This is another one of my favorite ‘target practice’ bird. This tiny little bird is super quick in its’ movements and trying to get it in focus is always a challenge to a photographer. Anyway these are some of my shots of this wonderful bird captured in February 2010.
Even though these images were captured at about 6pm, the lighting was still quite harsh, probably due the clear sky.
These images were shot on an open ground on the bank of Sg. Trengganu, near Kg. Temir, Kuala Brang. Note that the bird was feeding on ‘senduduk’ fruit.
This ‘senduduk’ fruit has a tough skin, it is amazing to see this tiny little bird crushed the fruit effortlessly …
The fruit disappeared within just a few seconds! These birds not only move very fast, they can also eat very quickly….
Hi Ari
ReplyDeleteFlowerpeckers love these fruits. If you look carefully, you can see that they actually squeeze out the flesh and swallow it, and throw away the skin, which is quite prickly and, as you say, tough.
Dave
nice feeding shots, and the best chance of making a good shot is when they are feeding.
ReplyDeleteVery nice photos of this beautiful little bird!
ReplyDeleteThese flowerpeckers are not easy to take good photos of!
Beautiful 'Kopiah Merah' eating 'Senduduk Bulu' (Clidemia hirta).
ReplyDeleteNot posting pic lately because of no new bird sps to show, my PC's hard disk kaput and I have a new hobby - MTB ;).
Now got a new desktop and now busy uploading and learning a new program. Will upload a common birds soon.