Pardy time in the old dam

[PhilCook]

The heat wave we are having has been drawing a number of birds to the rapidly drying old farm dam near home...a veritable " Bird Party " and a few Kangaroos gate crashing the show.

This is a Striated Pardalote that visited briefly to quench it's thirst. these birds feed almost entirely in the tops of the Gum trees feeding on sugary Lerps , but will come to water regularly.

Canon 7D + 500 f4 + 1.4 x TC....700mm, f7.1, ISO 200, 1/250 sec, no flash....small crop, selective sharpen, slight noise reduction to backdrop, blob of mud cloned off perch

[Satish Ranadive]

Phil:
Excellent image of pardalote on good perch.Love the pose,Ha ,colors,details and nice BG.
How about little tight crop?

Regards,
Satish.

[Greg Oakley]

Sweet shot Phil, love the inquisitive pose!
Cheers, Greg

[David Salem]

Beautiful little bird and captured very well. Great leaning pose and nice colors. Nice detail and clean smooth BG. Very nice Phil.

[gail bisson]

I love seeing all these new birds.
Nothing to critique here!
Great BG and IQ.
Gail

[PhilCook]

Thanks for the kind words, these birds are quite common here, but not often venturing from the tree tops

[Karl Egressy]

Nice bird, lovely pose and background, Phil. I'm not so pleased with the perch.

[Daniel Cadieux]

That particular location + your heatwave is really paying off as far as bird photography goes! I'm enjoying the series alot. Another great bird, very nice details and colours. BG looks great and you have a well balanced composition. The weaker part of the image is the perch, which although not displeasing could be even better if setup by yourself.

[Sachin Saraf]

Phil, this is really beautiful image...what a colorful bird!

Loved the pose, BG, details, IQ and sharpness...

[Robert Holguin]

Superb shot!!!
Love the pose, excellent perch, wonderful background, and excellent details.
Very well done.