Minors not Miners by Ken _Gilliland
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"So... Does it mean us or not?"
Three Black-eared Miner birds hit the town.
While I threw together a little obscure bit of bird humor here, the plight of the Black-eared Miner is anything but humorous. The Australian species until recently had not been protected because it was believed to be a variant of the very common Yellow-throated Miner. DNA tests have proved it to be an entirely different species and on the brink of extinction. Their current population is scattered throughout the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales is believed to be less than 250 birds total.. Their survival is linked to the health of the Australian forest requiring large blocks of long unburnt and uncleared (for at least 50 years) 5-8 meter tall mallee, with an understory of small bushes, shrubs and chenopods. The Australian government currently has a plan in place to protect the Black-eared Miner. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/m-melanotis/
Rendered in Poser7. Models: Backstreets (Stonemason); Miners and Sign (me). The Black-eared Miners will be part of my sequel to Songbird ReMix "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct"
Comments (18)
Very nice!!!!!
This is adorable! I just love those birds... so cute!
So cute! love your bird very much:)
An image with a story to tell. Highly enlightening. Well done & thanks.
:-D Cute.
Love the image and thank you for the information on the black-eared Miner birds.
excellent idea and hopefully they will be brought back
The birds look good Ken, I like the humour attempt, it worked. Excellent render. Jan
That's cute and fun. Just right for the summer.
hahahahahaha most excellent Ken well done
great job outstanding cute 5+
excellent work!!!
Very beautiful scene.
LOL. Great image, awesome gallery!
Funny work and nice render!!!
So sad to read about all the birds that are becoming extinct but this is a lovely humorous picture to tell the story. Your bird models are wonderful.
Lol nice, funny and very cute. Extinction sucks, and its more rampant every day with countless species of animals.
I really like the way you combine humor and education. Wonderful image!