A new tick for me, this lovely little Mistletoebird captured in butterfly gully, the place never ceases to amaze me. He was very accommodating as well.
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Great shot of a lovely little bird
sue
Great stuff Brian! I have never seen one of these. As a St Kilda supporter (red, white and black) I am seriously out of touch. Thanks for sharing.
wow, great shots, they are skittish little critters.
Wonderful photos ... great work. Those are really special photos ... I have only a few shots of them from a distance.
Great stuff Brian- clear and prelonged views of these guys are really rare
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Magificent photos Brian and congratulations on the new tick
Really love that fifth shot with the cobwebs
Certianly a bird love to add my list as well
Dont take life too seriously, it never ends well
They are a beautiful little bird and very fascinating to watch.
Did you get to watch him eat any mistletoe berries?
Apparently it only takes 20 mins for a berry to go through them and then it comes out with a sticky substance on it. They then do what some people call the "shuffle" where they wipe the berry on a branch and use their feet to break it away from the sticky substance. Thus a new mistletoe is born.
Hi all, thanks to everyone for your kind words. I was a little fortunate in getting these shots as I came across a fellow birder who was trying to entice them with an ipad app. He was about to turn it off as no birds had shown then this little guy turned up. We both took photo's for about a minute then he turned the app off as we didn't want to upset him unnecessarily.
I kinda feel I've "cheated" a little but they are some of the best shots I have taken of any bird.
@ Devster - No I didn't see him eat any of the berries as he flew away when the app was turned off, very interesting facts though, would really like to see that process.
Brian