14 October 2016

Tui at Pauatahanui

At the Plimmerton end of Pauatahanui Inlet we stopped briefly but walkers with babies in pushchairs and dogs meant birds were scarce. I did photograph this tui but held out little hope the result would be OK because the bird refused to come low enough so I could avoid the bright grey sky as a background. However, some judicious processing helped by a relatively low ISO meant I was able to salvage this photograph.

The yellow around the base of the upper bill is pollen from the kowhai flowers from which the tui had been sipping nectar.

[1/400 sec at f5.0, ISO 250]



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3 comments:

  1. Zhoen16 October 2016 at 03:29

    Looks a tad ruffled.

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  2. gz16 October 2016 at 10:36

    looks a bit wary..but a good image

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  3. pohanginapete16 October 2016 at 19:00

    Zhoen, they seem to like ruffling. I think it's part of their great variety of displays, although I don't know what it means (but as long as other tui do, that's what matters).

    Thanks gz. Tui always seem alert; whether it's wariness or curiosity isn't certain.

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