Birds in our World with Keith Ireland
On some lovely sunny mornings, we have morning tea out on our verandah.
We never tire of looking out at the view as well as watching the nearby trees as different birds meander their way through the foliage. I keep my camera handy in case one of the birds moves out into the open.
Mostly though, they seem to have some branches or leaves between them and me.
On the day in question, the first bird to be spotted was a White-throated Honeyeater. These birds are shy and move quietly from flower to flower. A second one arrived, which we thought would be the mate of the other. Although we could see them, they kept reasonably well covered so my camera remained on the table.
Our next visitor was a Little Friar Bird who seemed to travel around the tree at top speed most of the time. As I have quite a few photos of this bird, I was happy just to watch his progress.
Suddenly a flock of Rainbow Lorikeets descended on the tree. Noisy and busy, they took over the blossoms, hanging from a branch and reaching over to suck the nectar from the flowers.
The little birds moved out and left them to it. Something then seemed to disturb the lorikeets as they all took off in mass.
We were just about to move off when Glenda saw a male Mistletoe Bird in the next tree.
The beautiful red on his chest stood out well but it headed off into a tree further away.
Things looked up as a male Leaden Flycatcher ( pictured) flew in and moved right out into the open.
As he landed, he wagged his tail up and down which is typical of this bird. I was able to get some good shots of him.
