Hey, Con! Get back to those aggressive Common Mynas willya?!
-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel
Sent: Sunday, 3 May 2015 1:27 PM
To: canberrabirds chatline
Subject: On how I saved a Blackbird from a horrible death...
This sunny morning, while waiting for the Superb Parrots to present themselves
in the poses approved by the International Avian Photographariat, my attention
was drawn to a Noisy of Miners. They were chasing a Blackbird which they had
chased into the AIS carpark. I could but click in the vague hope that the
camera and the lens would sort it out. (See attached).
In desperation, the Blackbird, plonked itself on the ground in the open but at
my feet, whereat I took my first ever opportunity to photograph a blackbird at
very close hand, in good light and sitting still; very, very still. Six Noisy
Miners flew into a nearby branch where they quarreled, I assume, about whether
to take me out with the Blackbird.
The Blackbird eventually left my protection and fled to the nearby gardens,
pursued by one only Miner, which managed at least one hit on the shrilling
Blackbird before it reached cover.
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