Hi I am interested in opinions on the subject shot. Taken at the Astronomical society of NSW's dark sky site, Wiruna near ilford NSW. The bird was habituated, I think it may have been fed at nearby farm houses. I kept her interested with small amounts of cheese.

Canon T-90 500mm f4.5 L @ f4.5, 300TL/Project-a-Flash. Manfrotto 055B/#268 ballhead.

ps it is not clear from rules if I have to post here as well as at Andrei Frolov's web page, so I uploaded there and posted URL here as well.

-- Chris ross (chrisx2@loxinfo.co.th), April 04, 2000

Answers

Hi Chris,

A nice, interesting shot. Fill flash goes a long way in this shot. Good work.

BTW, there is no species of "Grey Shrike Thrush" that I can find. Thrush and Shrikes are very different birds. It looks like it may be a thrush, but I'm not sure. Check out enature.com for a good online bird field guide.

-- Sean (stnoonan@yahoo.com), April 07, 2000.

Hi,

should have added that "Grey Shrike Thrush" is an Australian species, that has no relationship to shrikes of thrushes. the species has a beautiful song, hence thrush I think, and perhaps a superficial similarity to shrikes in looks or habits. A lot of Aust. birds have common names like this.

Chris

-- Chri Ross (chrisx2@loxinfo.co.th), April 08, 2000.

Nice picture! It would be better if you include the tail of the bird in the picture, though. The bird was too close to you, huh?

-- Nonn Panitvong (npanitvong@hotmail.com), April 15, 2000.