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    Old Aug 10, 2011, 8:59 PM   #1
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    Once again we have spent the coldest days of winter tramping the Wollomombi Gorge at sunrise, delighting in the incredible vocalisations and displays of the male Superb Lyrebirds. I have not yet put together a composite package of our pics for the Wildlife forum, but thought these three might adequately meet the Challenge here.

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    #2 Foraging for grubs, worms & insects


    # Singing for his supper


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    Old Aug 10, 2011, 10:12 PM   #2
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    Nice rare find you have there.
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    Old Aug 11, 2011, 3:59 AM   #3
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    very nice
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    Old Aug 11, 2011, 10:05 AM   #4
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    Beautiful and you can really see how this bird get his name!
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    Old Aug 12, 2011, 12:25 PM   #5
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    More than adequate. Neat birds. Thanks for the post.

    If that cleared area is his lek (displaying arena), I am surprised how small it is.
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    Old Aug 13, 2011, 8:34 AM   #6
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    A fascinating looking bird!
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    Old Aug 13, 2011, 10:34 AM   #7
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    What a neat bird! I wonder if it's related to the peacock...
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    Old Aug 13, 2011, 3:51 PM   #8
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    G'day Bernice

    Well done & great capture in obviously difficult lighting conditions
    Would you accept (below) as a qwik WB fix to the #3 image - showing lots of blue from the shady area



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    Old Aug 14, 2011, 2:11 AM   #9
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    Thank you very much Mugmar, wave01, vsch1, penolta, mtngal, J'bug & Phil. glad you like them.

    J'bug no they're no relation to any other bird, being endemic to the eastern 'edge' of Australia - the eastern fall of the Great Dividing Range and associated coastal plains.

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    If that cleared area is his lek (displaying arena), I am surprised how small it is.
    No penolta that's a foraging scratching. They shift a great amount of leaf litter, sticks and soil foraging for their bugs. The display mound is approx a metre across (some smaller, some larger). They are nothing spectacular without their owner - just a very cleared, mounded, round area of built up dirt in the middle of a thick patch of grass or low bushes. This one is in a patch of lomandra and tussock grass

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    Phil, I can't get a good look at your 'fix', it's pixelated. Could be this computer - I'll check it out on my work computer tomorrow. That one was taken in very foggy conditions and came out with that eery-blue cast. I'll be interested to see and hear how you sorted it.

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    Old Aug 14, 2011, 6:25 PM   #10
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    Aha — can see it today Phil. Hmmm, so what did you do to reduce the blue? All help appreciated!

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