Tui Singing in the cherry tree...

As we walked through the park yesterday the Tui's were very busy in the cherry tree's .. they seemed to be playing 'chassy'.. The Tui is sometimes called 'The Parson bird' .. due to the two feathers on it's throat.. They also have a very distinct bird song and I will include a You tube clip of one singing .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucvO-gphZng

[Lesley Chisholm]

Lovely clear shot. I do enjoy seeing the Tui's when we're back in NZ. We have noisy squirrels here. What a racket they make!

[Diana]

A fabulous capture of this amazing bird, fav!

[KWind]

Super shot!

[Kerry]

Nice

[Carole G]

Lovely shot of this Tui

[julia]

@kiwichick never knew that squirrels were noisy..

[Lynda McG]

Nice capture - never heard of this bird but he's very handsome!

[Lesley Chisholm]

@julzmaioro They are really noisy! I think there might have been a bear nearby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSv2JooWa-4

[julia]

@kiwichick that's cool thanks for putting up that clip.. look what we are missing out on..

[Peter H]

Nicely caught.

[MaureenPP]

Beautiful shot

[Margo]

Lovely shot Julia

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[tony gig]

Beautiful bird and shot

[Delwyn Barnett]

This is lovely - the light is really showing up the gorgeous iridescent feathers.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely capture

[Babs]

They really are beautiful birds. I love the pom poms on his neck.

[julia]

@onewing They remind me of the poi's that the Maori girls use when dancing ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfdPZxW6jlQ

[Peter Dulis]

nice capture ...

[elkehochban]

He's gorgeous! I've never seen one before, so thanks for sharing. Checked out the clip - he does have quite a repertoire of songs, doesn't he?

[*lynn]

wonderful shot, I've never seen this bird before and was wondering about the white feathers, and I checked out your link, thanks!

[Claude Trew]

Definitely the first time I have seen a Tui, very unusual feather under its throat. Beautiful capture against the blue background. Fav

[Jane Pittenger]

Nice framing and what an amazing bird

[julia]

@elkereturns apparently he has two voice boxes so that is why he had such a varied range of sound .

[haskar]

nice capture ...

[Pat Knowles]

Such lovely white tassels under the chin! Our last dog was called Tui & she had white blobs under her cin. Lots of tassels here from bird & blossom! Looks a lovely spring day. He does look rather like a parson, never heard that before!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Tony]

Stunning capture. Brilliantly captured detail.