Yesterday I posted a photo of Mrs Butcherbird and today here is her hubby. You can see his markings are darker than the female.
He has given up on feeding the squawking baby now and as I throw meat for him, he catches it and then eats it himself.
When the baby lands next to him squawking he just ignores it and carries on eating. I guess being a male he has selective hearing, whereas poor Mum runs herself ragged feeding the noisy baby.
Ha ha ha! Your comments on the selective hearing made me chuckle. It’s a great capture. I like what you’ve done to the background too and the splash of colour.
@walksnaplove The background just turned out this way because I had the camera set to centre spot so the background would blur and the red you can see is one of our pot plants on the patio. Standing further back and zooming caused the background to blur.
@shutterbug49 I think Dad was under the impression baby was old enough to feed himself
@onewing Ooh, very clever; thanks for explaining. I’ve just got my first camera, but I’m such a rookie I’m yet to get the settings just right so that it will let me take my first picture 😂 I look forward to getting to the stage where I can make conscious choices about settings.
@shutterbug49 I think Dad was under the impression baby was old enough to feed himself
@cwbill Lucky you ha ha
@corinnec I think mum is already tired, she is encouraging baby to feed himself
@marlboromaam Zooming in I think the reflection in his eye is the sky and shade cloth on our patio
@jgpittenger He was patiently waiting his turn
Ian
@365projectorgchristine Both the butcherbirds are very patient and wait their turn before being fed. Not like the lorikeets who are very pushy.