Blue Faced Honeyeater

Flushed with success from the adventure with the rosella, I went out the back yard with the SX50 and tried my hand at shooting the Blue Faced Honeyeaters that were jostling for a feed of the wet honey mix with the Rainbow Lorikeets.
Once again, the SX 50 did the job and I ended up with the best shot of a BFH that I have managed. I think that the bromeliad (Alcantarea Silver Plum) provided a great background.
Anybody want to buy a Canon 80D? Going cheap.

This posting is dedicated to MBrutus who is always banging on about how wonderful the birds are in his neck of the woods of Los Angeles.
He goes tramping through the country for months on end armed with his 1000mm bird bazooka and ends up with a shot of a grey bird of indeterminate lineage. Move to Oz MBrutus and these come into your garden just begging to be photographed.

[Margo]

Wow!! This is a blast of colour Fav

[Denis]

A lovely capture Poppo.

[Poppo Livy]

For you @mbrutus

[Sharon]

Great detail.

[BarrieH]

nice shot

[Diana]

Wondergul capture and fabulous colours, fav!

[sally agnew]

Lovely capture Poppo :)

[Peter]

Beautiful capture with gorgeous colours, feather detail and light Terry, Fav:)

[Sam]

Jealous that you get these in your back garden! Instant FAV :)

[Connie Little]

Yes, instant fav. Wonderful capture.

[Helen Sanderson]

thats a great shot Terry - like the background...really contrasts with the bird

[Denise Wood]

FAVtastic :)

[tony gig]

Amazing bird...Fav

[Debbie]

I just read the review on your SX50. It looks pretty good and with the photo's that you've posted, I'm quite impressed with how sharp it is. It also has a pretty impressive zoom, you could startup a Private Investigator job:)

[Babs]

He is a beauty, love the focus on the eye.

[Wylie]

Good one Terry, great colours. fav

[Jane Anderson]

Love the blue around his eyes!

[judith deacon]

Wonderful capture!

[Merrelyn]

Stunning shot Terry, the brom makes a lovely background :)

[Suzanne]

You guys, this guy, gotta love you all

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot

[Tony]

Brilliant capture. Fav

[Carole G]

Wonderful shot of a lovely bird, and very funny commentary about re. Mr Brutus. Made me laugh

[haskar]

Great focus and details.

[Heather]

fabulous photo fav

[Martin Jalkotzy]

Very nice photo, Terry....but I'll stick with my bazooka!

[Martin Jalkotzy]

....and yes, an extended visit to Oz would definitely increase the variety of birds I could go after....it'll have to wait until I retire in a couple of years.