Yesterday I was sitting in our family room having a cup of tea when I spotted an eastern rosella in the bird bath. As they are such bashful birds I didn't want to scare him away so I called David to come and look. Luckily he had his camera handy and took a video of the bird through the glass of the sliding doors using lots of zoom. The three photos here are screen grabs of the video.
The rosella wasn't too sure about having a bath at first and just sat in the water but eventually he got brave enough to have a bit of a dip and splash.
They come to our yard, but are very skittish. I didn’t know that you could take a grab out of a video. Opens up possibilities. Each photo is pleasing, so Thank you ,David and you too, Babs.
Fav. Three gorgeous images. I have done everything I could to attract birds to a bird bath i set up in my garden but I have never seen one coming down to bathe. I have started to think that they take a shower before they go out.
Ian
David was thrilled when I told him that the screen grabs from his video were on the tp and the pp and he says thank you so much.
I agree with Ethel, rosellas are very skittish and not easy to photograph. Luckily David stood very still in our family room taking this video through the glass door and the rosella seemed to survive the experience.
Sorry you don't have much luck Dione taking bird photos in your bird bath, it made me smile when you said they have a shower before they leave home.