{"id":9164,"date":"2018-07-22T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=9164"},"modified":"2018-07-22T10:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T22:30:45","slug":"black-fantail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9164","title":{"rendered":"Black Fantail"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9168\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7234-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7234-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7234-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7234-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7234-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Fantail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today&#8217;s post sees a last minute change of plan. An overnight hard drive failure means that the images I had ready to share are off line until I restore them from backup, so rather than do all of that before posting I thought I would share some fun I have had recently with a Black Fantail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2567\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fantail_D813218-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fantail_D813218-web.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fantail_D813218-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fantail_D813218-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fantail &#8211; common Pied colour morph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New Zealand Fantails come in two colour morphs, the common pied version and the rarer black version. In the South Island the Black Fantail is not uncommon with up to 5% being this colour morph. In the North Island they are rare, to the point that I have not previously seen one in 29 years. While out mountain biking we were stopped for a water break when I saw a dark fantail flying over a logged area foraging. It was backlit so I was unsure if it was just lighting or whether it actually was a Black Fantail. Moving to get the light in our favour it was clearly a Black Fantail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9167\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7070-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7070-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7070-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7070-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7070-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Fantail on felled pine tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We returned with cameras and long lenses 2 days later but a cold spell meant there was little insect activity and we only located the bird &nbsp;foraging in the bush&nbsp;with some difficulty, managing a couple of record shots. Returning another day we found it foraging in the original area and I have seen it now a number of times. I&#8217;ve had a few opportunities to photograph it, even taking a flash on one occasion as the low light makes it a challenge to photograph small hyperactive birds with a long lens in low light.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9169\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7614-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7614-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7614-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7614-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BlackFantail-DSC_7614-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Fantail with fill flash. Great to catch it on a weathered perch with lichen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The flash allowed me to work at a lower ISO but causes significant issues with &#8220;steel-eye&#8221; (the avian equivalent of red eye) which adds a little to the imaging editing to manage.<\/p>\n<p>For more info on New Zealand Fantails see <a href=\"http:\/\/nzbirdsonline.org.nz\/species\/new-zealand-fantail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nzbirdsonline<\/a>. I have a theory that it is the ones that are really good at Fantail rugby that get to wear All Black feathers but cannot find any support for this on nzbirdsonline!<\/p>\n<p>All photos with Nikon D500 and 500mm f4VR lens. Flash photo with Nikon SB900 and SD-9 external battery pack for rapid recycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s post sees a last minute change of plan. 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