Tui on Flax by chikadnz

Tui on Flax

It's John's birthday today but we spent most of the day driving from here to there. For some reason the lunchtime traffic was much worse than usual! We had to pack up and move from our current spot which involved some juggling of vehicles. We attended a work function for me in the afternoon, which I would have been happy not to go to, but John unselfishly insisted, lol. We then drove an hour south to Rotorua to stay for a few days. Thankfully we managed to find a nice pub meal which meant we didn't have to cook a late dinner.

This photo, although far from perfect, is probably the best tui photo I have yet. We had parked the car near some trees and it came to visit the flax.

Posting in honour of the birthday boy and his current interest in bird photography.
Great capture
November 27th, 2020  
nice
November 27th, 2020  
Classic Tui flax pose
November 28th, 2020  
That's a super shot with lovely framing from the tree. I like the way the tui is looking up. Wishing your lovely man a belated happy birthday!
November 28th, 2020  
@bkbinthecity @rustymonkey @yorkshirekiwi Thanks for looking and commenting!
November 28th, 2020  
@casablanca The tui had just had it’s beak full length in a flax flower. Thanks for the birthday wishes, I’ll pass them on!
November 28th, 2020  
Lovely shot...a real image of NZ.
November 28th, 2020  
What a lovely shot.
November 28th, 2020  
@happypat @haskar Thanks! I guess tui and flax are one of those iconic NZ shots.
November 29th, 2020  
Belated happy birthday! Great looking bird!
November 29th, 2020  
So nicely framed. well done.
November 29th, 2020  
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