Dave the Megalomaniac
17/100 :-)
Tui (male) native to New Zealand.
Meet Dave (The Megalomaniac). He was the boss of our tree in 2010. An alfa male wannabe (the real alfa males don't bother to chase everyone away :-) He frantically chased almost every other bird from the tree all winter long (a hopeless endless task). And sung non-stop.
He never slept at our place but would arrive soon after sunrise (except on wet days when he would sleep in and arrive late) and leave just after sundown. He only worked at ours.
In 2011 Bob was the tree King... and Dave would visit.
2012…2013…no sign of Dave.
I like to think of him out there chasing off invaders from another tree somewhere.
The tags are part of a study of Dunedin Tui and Bellbirds by zoologist, Murray Efford.
f5.7; 1/20; ISO100.
1/20!!! I know ... Lucky shot :-)
Some work with curves.
No blur on background this time.
Dave the Megalomaniac
17/100 :-)
Tui (male) native to New Zealand.
Meet Dave (The Megalomaniac). He was the boss of our tree in 2010. An alfa male wannabe (the real alfa males don't bother to chase everyone away :-) He frantically chased almost every other bird from the tree all winter long (a hopeless endless task). And sung non-stop.
He never slept at our place but would arrive soon after sunrise (except on wet days when he would sleep in and arrive late) and leave just after sundown. He only worked at ours.
In 2011 Bob was the tree King... and Dave would visit.
2012…2013…no sign of Dave.
I like to think of him out there chasing off invaders from another tree somewhere.
The tags are part of a study of Dunedin Tui and Bellbirds by zoologist, Murray Efford.
f5.7; 1/20; ISO100.
1/20!!! I know ... Lucky shot :-)
Some work with curves.
No blur on background this time.