A wonderful surprise

was this Double collared Sunbird. I pulled into a parking lot and saw some commotion in the tree, then I saw the bird! I grabbed my camera and just shot, without checking the settings as I knew the bird would be gone if I did. Not a perfect shot, but a lovely sight.

[moni kozi]

Oh, that beautiful birdie again. Nice against the pretty red flower

[Kathy A]

Such a beautiful bird

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh my, what a bird!

[Wylie]

Fantastic, glad it likes our Callistemon!

[Babs]

Oh well spotted, isn't it a beauty.

[Esther Rosenberg]

What a Beauty. With your fast thinking you pulled off a great shot!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Well spotted .. such a beauty .

[Susan Wakely]

What a great impromptu shot.

[Pam]

You have the most beautiful birds around you! The colors are amazing!

[Helge E. Storheim]

Super shot

[katy]

Not sure what you think is not good about this photo! For the circumstances you stated it seems perfection to me

[narayani]

Fabulous capture

[Mags]

Super!!!

[winghong_ho]

It is a great capture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful colors in this.

[Kitty Hawke]

Wow....he looks like he has been painted with metallic paint !

[Merrelyn]

It really surprised me to see this fellow in a bottlebrush. I thought it was yet another Aussie bird that I didn't know :) Lovely capture.

[Linda Godwin]

Outstanding to get to see! So colorful and exciting!

[April]

Fantastic explosion of color

[tony gig]

WOW...

[LManning (Laura)]

A stellar capture.

[Heather]

You did well, Diana, to move so quickly to get this shot! Spectacular! Fav

[Lou Ann]

Oh I love him looking at you. He’s beautiful.

[Carole Sandford]

What a beauty! So colourful!

[Pyrrhula]

The Calistamon tree I have. Now I want a suchs beautiful bird too.

[George]

Fabulous capture.

[Allison Maltese]

What a great nature shot! I like the colorful bird and the spiky flower which looks like a bottle brush tree? Nice light too. Not bad for a quick grab!

[Rick]

Glad you got the shot. Great capture.

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a great capture of this lovely bird.

[Diana]

@monikozi @koalagardens @pusspup @onewing @dutchothotmailcom @beryl @wakelys @pamalama @helstor365 @grammyn @narayani @wh2021 @marlboromaam @mittens @cutekitty @merrelyn @rontu @aecasey @tonygig @ljmanning @365projectorgheatherb @louannwarren @carole_sandford @pyrrhula @gaf005 @falcon11 @rickster549 @happysnaps Thanks for the great comments, fvs and getting it on the tp and pp. It is very much appreciated :-)