23 July 2017

Korimako in tree lucerne

This male korimako (NZ bellbird) brightened a grey, winter's afternoon. The yellow on his bill and face is pollen from the tree lucerne flowers he'd been foraging among.



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8 comments:

gz said...

lovely to see...and to hear

23 July 2017 at 21:21
pohanginapete said...

gz, that's right — from time to time he'd give a simple, surprisingly loud, and very beautiful one-note call.

24 July 2017 at 07:19
Ali Honey said...

Wow! Excellent photo. We have them but I can never get that close.

24 July 2017 at 16:34
pohanginapete said...

Thanks Ali. He was so busy feeding that he didn't seem to mind me (I was standing still, too). The real difficulty was that he was moving fast, with only momentary pauses.

24 July 2017 at 20:30
Zhoen said...

Built for speed...

25 July 2017 at 12:25
pohanginapete said...

They sure are, Zhoen.

25 July 2017 at 12:38
Jono said...

Great photo Pete.

1 August 2017 at 10:01
pohanginapete said...

Thanks Jono.

1 August 2017 at 10:27

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