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    Default Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris)

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    Made a little trip to Northern Victoria, Australia, on the weekend. Didn't really get what I wanted and had to settle with just a few images, but I still managed to get three new species.
    Here's one of them.
    I actually got lucky with this bird. I went to an almost dry salt lake to look for Rufous Fieldwrens. I had already given up and was on the way back to the car, when this Rufous Fieldwren popped up on a plant next to me. Unfortunately it was between me and the sun. I wanted to try nevertheless. So I dropped everything I carried in my hands and extended my tripod legs while I walked a big loop around the bird. To my great surprise the bird did not fly away, as it had done numerous times before. Instead it started to sing again... Lucky I guess...
    It was just 1°C/32°F outside when I took this image. Something many people wouldn't expect to experience in Australia :)

    You can see a few more images from that trip on my Blog

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    Very nice Jan, lovely natural composition and love the calling pose....sounds like the same salt lake I went looking for these late last year in northern Victoria...but never so much as caught a glimpse

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    Great portrait of this species, HA excellent with good eye contact. Love the BG and how it complements the lovely rich honey browns of the bird.

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    Great calling pose, super details on the bird
    i love the way the eye looks
    perch and the BG are nice

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    Magnificent image.Beautiful composition,nice lights,colors and details.
    I like the smooth BG too.

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    Perfect comp and bg, nice work.

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