{"id":2205,"date":"2024-09-08T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T17:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmminermag.com\/htdocs\/?post_type=issue-article&p=2205"},"modified":"2024-09-17T22:43:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:43:57","slug":"mardons-picture-of-blyths-hornbill-captures-wildlife-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"issue-article","link":"https:\/\/fmminermag.com\/htdocs\/issue-article\/mardons-picture-of-blyths-hornbill-captures-wildlife-photo-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardon\u2019s Picture of Blyth\u2019s Hornbill Captures Wildlife Photo Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VOL. 07\u00a0 |\u00a0 ISSUE 3\u00a0 |\u00a0 September 2024<\/p>\n

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Winner: Malcolm Mardon-PTFI, Blyth\u2019s Hornbill<\/p>\n

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Soaring to great heights as the winner in the company\u2019s 14th annual wildlife photo contest is a photo of a Blyth\u2019s Hornbill perched on foliage taken by Malcolm Mardon, Technical Expert-Operational Maintenance at PT Freeport Indonesia. <\/p>\n

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The image was one of more than 600 employee entries submitted from sites companywide. From these, 30 were shortlisted for top 12 finalist consideration by the company\u2019s Biodiversity Task Force. <\/p>\n

The Blyth\u2019s Hornbill will appear on the company\u2019s page of the Wildlife Habitat Council Monthly Engagement Calendar, which highlights efforts by WHC members like Freeport to enhance and conserve wildlife habitat on and adjacent to corporate lands. <\/p>\n

The story behind the image<\/h3>\n

Mardon captured the image in the Lowlands near the Rimba Papua golf course in Kuala Kencana. The area is known to be a good spot to catch a glimpse of the distinctly plumaged bird. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was photographing the fairway on hole nine, late afternoon in the dense jungle, but my Nikon mirrorless camera and long lens were up to the challenge,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

While Mardon prefers underwater photography, he likes to stay in practice no matter the setting. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am lucky to be surrounded by an abundance of wildlife around the site in the form of birds, spiders or bugs that help me remember how to use my camera when needed,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

This is his fourth year participating in the photo contest and his first winning entry. He has placed in the top 12 in previous contests.<\/p>\n

About the species<\/h3>\n

A male Blyth\u2019s Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) perches on foliage at the PT Freeport Indonesia facility in Papua, Indonesia. Blyth\u2019s Hornbills are distinctly plumaged birds found in New Guinea, through the Bismarck Archipelago and east to the Solomon Islands. Hornbills get their name from the casque (bony horn) on top of their heads, which acts as a resonating chamber and amplifies their calls. Hornbills are known for their unique nesting behavior whereby the female, using mud and wood, encloses herself within a tree cavity. Inside, she incubates her young and is fed by the male through a small opening in the walled entrance. <\/p>\n

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