Cape White Eye

This fellow and his mate came to have a bath in one of the puddles left by the sprinkler in the garden. They are a fairly small, very vocal common resident in our area.
For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_White-eye
My alternative shot for the day: http://365project.org/salza/extras/2012-10-25

[Amy Spada]

I did it... ACE for another year. You got up close and personal to this bird. Love the white ring around the eye.

[Sally Ings]

@aspada Cool, glad to hear! He was fairly unfazed by me but the dogs did bother him a tad. I decided I need to get to grips with the 70-200mm lens so was just playing around in the garden. My husband reckons I should challenge myself and only use it for a week....

[Amy Spada]

@salza Your husband has a good idea! I use one lens for a few days at least and try to go a week at a time. Your eye gets trained to see your surrounding through the lens and when you change to another different one it is stimulating to readjust your eye once again.

[Gillian]

Love the reflection - and the white ring around the eye. Great catch, Sally.

[Brian Baptie]

Captured it beautifully!!

[Laraine Kensicki]

love the ripples, and the reflection, too

[summerfield]

nice capture, sally.

[Bobbyj]

what a lovely little bird

[Livia]

Great shot, he's a pretty one! 8)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice shot- sounds like they're as common as our Purple Finches.

[Chris]

He looks very pretty - beautiful capture.

[Sharon]

Pretty bird and a lovely capture.

[EvaHenriette]

Cute bird. Lovely shot.

[Anatoly]

Fine shot of a lovely bird! Action shot! Nice reflection, too.