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A colourful young Tui takes a very brief pause from feeding on Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans or Echium fastuosum) in the Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North.
El tren de Continetal Rail pasando por el puente internacional entre Valença y Tui .
Mercancías Leixois-Vigo Guixar.
Fecha:2021
A walk in my local park this morning drew my attention to some boisterous Tui's as spring approaches. This one was quite high in a tree and in a fairly dark area - add that this is a fairly heavy crop also and once again the SEL70300G lens does quite a nice job.
(c) Dominic Scott 2020
Tui ,although common, play a very important role in the dynamics of New Zealand forests because they are one of the most common pollinators of flowering plants, and also disperse the seeds of trees with medium-sized fruits. This one is loaded with pollen on its beak.
In spring time the tuis get a bit drunk on fermented nectar in the fuschia flowers I believe. Anyway they don't mind people standing under the tree waiting for them.
PS On looking more closely there is a second tui where this one wants to land!
Loc 193 650 met de TUI Ski Express, trein SDRV 13425 van Amsterdam Centraal naar Bludenz. Flirsch, 28 januari 2023
The beautiful Tui is still one of my favourite birds. 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.
Taken at Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington during our stop-over road-trip to Auckland.
Pronounced Two ee.The Tui 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 early European colonists called it the Parson Bird.
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.
The Tui is often spotted (and heard) in many settings, both in suburbia and woodlands etc. From a distance they usually appear black in colour with their distinctive white tuffs under their chin, but catch them in the right light and a kaleidoscope of colours and detail emerge!
(c) Dominic Scott 2020
De lichtomstandigheden was niet al te best, maar de omgeleide TUI skitrein met als tractie de Vectron 193527 liet ik niet gaan door mijn achtertuin...
This Tui discovered our feeder within a few months of installation and has been a regular visitor ever since.
We are now slaves to his rampant sugar addiction.
...on harakeke (NZ Flax)
Tui, one of New Zealand's native honeyeaters, are important pollinators of native forest flowers. The tui's beak is perfectly shaped to fit into the harakeke flower from which it feeds on nectar.
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, you 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.
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.
Practicing my birding photography..
Tui are boisterous, medium-sized, common and widespread bird of forest and suburbia – unless you live in Canterbury. 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. In flight, their bodies slant with the head higher than the tail, and their noisy whirring flight is interspersed with short glides. nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/tui
A reflex shot. I prefocussed on the branch as several birds used it before this one. This one stayed less than a second then flew on to the bird feeder with sugar water which I guess tastes like nectar to them. Shots at the feeder itself are just too easy so I don't bother :) Have a good weekend. A sunny Sunday here.
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Pausing from feeding on flax flowers. Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North.
Tui are boisterous, medium-sized, common and widespread bird of forest and suburbia – unless you live in Canterbury. 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. In flight, their bodies slant with the head higher than the tail, and their noisy whirring flight is interspersed with short glides. nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/tui
The tui is a large honeyeater, 27 to 32 cm (11–13 in) in length. The Chatham Islands subspecies is larger on average than the nominate subspecies, and heavier.
Males tend to be heavier than females. Nominate males weigh between 65–150 g (2.3–5.3 oz), and females 58–105 g (2.0–3.7 oz). Males of the Chatham subspecies are 89–240 g (3.1–8.5 oz) and females 89–170 g (3.1–6.0 oz).
At first glance the bird 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 clerical attire.
On closer inspection it can be seen that tui have brown feathers 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.
This image was taken in ZEALANDIA, in Wellington, on the North Island of New Zealand
The beautiful Tui is still one of my favourite birds. 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.
Taken at Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington during our stop-over road-trip to Auckland.
One of the last engines I viewed on the open day was the Tui Shunter The history of this machine was it orginally was the Shunter for the Tui Dairy Company which was based on the site behind the Pahiatua Railway Station and is currently the site of the Fonterra Plant
The tui's beak is perfectly shaped to fit into the harakeke (or NZ flax) flower from which it feeds on nectar.
Taken a few weeks ago when the harakeke was still flowering and nectar for the birds was plentiful.
Terwijl er op zondag 26 Maart 2023 nog steeds niet gereden mag worden tussen Eindhoven/Boxtel - en Den Bosch vanwegen dat er Familie Dasen(beschermt diersoort) onder het spoor verblijven ,
Deze mogen op een goede manier verplaatst worden zijn de laatste berichten !?
Hier door kon ik tot mij eigen verassing ter hoogte van het prachtige station gebouwd van Oisterwijk , op de regenachtige zondag ochtend de 26 ste Maart 2023 ,De TUI skiexpress vastleggen met als tractie de SBB 193 660 die in Tilburg CS kop zal maken om vervolgens via Den Bosch zijn verder weg zal vervolgen naar Utrecht -Amsterdam CS
For Lance. I spotted this Tui singing it's heart out at the Wellington Botanic Gardens. I saw some more at the top of the Cable Car route but it ws a quick and in darker part in a kowhai tree.
A lovely day out to Hanmer yesterday. Lunch, Tui, Bush walk, more Tui, Soak in mineral hot pools, Dinner. Not a bad way to spend the day!
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. In flight, their bodies slant with the head higher than the tail, and their noisy whirring flight is interspersed with short glides.
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