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Iris in the garden :-)

Satin Bowerbird, female.

It's those eyes!!

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O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat - Lamington National Park

Australia

Follow up from my precious post, this one showing the back view

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This species presents marked sexual dimorphism.

The male is dark in colour with a metallic blue sheen and builds an amazing bower that he decorates with all sorts of blue things he finds to please the female.

 

O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat - Lamington National Park

Australia

Up to a dozen of these beautiful birds visit my yard every day.

Sisyrinchium striatum can reach a height of 70–90 centimetres (28–35 in). It has an erect stem with a clump of grey-green sword-shaped alternate leaves and several clusters of cup-shaped creamy white flowers with six tepals and golden centers. They bloom from May to June in the northern hemisphere. This species is native to Argentina and Chile.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyrinchium_striatum#References

 

Olsynium douglasii, on southern tip of Vancouver Island

This bowerbird builds a big bower that it decorates with all kinds of objects it finds in bright blue

 

Species # 1410

 

O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat - Lamington National Park

Australia

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Newgale beach, out of season, long exposure, trying to capture an element of peace and quiet. The birds have an ghost effect from the partial movement over the 20s shutter speed which adds to the effect of a painting.

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. Male Satin bowerbirds build specialised stick structures, called bowers, and they decorate the area with blue and sometimes yellow objects. Those objects are sometimes natural objects such as feathers, flowers, seed-pods and fruits, but more often now are artificial items, mostly plastic. Females visit these bowers and choose which male they will allow to mate with them.

 

Photographed on the University of Wollongong campus, New South Wales, Australia.

 

A focus stack (of two images) using Zerene Stacker.

Satin Bowerbirds are intermittent visitors to my garden, they are bullied by other birds, and especially Lorikeets.

There was a lot of Bowerbird activity in the botanic gardens. This one posed momentarily to allow me to take this photo.

I think it is a female, but it maybe also be a juvenile.

The waters barely seem to move as the clouds fill the sky. the contrast of the craggy rocks against the silkiness of the water is a feast for the eyes.

He as just came out of is chrysalis.

He was on the floor.his wings was

Going at a hundred miles a hour.

He was drying them I think.

But I put him somewhere safe.

I have never seen one before

 

Accompanying Photo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Please see the Aquamac Set notes.

Lamington National Park, Australia

This is an adult female (on the left) feeding some banana to one of her young. (It's hard to distinguish adult female Satin bowerbirds from their young.)

 

Photographed in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Woodland garden, Wollongong Botanical Gardens

The focus is a bit fuzzy, but I like it.

Berberis aquifolium

after lunch; Satin Bowerbird in the backyard.

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

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