ML342096951
Contributor
James Lambert Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Casuarina Coastal Reserve--Dripstone Park
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Media notes
subadult; all light beak and dark brown wings and tail, gape still slightly enlarged and fleshy
Observation details
photographed subadult was foraging in a sparsely-foliaged tree at edge of mangroves and made an attack on a Northern Water Dragon (Tropicagama temporalis) hiding in the leaves; the attack was conducted while hovering and was presumably met with vigorous defence from the agamid as almost immediately after dislodging the lizard from its hiding spot, the butcherbird dropped the lizard to the ground where it remained motionless for a good five minutes more, during which time the butcherbird continued hunting for prey items all about but left the lizard well alone, even though it was easily in view in broad daylight on the ground
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 80D
- Lens
- 70-300mm
- ISO
- 6400
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/10.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/40 sec
- Dimensions
- 5103 pixels x 3402 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.44 MB