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

pohanginapete said...

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

Ali Honey said...

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

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.

Zhoen said...

Built for speed...

pohanginapete said...

They sure are, Zhoen.

Jono said...

Great photo Pete.

pohanginapete said...

Thanks Jono.