Yellow throated minor

found inland in fairly large numbers
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Must be a bit of a scavenger as always around when we had food out.

Quite an attitude, me thinks. really jealous of your bird life down there. Don't know why but I am.
A beautiful bird very well caught. I would for ever be having food to have these in my small acre.

regards thoramay.

What a beautifully coloured bird, well shot.

Interesting shot..... has he been eating out of a tin of yellow paint

I should sell it to Birds-eye for thier custard tin

It is interesting seeing birds from around the world but in some respects I think they get to many Oo's and Ah's, We do have some very colourfull birds here in the UK, the Kingfisher is a prime example.

PS; nice shot Don

Yes and yours sing where as most of ours just squawk and cackle.

Very nice use of DoF and I love the spalshes of yellow that contrast with the rest of the bird and the background - top shot.

Oh Yes!

I have the french doors open as I type, listening to springtime birdsong, actually TBH I'm listening for the Squawk and Cackles of a newly arrived Thrush and the local Blackbird that thinks its HIS patch, then I'll be up with the camera

Not had a Song Thrush round for a couple of years now but we may get lucky as this one seems to be a plucky little devil, hence the Squawking and Cackling.

Sorry Don, going to hijack your thread

Here he is, snapped him on the neighbours ariel on Sunday, not as bright as your little fella but he has the sweetest song you ever heard.

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I read somewhere that the early settlers that went to Australia missed the sound of the Song Thrush so much that they imported some, but the birds didn't like it and some moved to NZ

Yes we often hear (and they really stand out) the imported song birds when we go south, the sparrow is the only one we get up this way.