Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster) Ash Island NSW Australia
Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster) Ash Island NSW Australia
Canon EOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM with 12mm Ext Ring ISO400 F7.1 1/1000 flash12 February 2012 9.09am
Always have a grin at the name of the species and the the name of the Genus. I learnt this group as Australian Warblers hence this one Mangrove Warbler yet after a few years studying back I come and now it is Mangrove Gerygone about as an imaginative common name matched only by the difficulty in pronouncing the word !! Says something of the shortage of words in taxonomy vocabularies. Visited Ash Island with Gerard Satherley on Saturday trying for this species and came away without firing a shot in anger. Had a spare couple of hours on Sunday morning and visited a spot where previously I had seen the species in some sparse mangroves. Came away with a few images the above typifies how I usually see the species front on peering out luckily here on a bare limb.
Thanks for viewing
Best regards
Rod Warnock
The bird is quite sharp and stands out . The BG is quite busy , but from your description , seems that they favour such perches . I can see a diagonal white line ( remnant of PP )??
Rakesh, that diagonal white line is a spider web and is a bit thicker than normal perhaps due to breeze. I can see the validity od your comment though and I more than likely have said something similar !!
Thanks and Best regards
Rod
Hi Rod, I like the 'twisted' pose. I feel you may have overdone the sharpening on this fellow, but captured nicely in the open, even though the surrounding BG is a touch busy.