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19.10.13

CABBAGE PALM BABIES....

 
 Funny how sometimes you don't see what's right in front of you until you really look.  I had been amusing myself watching a couple of blue-faced honey eaters flying in and out of a neighbour's cabbage palm and realised they must have a nest because they were playing tag.  One flew in and the other flew out in search of more food.
Regular readers might remember my excitement when 2 brown honey eaters hatched their babies right outside my front door. They didn't return this year, no doubt terrified by my constant presence. These fledglings are a lot further away and quite high up so I haven't got quite the same vantage point or access. 
It wasn't until after I'd downloaded the first 2 shots that I realised I could see those babies crying for food.  When I rushed back out to get a better shot, the light had faded but they are definitely there, although not visible to my naked eye.  Thank goodness for zoom lenses!  Hopefully, in better light I'll get a couple of nice shots tomorrow.  Prepare to be bored to death by baby bird.

4 comments:

  1. Oh well done with that zoom Sandy! Great shot.....even tho you didn't realise you'd done it! lol. I should have taken one of the Butcher bird's nest in that tree on the back corner of our house, but it's so high up it probably wouldn't have made a very good shot! They've been making life VERY difficult for our and the neighbours' cats for weeks!! :)

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  2. Thanks Pam. Have been out a few more times but nothing anywhere near as good. The wind is up though and move their palm frond around. Hope they don't fall out!

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  3. You are so good with your photos I am very impressed.

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  4. Thanks Cath, sorry haven't managed to get any better shots, too windy for a start, so now have to worry about whether the babies will fall out!

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