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The Sociable Male Regent Bowerbird

The Sociable Male Regent Bowerbird

I get to achieve many wonderful things photographing birds, wild life and landscapes. The Male Regent Bowerbird when I saw him for the first time, I considered him very timid, but as I got to work with them more and more and I built up trust with them I was  amazed just how sociable they are. It is not easy to build up this trust it takes time and patience. But what really amazed me was on my last photography trip to O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat last September was how 2 just flew down on my husband's hand and perched there...

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Male Regent Bowerbird In Flight

Male Regent Bowerbird In Flight

We are delighted to add one of my favourite captures of the Male Regent Bowerbird in flight displaying his stunning feathers to our shop. Canvas Print Framed (mounted) Size: 40x50cm and it is posted free throughout Australia All our Canvas Prints Framed (mounted) come with 100 year warranty on the frame, canvas and printing. The Male Regent Bowerbird is relative small being just 25-30cm in size. Even with them being very quick they are very gracefull when flying around. The female below is mostly all brown but the gape is yellow in breeding. Her bill is blackish and her tail...

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Male Regent Bowerbird

Male Regent Bowerbird

Another bird I didn't expect to capture on camera was this stunning Male Regent Bowerbird. He is a medium size bird 25-30m and are Sexually Dimorphic. He is a glossy jet-black, with his crown, nape and inner wing feathers bright golden orange and his bill and eye being yellow. Males acquire their adult plumage at 5 years. The Male can be difficult to see as he is mostly seen as a flash of gold/black in quick flight between cover. He lives mostly in rainforest margins, coastal scrubs, thickets of raspberries, wild tobacco, inkweed, secondary growth, orchards and gardens from Central...

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