Birds: Variegated Fairy-wrens

Cheezr wrote:

Beautiful birds, very nice and also sharp!

I don't do well with local birds as they spot me a mile off.

CZR

Thanks Cheezr, I'm going to try get even closer next time. Some are cropped a fair bit but still satisfying shots for me considering the crops.

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

nice shots, I always think that the females have a very good if understated attractiveness.

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Thanks Trevor, I love the females too, they are like cute little fluff puffs.

Bobby J wrote:

Never seen that kind of bird before. Really a neat bird. Here we just have the Carolina Wren, and although I think it's a pretty bird...it pales beside the Fairy. Good name for it...it looks "other worldly". Thanks for sharing.

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BJM

Glad to share photo's of this beautiful bird for the world to see

Very very good shots what distance were they and do you use Single or continuous mode ?

Regards Olyham

both modes, depends on the situation. Distances were from 3m to about 6m from memory. You don't get much 2nd chances with these birds you must be ready for the moments they will inestigate, pass by etc. Once they are on to you they move on quickly. they are very skitty if not living near humans as these ones are.

Denisio Fabuloso wrote:

We have one in the West called a Redwing Fairy Wren. Very similar

They are similar indeed. I will look for them if I ever go west enough