While not an outstanding image, this is the first time I’ve managed to photograph this illusive bird (and identify it correctly), which I haven’t seen in our valley for some time. I spotted it on the side of our road, gently pulled up, prepared my phone and wound down the window, hoping it wouldn’t fly away.
It has a resonant, deep repeated ‘oom’ call which can be heard from birds positioned around the valley and lives in dry forest, woodlands, mallee, heath and coastal scrub across most of Australia, except far north Queensland.
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Great capture of that bird..never saw one like that.
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Thanks, they look a lot like a dove or pigeon with beautiful colours. I was never quite sure what it was from rare quick glimpses previously.
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What a lucky sighting. In this case, who cares about perfection of photography? The main thing is you saw it! And you got a pretty good picture of it too.
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Sure was, I’ve been hoping to photograph one for a while now but hadn’t seen one for ages! I forgot I had my Sony RX100 in the centre console next to me, I could have got a better shot 🙂
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The main thing is you saw this bird. The photo is secondary. Would have been nice to get one with your better camera but it’s not a bad photo that you did get.
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It’s a very attractive bird, I’m glad you got the photo! 👍🏻
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So am I John, I didn’t think to use the RX100 though, next time?
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