She was happily finding things for herself to eat and not begging for food, but the male still wanted to feed her.
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Beautiful photos. Are you sure he is feeding a Baby? Looking at the long tail she looks like an adult?
M-L
Oh yes you are right about the tail. She certainly behaved like an adult as she was catching her own bugs too. Maybe he is just trying to make friends!
Are you sure it's not part of the mating ritual?
I wouldn't be surprised if you hit the nail right on the head Woko. I've observed adult to adult feeding between SFW's and Dusky Robins in particular, and it's always right in the middle of spring
. Nothing like a little pampering to win a lady over 
. Fabulous sequence of shots WD!
West Coast Tasmania
Thanks for the comments.
A good insight Woko and Annie that its part of the courtship routine.
Great set of photos WD. Lovely.
Well captured WD!
Samford Valley Qld.
Hey WD, just wanted to mention that I may well be wrong about adult feeding adult being part of courtship with Dusky Robins.
In the same spot today and saw another (or the same) pair of Dusky Robins feeding adult to adult. The begging Robin would hang around being fed by the other adult, then disappear for ages.
I lucked on being in the right spot at the right time later in the day, and saw the begging Robin disappear into a secluded tree fork about 5 metres up. I moved a bit closer and zoomed in with my camera so I didn't disturb her and, she was definitely already nesting. So I am assuming, for Dusky Robins, that the adult to adult feeding might actually be to assist the female (I think it was the female) during nesting breaks, perhaps to conserve/replenish her energy? May very well still be a courtship ritual for Wrens though, but just thought I'd share that I think I was wrong about the DR.
West Coast Tasmania
Interesting observations and thoughts Annie. If she is sitting on the eggs, someone has to keep her fed.
They are mysterious little creatures and are keeping a lot of secrets from us!
A very beautiful series of photos! Thank you for sharing!
Our Superb Fairy Wrens are very camera shy! I will continue to try to gt photos of them and one day I will succeed.
Happy Birding!
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Thankyou Wollemi - good luck with your superb FWs. Love to see some of your photos.
Great shots WD!
When I get some pics of our SFW I will be proudly splashing them about! I was up at 4:30am tis morning to get into position, to see if an ealy start would give me a better chance of getting photos of them, still no photos. WIll try again tomorrow.
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