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| Australasian darter (Adult male), Candlebark Reserve, Croydon Hills |
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| Australasian darter (female) or Snake-bird |
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The musings, photos and trip reports of a late-rising, fledgling birder from Melbourne, Australia. © Peter Shanley
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Darter Processing
Having not seen Australasian Darter my whole life (according to my eremaea lists) there are now three sightings in nearly as many days:
The bird below was demonstrating great effectiveness at fishing, disappearing for 15-30 seconds and reappearing (doing the snake thing) with a fish on each dive (I saw 4 or 5). I just missed a photo of it tossing it's catch in the air to effect a neat swallow. I think it is the fish going down that makes the neck look deformed in this photo. I can't explain the white muck on the bill, it is in all of the photos - must be a Lilydale thing.
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I thought the new camera shot the frames fast enough to catch a fish! Maybe you need to upgrade ....
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