Male Cape Sugarbird
by Eva Lechner
Title
Male Cape Sugarbird
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer)is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa .
Contest winner:1st place in the Contest SQUARE FORMAT NATURE - PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY-November 2023
The Cape sugarbird is a grey-brown bird that easily recognisable by a spot of yellow under its tail and the very long tail feathers present in males. The male is 34–44 cm long, and the shorter-tailed, shorter-billed, and paler breasted female 25–29 cm long. Another characteristic of the Cape sugarbird is the sound it makes when it flies. The main flight feathers are arranged in such a way that when the bird beats its wings, a frrt-frrt sound is made with the intention of attracting females.
The Cape sugarbird is distributed throughout most of the fire driven ecosystem of the Fynbos in South Africa, the dominant vegetation type of the Cape Floral Region where there are flowering proteas and ericas. It is most common in areas that have not burnt recently, and almost absent from recently burnt areas . It is also found in gardens in summer when most proteas are not in flower, but urban birds are associated with greater stress measures. With a large population and extensive range, the Cape sugarbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Copyright 2019 Eva Lechner(canon 5 D Mark III,400 mm)
3rd place in the Contest Square Nature Photography-October 2020
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October 28th, 2020
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Comments (40)
Morris Finkelstein
Stunning close up photograph of a Cape Sugarbird on a flower with great pose, colors, and composition, Eva! Congratulations on your First Place in the "Square Format - Nature" contest! F/L
Larry Kniskern
Eva – I wanted to let you know that your stunning image was a top twenty-five candidate for selection as the November 2023 "Photo of the Month" in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done! Please feel free to add this gem to the “Candidates for Photo of the Month” discussion thread in the group.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Male Cape Sugarbird composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
VIVA Anderson
Congratulations, Eva, and compliments, kudos, for First Place, Go Take a Hike Photography SQUARE FORMAT NATURE contest.......fav.......
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Eva – your stunning scene finished FIRST PLACE in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Square Format Nature photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Eva, on your 1st Place Win in the Square Format Nature Photograph Contest for this wonderful photograph! Voted. L/F
Angie Mossburg
Beautiful! Love how he's standing on the flower. Great focus / clarity and bokeh. Voted in square format contest
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Eva – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Square Format Nature photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2020 Pure Nature Photography Thanks and Features Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on being featured on our home page and named among ‘Dawn’s Delights’ this week. This image has that extra something special that makes it an extraordinary image.
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