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    Normally a bird of foliage, this one was down looking for nesting material and having trouble with the big bundle of fibers.
    1DXII 70-200mm f/2.8L & 2xIII 400mm 1/200 f10 iso800 +.7

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    very much like a Cape White-eye, (Zosterops virens) - Colin - must look it up to see if they are cousins

    maybe a little over-cooked and over-sharpened for me, whites a little hot! - but that's just my preference


    [EDIT: just looked it up - Silvereye is (Zosterops lateralis) - so they are - Lessor White-eyes ]
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Nuttall View Post
    very much like a Cape White-eye, (Zosterops virens) - Colin - must look it up to see if they are cousins
    [EDIT: just looked it up - Silvereye is (Zosterops lateralis) - so they are - Lessor White-eyes ]
    Not in Australia, we do have a couple of White-eyes in far Northern Australia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Driscoll View Post
    Not in Australia, we do have a couple of White-eyes in far Northern Australia.
    Cape White_eye is S Africa Colin

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    Hi Colin, what a unique looking bird, beautiful colors and the white markings around the eye very different makes the eye pop even more, I also find it a bit "bright' maybe just the whites, Still great job TY for sharing.



    Brian

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