Thursday, August 02, 2007

Is this as good as it gets?...


I captured these shots of a male lyre bird at the Healesville Sanctuary. He was being fed about two metres away from me. He is looking for a mate so was happy to display his tail. After eating his fill he flew to a nearby tree and sang very loudly.
I was surprised to find that the males lose their tail in November and it regrows in March - just in time for the mating season. There is only one female in the enclosure and at present she has one very small chick.

1 Comments:

At 10:27 am, Blogger Turning Japanese said...

Awesome!
Lucky You!

 

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