New Holland Honeyeater Photo

Photographer’s Note

It is around eighteen centimetres long, is mainly black, with a white iris, white facial tufts and yellow margins on its wing and tail feathers. It is a very active bird and it rarely sits long enough to give an extended view. When danger approaches a New Holland Honeyeater, such as a bird of prey, a group of Honeyeaters will form together and give a warning call. Sexes are similar in looks with the exception that females are, on average, slightly smaller. Younger Honeyeaters are mostly brown and have grey eyes.
Was the first bird to be scientifically described in Australia, and was initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.
They primarily feed on nectar, although a large part of their diet may also consist of insects.

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luciola (1096) 2009-02-11 4:33

Hi,
Uncommon photo, nice colours, beautiful composition.
regards
Lucja

kri54 (1515) 2009-02-11 4:55

Bonjour,
très belle composition, bien nette avec un bon cadrage et de belles couleurs

Buin (38258) 2009-02-11 8:03

Hallo Lourdes!
Hats off! ... to this photo! Great! For me it's perfect in each respect. The bird wonderfully is "silhouetted" in front of the blurred background and even the bush is something special, something gorgeous here, I think it's a protea (?).
Congrats to this photo!
Greetings from Germany - with a lot of fresh snow!
Frank

SteveH (3995) 2009-02-12 13:51

Hi, great shot! these birds move around so much that they are hard to capture. But you did well here, especially like the inclusion of the banksia flowers. DOF just right too, and the blurred flower in the BG helps to create the scene. Cheers, steve

torre (893) 2009-02-12 14:39

Olá Lurdes. Esta foto está explêndida, com boa definição e côres. Foi uma boa oportunidade de foto. Esta espécie de ave não existe por cá.
Parabéns
Arlindo

Lay (26) 2009-02-14 9:23