wren and finches

[ving]

varigated fairy wren and red browed finches

[DavidU]

#1 ! great colors:thumbsup:
I have never seen the bird in #3 What is it?

[telemarker]

Lovely wrens but I adore the firetails.
Great set of sharp, crisp shots. Extremely jealous of your new site, its really producing the goods.:thumbsup:

[dpastern]

Very good birding shots, good stuff. Liking your new site as well. One thing though:

http://dwhall.redbubble.com/sets/5309/works/162947-11-flower-spider

isn't a flower spider. Araenidae, modern spider, probably arnaemorph of some sort. I could probably ID it for you if you want since I have pretty much every major book on Australian spiders and insects from the past 60 years :)

Dave

[Dennis]

Hi Dave

A beautiful set of photos – they look gorgeous! The colours in the Wren are just fabulous; I hadn’t noticed the russet red on the shoulder before.

The low level shot of the Finches in their habitat is very nice too; the shallow DOF frames them just nicely.

Cheers

Dennis

[fringe_dweller]

thats because its a variegated fairy-wren Dennis, not the much more common (in s/e corner of oz) superb fairy-wren :) I am still to clearly identify one myself! even though they are supposed to be very common!!?? the superbs dominate everywhere i go.. and it gets extra confusing when the male superbs are in in all those weird transition morphs from breeding to non-breeding colours half the time!

and according to one distribution map i have (simpson and day) they arent supposed to be in your corner of the world Dave! awesome! lol

they are amazing crisp and colourful images! you're the man ving! :eyepop:

firetails (red-browed finch) are very common round here, usually in flocks in summer, after breeding, but dont sit still much for closer observation, and tend to like the shade (like a lot of birds) you really need the sun on them/right light to see those brilliant reds well, they can look quite plain without illumination,

[Dennis]

Ahhh, thanks Kearn :thumbsup: that explains it, although in my view, all these gorgeous Wrens are simply “superb” in their own right!;)

Cheers

Dennis

[fringe_dweller]

agreed! :thumbsup: they should just call 'em all the ' the 'insert superlative' wren :lol:
cheers!

[ving]

i know that now... that shot was taken 1.5-2 years ago when i just started. it was taken with a reversed 50mm f1.4. this one is a flower spider...:)
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kearn, the variegateds are almost as common as the superbs in this neck of the woods. :thumbsup:

the finches are called red-browed around here, but whats in a common name anyhow hey :)

[ving]

...oh and thanks for the replies all. :)

[dpastern]

Yup it's a crabbie. Nice looking female as well. Prolly could ID it for you when I get home if you want. Good shot.

Dave

[Jeffkop]

You guys who take these bird pictures ROCK.!!!! They are fantastic and a real treat to look at .. This set true to form .. focus, composition, detail all spot on. Congratulations .. keepem coming !!! ... please

[ving]

thanks jeff :)

[Bobj]

Superb, mate; we get the red-browed finch in our breezeway during the summer storms.

[StephenM]

Another great collection of images David!

Cheers,
Stephen

[ving]

thanks guys :)