Noisy Friar Bird

[Colin Driscoll]

Not blessed with good looks, and a cackling call to match. The name originated from the bald head and collar reminiscent of a Friar cleric. In the honeyeater group as it is a nectar feeder.
1DXII 400mm F/2.8L II & 2XIII 800mm 1/4000 f7.1 iso800 SUV as cover gear resting on a folded towel on the bonnet.
Cropped from horizontal levels and light sharpening.

[John Mack]

Nice view of this guy. Like the perch and the background. Well done.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Colin, I agree with John's comments... nice image. I like all about the image, especially that it is a bird I have never seen before. Thank you for sharing.

[annmpacheco]

Hello Colin, wonderful work here, I like the clean perch and BG, and the lovely details, pose and terrific ruby eye! Love the collar, and Im intrigued, going to find an audio of this cackler! superb

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks, for the curious here is a link to a video I took of a chorus of these birds 'singing' under a Mammatus cloud sky. Might need to allow Flash.
https://goo.gl/7xQGvj

[Isaac Grant]

Looks great. Fantastic image quality and this is a really good bird on a stick image. Details, pose and background are all great. Nice to see you posting again as well. Now lets see this bird eating some stone-fruit flowers or something!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Interesting looking bird, and well captured, Colin. Very nice BG also. Unique cloud formation in the video, and love the accompanying chorus.

Geoffrey




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[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Lovely image Colin. Nice BG, perch and it is naturally clean.
Enjoyed the video, it's hard to forget a chorus of these birds chattering away!