Beautiful. Everything is great about the set, but, gosh, love that light.
cheers, Christine
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From: "David Mann" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:18 PM
Subject: GESO: Fantail
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
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