These had always been very shy and hard to catch. This one must have decided we're not too bad. He landed on the wire beside me and stayed there for a minute or so - enough time to actually catch a photo of him. They have a nest in our back yard - our first batch of spinebill babies!
@granagringa Hi Granagringa - no - I hadn't thought of doing that. But I was very close to him and was using the macro setting with the centrespot light metering. I must admit I never quite really know what the background is going to do... Thanks for your nice comment! :)
