This photo is not upside down. The Silver eyes, however, are.

Doing what they have to to get a taste of the sweet Maple Flower nectar.

The flowers have pretty much finished now these photos were taken last week and the week prior.

As you walked towards and under this tree it would be humming with the buzz of all the bee's overhead, the flowers are so tiny they would probably not otherwise be obvious. They do make a pretty contrast to the fresh green though :)

Watchful Silver eyes

Wednesday ... some birds!

I think by Wednesday I was starting to get more familiar with the focus ability and procedure of the camera.

We came home from the shops to a flock of silver eye in the maple and a couple of fan tails with them by the back door, I rushed in to get the camera happy to have finally the chance at some little birds. 

So I found that little birds don't like the sound of this camera and they moved to more sheltered spots which led me to the Eastern Spinebill. Despite the busy location the camera could still hone in on the moving subject.

   and captured the flight beautifully despite the terrible view I had and angle it was taken from I have highlighted it here in colour as the photo is so busy.

The bird has its beak in a flower and is hovering in flight feeding.

Silver eyes were captured with a soft texture not typically apparent in my other photos.

Nice to see them feeding in the camellia rather than a fruit tree for once :)

Using a much heavier camera, such as this, to photograph swift busy little critters would definitely take some practice.

Some Autumnal Glory.

Falling and changing leaves of all shapes an colours here :)

More Eastern Spinebill ?

On Saturday as I walked under a crab apple to a chorus of about 1/2 dozen silver eyes I heard a fluttering commotion and looked up to see this guy amongst them. He was kind enough to hang around for 1/2 hour or so and eventually left his green little pals to seek out some solitude.

As best I can ascertain this is an immature Eastern Spinebill but I may be way off track here.

Again he/it was quick and agile and I was surprised to see this shot of him in flight.

Here is one of the few Silver eyes he cavorted and competed with.

This following shot was taken in the Crab apple.

  Then he headed out the back and called to alert me to his whereabouts once I thought he had departed, where he found himself some nectar.

Then he was off.

  Delightful!

The birds Break it, the Butterflies benefit ...

Please don't be too appalled by the fruit wastage in these pics.

We humans had more plums than we could handle so this year I decided to let the crop from this one slide and the wildlife benefit.

Silver eyes. Tiny Birds not more than 10cm long.

you can see his proboscis dipping in the open fruit.

Looks like one of these had a close call!

Head On

Sometimes when I photograph the birds they happily go about their business unperturbed.

Other times they arrive and were not expecting to see me, I have interrupted their plans and they warily watch me weighing up if I am a danger to them or not.

Red Wattle Bird headed for the bird bath

Silver eye playing in early evening light.