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.

Out of Focus.

Plenty of times in my haste I zoom in on the wrong thing, so yesterday I missed Rose Robin after its bath.

Oh and see the upside down eastern spine bill blurred in the background of this fuchsia?

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!

Eastern Spinebill

This extraordinary little honey eater ( about 15cm ) comes feeding from the fuchsia outside my Kitchen window. He has been here three days in a row now and it terribly difficult to photograph. It calls in the most beautiful clear ringing tone that makes it sound much larger than it is.

It often feeds in flight hovering like a humming bird, an amazing thing to see!

This is one of three Birds I had never knowingly encountered before living here. The other two were a Superb Parrot and a Restless Flycatcher.