Nice shots! In the second in particular, they look like it is Sunday morning after a rough Saturday night on the town!
stan On Feb 27, 2010, at 10:37 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Great captures all. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mann" <[email protected]> > 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 > > > -- > 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.
