Sounds good. I have seen the males roosting at the tops of the longer grasses and plants, usually dead/dried out, or at the lower ends of hanging strands of Star Jasmine vine I have here. I have seen pix of them roosting on taut string under house eaves - thin string, 2mm thick would be good, or 3mm that will give under their jaw pressure so they are secured. They won't roost under a spider though ...
Try something like that is easy and overnight and you control for night shooting, placed for their access and yours with consideration for BG, and maybe plant some of the longer grasses, or reeds near the nesting site and with some shelter from the elements. If they like it they'll take to it is the way they seem to do things. Also provide some sources of their seasonal pollen requirements, I look at what they are attracted to in the plant nurseries.
Chasing them around during the day is a waste of time.
WARNERSINOZ wrote:
MarkB1 wrote
What is the situation for the digging? On a sheltered slope? Clay, sandy - what kind of soil and situation?
I have a sloping and a very sandy garden which does face the rising sun. They were mainly digging at the beginning of the summer season now only seem them flying about, impossible to take picture. How far
do they roost up the plant.
Thanks Carl. As above, chasing them in daylight is a waste of time and energy. But if it's raining they may be found roosting near where you usually see them. They usually don't/won't fly in the wet or cold at beginning or end of season.
Pinarello65 wrote:
I can usually find them in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens all over the lavender in great numbers at certain times of the year. But usually the gardens are closing before I can hope to see one at rest. And on the move they're very difficult to capture, they work a lot quicker than the honey bees!
Thanks D. Exif is in the files, you just need a reader in your browser add-on's. Since I use flash all or most of the time settings don't change much at night as these were taken. During the day it's often only the SS that changes to take account of ambient background.
Superb shots. Would love to know of Exif data.