Without checking my bird book, this looks like what I believe is a Fly Catcher. Nice collection.
Jack --- On Sat, 2/27/10, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Savage <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: GESO: Fantail > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 6:29 PM > Cool. I particularly like the > 3rd & last shots. > > They look, and from your description of their behaviour > similar to the > Willy Wagtails we have here. > > <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/GESO/GESO_001/index.html> > > DS > > On 28 February 2010 10:18, David Mann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > My partner was out in the back yard doing some > gardening when this little fellow turned up to help. After > a few minutes his (or her, I can't tell) friend joined us as > well. I think they're both quite young. > > > > http://www.multi.net.nz/fantail/ > > > > Fantails are very cute but they're hard to photograph > because they never sit still. I've always wanted to get > some decent pics of one. I like watching them as they eat > insects on the wing - they look like they're completely > bonkers as they keep changing direction in mid-air. > > > > They're also quite curious. They kept coming within > about two feet of me to check me out. They quite often > follow people as we tend to disturb the insects around us. > They're not really an urban bird (a bit susceptible to > cats) but we have a river at the back of our property. > > > > Size-wise they're a little bigger than a sparrow. > > > > It's not really shown in these photos but their tail > looks just like a fan when they expand it out, hence the > name. This helps them with their aerial acrobatics. > Here's a pic I found that shows it... > > http://www.whiteherontours.co.nz/piwakawaka.html > > > > One day I might actually get one in mid-flight. > > > > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
