This little fellow is probably the smallest bird I have ever seen.
When I first noticed it, I thought it was a (very fast) butterfly flitting around. From end of tail to beak he is only about 100mm (4") long. You can get an idea of his size when you compare him to the length of the barb on the barbed wire fence.
Amazingly, his conservation status is "Secure" despite the obvious loss of habitat and the threat from a multitude of predators including Magpies, Butcher Birds, Kurrawongs and Kookaburras as well of course from cats and probably just about every other meat eater around.
The shot was taken in a nature walk, Oxley Creek Common that I had never heard of until recently. When I looked up where it was, I found out that not only was it not far from our place, but we drive past it on a very regular basis. Crazy!!!!
Had to send the pic off to the "Friends of Oxley Creek Common" to get it identified.
Going backwards in your photos - I missed this yesterday. What a beautiful little bird - well done on getting a good shot!! Fav! I now see you are not far from home - funny that you should have passed this place and not noticed it before.
Love the composition Fav.