Saddleback

Another image from the Tiritiri Island visit a few weeks ago. This is a juvenile saddleback feeding on the nectar from the pohutukawa flowers.

[Maggiemae]

perfect shot and one very rare! A privilege to see such a good picture! fav

[Keren]

Nice like the interaction between bird and flowers

[Lisa Poland]

Beautiful!

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful & detailed....

[Carole G]

Love this picture. You're making me wish for a return visit to Tiritiri

[Marnie]

Love the detail in this shot. I'm surprised these flowers are still out, the tree must flower for ages.

[julia]

Fantastic shot.. love the scruffy little fellow.. fav

[Dianne]

@golftragic they have finished flowering now - this was taken in December, although flowering is surprisingly spread out and varies from tree to tree.

[Issi Bannerman]

Mmm. What a super shot.

[Bev]

Beautiful image of the saddleback.

[Peter]

Gorgeous colour, depth of field and framing Dianne:)

[sally agnew]

I love the orange feathers on his back :)

[Babs]

Lovely shot. David is the bird photographer in our family and unfortunately he didn't get chance to photograph many birds while we were in New Zealand. He did get a great shot of an albatross when we were at sea though.

[Dianne]

@onewing You will have to visit NZ again and make sure you visit Tritiri Matangi Island - an open sanctuary 1 hour by ferry from Auckland. David would be most impressed!

[Yao RL]

What a beautiful bird, I heard about it but never saw it in life. So nice.