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Get high resolution version: Tui in a tree. Tiritiri Matangi island, originally uploaded by blather.
Tui – known in English as the "Parson Bird" because of its white ruff. Spotted this on in a tree while on Tiritiri Matangi. They’re quite plentiful on the island, and make lots of noise.They’re clever birds, can can mimic lots of things – including humans and mobile phones – thank to their two voiceboxes! Some of the sounds they make are inaudable to humans – they’re outside our spectrum of hearing. They’re also quite agressive – I did see them involved in many tussles with each other as well as other species of birds on Tiritiri.
Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.