Love is when you sit beside someone doing nothing, yet you feel perfectly happy.
Tri-colored Munia or the Lonchura malacca is a colorful bird that has always fascinated me. Though seen commonly in the Asian region in the winter season prominently, it is not an easy thing to get a nice photo at all. More about the bird and it's habitat etc. later.
What triggers my emotions about this particular photograph is that this particular pair seemed to hang out everywhere. I was chasing a flock of 7-8 of them to try and get a clean shot without any sticks or leaves etc. obstructing them. The flock went and landed in several places in 1-2 hours with me trailing them quietly.
I even got this lovely shot of 7 of them in one frame once that I titled 'the magnificent Seven' 😀
The Magnificent Seven!
It was a wonderful sight with nice golden sunlight and the 7 posing well for me. However, I was still intrigued by one pair which was always together.
Seeing that pair, all I could think of was that I must get a great portrait shot of them together.
So - after an hour of chase and some 6000 steps of running around stealthily after them. I saw them land on a small tree branch. I crept as close as possible through grass, a bit scared of lurking snakes that creep out to warm themselves on winter mornings and got this shot
Information about the bird
- Name: Tricolored Munia
- Scientific name: Lonchura malacca
- Size: Around 11 cm
- Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
- Description (based on e-bird, Wikipedia and my observations): This is a small finch like bird of similar size and shape that mostly like to be in low scrublands, grasslands and weeds. It mainly eats grass seeds and grains. The size is around 11 cm.
- It is mostly seen in small flocks of 8-10 but the area may have many flocks. The flocks are quite vocal and are constantly calling when they fly around seeking grains.
Information about photograph
- Aperture: 5.6
- ISO: 400
- Shutter: 1/800
- Support: Handheld shot
- Camera: Nikon D500
- Lens: Nikkor 200-500mm
- Image format: Photo clicked in RAW and edited for presentation sizing
A big thank you for support
Thanks to c/hive-106444 (Feathered friends community) for providing this wonderful opportunity to present my experience and photographs. Thanks to @barbara-orenya and @melinda010100 for all the support and encouragement to this community. Special thanks to @nelinoeva also for starting the Species hunt initiative. My posts are not exactly in that format but have all the necessary info and Good original Photos. Further guidance will be very much welcome.
post.Thanks to HIVE for this wonderful platform. I am using the Hive logo in the collage for showing that the image and post is a dedicated HIVE post. Hope that is OK. The burb with HIVE is a graphic created by @doze and free to use as per his
Note: All images and collages in this blog are created by me, based on photos clicked by me personally and/or free vector images from Pixabay
Quotes used, if not credited, are either from unknown authors or are proverbial old sayings.
This is such a nice post with wonderful shots and info about these Tri-colored Munia.
@nelinoeva Thank you so much for the encouraging words. I will do my best to keep posting such posts every day. I am also trying to interact with other community members and support. Together, I think we can really spread awareness about birds and stop loss of habitat etc
This is so nice of you!
I would love to see your posts and learn more about the birds in your place.
lovely shots and information
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