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The Tui can be heard singing almost everywhere you go in North Island, NZ (maybe South Island too, though we didn't have time to go down there), though its not so easy to get a photo! This top picture is the first one I managed to photograph, on Tiritiri Matangi island, which is an island a bit similar to Skomer in that you have to book to go there on a boat, you can't stay overnight unless you book months in advance, and its a nature reserve. Those are the only similarities!
As you can see from the exif, this wasn't an easy shot to get, at ISO 20000. It was very dark under the canopy with bright sunlight above. But wayhay, I have the camera for the job!!! Three cheers for the Mark III.
In case anyone's wondering how I'm getting on with my broken toe, the bruising and swelling has gone down very quickly, and I'm managing to get around quite well if I take enough pain killers :)
BTW it looks better in lightbox.
A TUI Airlines Netherlands Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on his way for a departure from Schiphol Airports Polderbaan on a beautiful autumn day.
NO RETOUCH ~~
thấy hemmmmmm
thấy tui hemmm
thấy tay đen mà chân trắng hemmmmmm T_T
thấy nó mọi rợ chưa X_X
Trước là ngoại con Jen mỡ
Là nó chụp lén chứ hem phải tui tự kỉ =)
Tui đang được tận hưởng không khí học hành nhộn nhịp tưng bừng của lớp 9 :">
Rất thú vị X_X
Sắp tới tuần ktra 1 tiết liên miên :-?
Thích lémmmmmmmmm =)
So mình không thể có thời gian để up hình :(
Sr cũng chưa kịp rep cm của mng luôn :(
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Ước gì mình không biết ngta là ai thì tốt nhỉ :-? ^^
Tui at Karori Sanctuary Wellington New Zealand.
•Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest members of the diverse honeyeater family. The name Tui is from the Maori language name tūī and is the species' formal common name. The plural is simply 'Tui', following Māori usage. The English name, Parson Bird, has fallen into disuse but came about because at first glance the Tui appears completely black except for a small tuft of white feathers at its neck and a small white wing patch, causing it to resemble a parson in religious attire.
On closer inspection it can be seen that Tui have faded browner patches on the back and flanks, a multicoloured iridescent sheen that varies with the angle from which the light strikes them, and a dusting of small, white-shafted feathers on the back and sides of the neck that produce a lacy collar.
Tui are considered to be very intelligent, much like parrots. They also resemble parrots in their ability to clearly imitate human speech, and are known for their noisy, unusual call, different for each individual, that combine bellbird-like notes with clicks, cackles, timber-like creaks and groans, and wheezing sounds—the unusual possession of two voiceboxes enable Tui to perform such a myriad of vocalisations.Some of the huge range of Tui sounds are beyond the human register. Watching a Tui sing, one can observe gaps in the sound when the beak is agape and throat tufts throbbing. Tui will also sing at night, especially around the full moon period. The yellow deposits on the crest of this Tūī are grains of pollen rubbed off from the flowers on which it has been feeding.Nectar is the normal diet but fruit and insects are frequently eaten, and pollen and seeds more occasionally. Particularly popular is the New Zealand flax, whose nectar sometimes ferments, resulting in the Tui flying in a fashion that suggests that they might be drunk. Tui are the main pollinators of flax, kowhai, kaka beak and some other plants. Note that the flowers of the three plants mentioned are similar in shape to the Tui's beak—a vivid example of mutualistic coevolution.
Male Tui can be extremely aggressive, chasing all other birds (large and small) from their territory with loud flapping and sounds akin to rude human speech. This is especially true of other Tui when possession of a favoured feeding tree is impinged. Birds will often erect their body feathers in order to appear larger in an attempt to intimidate a rival. They have even been known to mob harriers and magpies. The powered flight of Tui is quite loud as they have developed short wide wings, giving excellent manoeuverability in the dense forest they prefer, but requiring rapid flapping. They can be seen to perform a mating display of rising at speed in a vertical climb in clear air, before stalling and dropping into a powered dive, then repeating. Much of this behaviour is more notable during the breeding season of early spring—September and October. Females alone build nests of twigs, grasses and mosses.
Tui drinking sugarwater from a feeder in winter. The feeders are hanging plantpot bottoms and chain. Brought from a gardening shop. The sugar-water is 10% sugar. And I put a heavy stone in the feeder to help keep it stable.
Managed to catch this Tui on one of our succulents attracted by the nectar in the flowers.
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Fitted with split scimitar winglets, on the roll on runway 23L at Manchester on its way to Gran Canaria, leaving behind a rainbow and typical NW weather. Operating TOM5YT.
Tui are boisterous, medium-sized, common and widespread bird of forest and suburbia. They look black from a distance, but in good light tui have a blue, green and bronze iridescent sheen, and distinctive white throat tufts (poi). They are usually very vocal, with a complicated mix of tuneful notes interspersed with coughs, grunts and wheezes. I took this image at work (after work I add). There were a few years where there weren't many, but I am hoping this season they are back.
These lovely birds are great to have around your garden.
The tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest members of the diverse honeyeater family. The name tui is from the Maori language name tūī and is the species' formal common name. The plural is tui in modern English, or ngā tūī in Māori usage;[2] some speakers still use the '-s' suffix to produce the Anglicised form tuis to indicate plurality, but this practice is becoming less common.[3] The early European colonists called it the parson bird,[4] but, as with many New Zealand birds, the Maori name tui is now the common name and the English term is archaic. (Wikipeadia)
The Minho River froms the border Between Portugal and Spain. So here is spanish Tui seen from Portugese Valença.
Tui had a bishop's see as early as 5th century and developed well. Within the 10th/11th century it was raided by Vikings and Maurs, so the "Catedral de Santa Maria" in Tui seems to be a fortresse.