Male Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) leads closeup looks (all shot from inside three metres) at a few little weekend beauties, from Tyto and nearby.
Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusilla) sits tight within a water's edge guava.
Chestnut-breasted Mannikins (Lonchura castaneothorax) just out of the nest.
Striped Skink (Ctenotus spaldingi) peers up from the Tyto lookout planking.
Great photos would love to be that close.
ReplyDeleteLittle beauties indeed! and great photos!
ReplyDeleteHi Tony
ReplyDeleteStunning images.
I especially like the quirky aspect of the Skink image.
Kingfisher and Sunbird are beautiful.
Cheers
Denis
Tony, your photos are a delight. I am particularly impressed by the iridescence you have captured on the male Sunbird. Oh, and being that close to a Little Kingfisher....amazing. There is more variation in the blue than I realized from my, more distant through binoculars, observations.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Barbara
Hi Neil: stand still long enough and they may come.
ReplyDeleteCheers Mick.
Hi Denis: It's a kinky skinky, isn't it?
Thanks Barbara: Confess I, too, didn't think there was so much green. From distance, the blue overpowers all else, doesn't it?
G'day Tony,
ReplyDeleteDelightful start to my day, thanks.
Gouldiae.