTC]
Okay when you have the time
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Doll-Ladi In reply to Brakawolf [2018-01-16 12:21:48 +0000 UTC]
Oh I look forward to seeing them when you do I can't believe I did not favor such a beautiful image.
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The-Skipperdogman [2018-01-14 01:35:32 +0000 UTC]
Cute photo, we call them Little Shags in NZ. This one is a juvenile, it's white belly will turn black leaving only a white face once adult.
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Brakawolf In reply to The-Skipperdogman [2018-01-14 02:34:53 +0000 UTC]
I think the NZ bird is a different subspecies or form. From what I've read, most of the NZ birds are of this black chested type. I'm pretty sure this isn't a juvenile, because in the Australuan variety the white only extends above the eyes in adults.
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The-Skipperdogman In reply to Brakawolf [2018-01-14 05:08:46 +0000 UTC]
They are the same species, and you are right by saying the white only extends above the eyes in adults.
Here is a link to a bird website, look at the part were it says other names.
nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/l…
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CckyGy81 [2018-01-14 00:52:48 +0000 UTC]
Great photo
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