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I had some exciting (human) visitors to my place (I’ll share more about them soon) and as they were leaving I headed back to the birdbaths and photographed twelve species in half an hour. When I loaded the images from my memory card it was pretty funny to spot one bird that was spin-drying itself.

My shutter speed for the shot above was one thousandth of a second but it still wasn’t anywhere near fast enough to freeze the action. Even the water droplets were moving so quickly that they have become lines emanating from his sweet little head.

This is the handsome male looking more normal, albeit a little damp.

I love the female fairywrens too as I find their subtle colours have a beauty of their own. Female birds are often less colourful than males and this is often thought to relate to their need for camouflage when incubating their eggs. Only female fairywrens incubate the eggs but males share in the feeding duties. The fairywren above had a comical tuft of dark feathers above her bill that looked like a tiny moustache when they were wet from bathing.

A quick note about the calendars – I’ve had heaps of extra orders (including from people who were so pleased with their first order that they’ve asked for more – thank you!) that I’m organising a second printing. If you were disappointed to miss out please leave a comment (you may request for it to stay private) or email me at kim@lirralirra.com – I will need to confirm final numbers by Monday morning.

I have just photographed a White-necked Heron! It’s been many years since one has visited. It’s so exciting! It was a fair way across the paddock and the lighting isn’t perfect, but I hope to have captured some shots that will be good enough to share.

Happy birding, Kim

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