Here's another ancient picture from when I studied Baya Weavers for my MSc back in 2012. This male was being quite indecisive about which blade of grass he wanted to pick for his nest. He kept hovering in this spot for close to a minute, allowing me to get a volley of shots off.

Forgive the massive oversatruration - I definitely went overboard with it back then.

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An ancient picture from when I studied Baya Weavers for my MSc. During mating season, males build nests & flocks of females visit colonies to select mates based on the quality of their nests. This nest was already taken by a female and I happened to get a nice in-flight shot of the male as he was approaching.

Shooting with the fully manual 400mm with no AF or VR is crazy difficult.

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weaver bird
tiny painting 20x20cm 2023

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paintings for the show "Birds Rising” curated by Heiko Müller @heikomullerart at Brassworks Gallery @brassworksgallery Portland USA september ‘23

with works by Alexandra Lukaschewitz, Ana Juan, Bene Rohlmann, Brad Woodfin, Caitlin McCormack, Dan Barry, Darla Jackson, Dewi Plass, Diana Sudyka, Eiko Borcherding, El Gato Chimney, Elmar Lause, Gregory Hergert, Hazel Ang, Heiko Müller, John Casey, Juliet Schreckinger, Katrin Berge, Kisung Koh, Marc Burckhardt, Mario Klingemann, moki, Richard Ahnert, Ryan Heshka
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painting of an estern golden weaver
in times of human made anthropocene - the weaver birds like the bowery birds started to use plastic scrap to build their nests and bowers (acrylic painting on canvas board 20x20cm 2023)
this painting is part of the show "Birds Rising” curated by heiko müller @heikomullerart at Brassworks Gallery @brassworksgallery Portland USA september ‘23
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blue bird - tiny painting 20x20cm 2023

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a weaver bird that - in times of human made anthropocene - makes its nest from plastic scrap
a painting for the show "Birds Rising” curated by heiko müller @heikomullerart at Brassworks Gallery @brassworksgallery Portland USA september ‘23

with works by Alexandra Lukaschewitz, Ana Juan, Bene Rohlmann, Brad Woodfin, Caitlin McCormack, Dan Barry, Darla Jackson, Dewi Plass, Diana Sudyka, Eiko Borcherding, El Gato Chimney, Elmar Lause, Gregory Hergert, Hazel Ang, Heiko Müller, John Casey, Juliet Schreckinger, Katrin Berge, Kisung Koh, Marc Burckhardt, Mario Klingemann, moki, Richard Ahnert, Ryan Heshka
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An Eastern Golden Weaver building its nest.

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🌏 Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) #AsianBirds | #BayaWeaver | #Weavers #Weaverbirds #WeaverbirdFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by PavanPrasad_IND🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds