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:

  1. gz23 July 2017 at 21:21

    lovely to see...and to hear

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  2. pohanginapete24 July 2017 at 07:19

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

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  3. Ali Honey24 July 2017 at 16:34

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

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  4. pohanginapete24 July 2017 at 20:30

    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.

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  5. Zhoen25 July 2017 at 12:25

    Built for speed...

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  6. pohanginapete25 July 2017 at 12:38

    They sure are, Zhoen.

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  7. Jono1 August 2017 at 10:01

    Great photo Pete.

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  8. pohanginapete1 August 2017 at 10:27

    Thanks Jono.

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