Red Wattle Bird _DSC9673

I spent the morning at King's Park, participating in a "photographic treasure hunt" with my camera club. The weather was perfect and the wildflowers were spectacular. This lovely wattle bird decided to feed on the aloe flowers as I was photographing them.

[Jenfurj]

Wonderful clarity & perfect colours & compostion. Sounds like a great club to be part of.

[Sue Cooper]

Fabulous. Fav.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of the beautiful flowers and nice bird.

[Lynda McG]

Lovely colours against the blue sky - nice detail! Fav

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wonderful detail! big fav

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot. Fav

[Bep]

Instant fav. Love the orange of the aloe.

[sally agnew]

Beautiful lighting :)

[Margo]

Lovely shot Fav

[Babs]

Super shot.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot.

[Peter Grave]

Lovely capture.fav

[Tricia O'Donnell]

Stunning capture

[Jodie]

Great shot, love how you've managed to catch it on the aloe, make for a nice composition. These birds are always to quick for me .

[Valerie Chesney]

Fantastic capture Merrelyn.. fav

[Anja]

Great shot!

[John Falconer]

Great shot. Well spotted.

[Merrelyn]

@stiggle thank you. I was so pleased when it landed on the flowers I was photographing :)

[Helen Sanderson]

Cracker of a photo Merrelyn...right place - right time... I love how his little red wattle echoes the colour of the flowers. FAV

[Madeleine Pennock]

Wonderful 'in focus' capture! A superb specimen and you have caught the catch light! Well done!