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Well today Nicole and I set out to Banyule and Yarra Flats to go bird spotting. The weather looked magnificant, was a bit of a chill but it wasn't unbearable. We arrived and set off, just following the trail of birds singing. We were first greated by the Willy Wag Tail. I'm not entirely sure where we went in Banyule Flats or Yarra Flats, but it was pretty damn nice. Saw probably about 20+ different type of birds:

Willy Wagtail
Fairy Wren and Superb Fairy Wren
Spotted Pardalote
Red Browed Firetail Finch
Eastern Shrike Tit
New Holland Honeyeater
White Faced Heron
Dotterol
Easter Yellow Robin
Grey Fantail
Mistletoebird
Gallahs

Just to name a few. Nicole can probably fill you in more on some of the other birds we saw. Those are just the ones I remember.

Here are a couple of the shots I've processed already.
Taken with the Sigma 100-300 EX APO with 1.4tc (borrowed from Nicole).


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What can I say .......... just great bird pix's........

cheers
bp

Kipper - great shots - looks like that Sigma combo works well together

Yeah it did. Still not enough though. 420MM focal length was great on the Fairy Wren. Could of done with another 400-600MM though on top. The original image has a lot of wasted crop space, which is wasted subject detail space.

They are really nice pics! That fairy-wren is great. I missed it...too busy changing cards. It sure was a great place for the birds. A few others I just checked up were White-plumed Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill and Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike.

Yep, I got a photo of the White Plumed Honeyeaster. Wasn't 100% sure on the ID, so was going to ask you first.

kipper - well done. I personally prefer the second shot, water ripple with reflection is so .

It is good to see that you and Nicole went out, had a fun day. Also you had the opportunity to use someone else's equipment, Sigma 100-300 EX APO + TC1.4.

Yeah, I'd like to have a 600MM / 800MM to play around with for a day or a 500MM with 1.7tc

kipper,

kipper wrote:Yeah, I'd like to have a 600MM / 800MM to play around with for a day or a 500MM with 1.7tc

Do you have a entry in 'X-LOTTO' tonight

Cheers,

Really like the second one with the reflection. I like any form of animal/bird shot but the reflection gives the image so much more interest...

Here's a photo of a Spotted Pardalote (possibly juvenile) that was hanging above the tree that we were watching.

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