On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:23 -0400, "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is one ugly bird! > > Nice shot, but ugly bird nevertheless. >
Well, I've got to stick up for these guys. They're a bit ordinary in appearance but 'ugly'? No way!! I've got a bit of grudging respect for them - they're not especially big but are very game and will see off much larger birds in their territory. They also aren't shy about dive bombing anything else that they see as threats - cats and dogs and the occasional human (as Rob found out). The problem is that they tend to dominate an area so that very few other species get a chance. Excellent photo, Rob. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Team, > > > > I haven't posted a bird pic for years but this one amused me, it's a > > rather agitated native Noisy Miner. They are ferociously territorial > > and I obviously stepped over the line, I was being dive bombed and > > generally hassled but I caught this shot as it was eyeing me off for > > the next assault. > > > > The image was shot hand held using my K-x and FA200/2.8 @ F3.2, 1/400, > > ISO 1250, the K-x AF was no match for this guy. > > > > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~aglcnews/temp/IMGX02127.jpg > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisy_Miner > > > > Hope you enjoy. > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
