A brief gap in the downpour we had today seemed to bring them out of the foliage and I was treated to some lovely sightings, front side in my next door neighbours tree:
And an even closer view from behind on my busman's tea tree:
Monday, April 5, 2010
Black-collared Barbet
Today was a barbet bananza with another striking visitor to the garden - the Black-collared Barbet. These birds seem even more restless than the crested barbets and I don't often get more than a fleeting glimpse of them, with this kind of view being fairly typical (big crop):
A brief gap in the downpour we had today seemed to bring them out of the foliage and I was treated to some lovely sightings, front side in my next door neighbours tree:
And an even closer view from behind on my busman's tea tree:
A brief gap in the downpour we had today seemed to bring them out of the foliage and I was treated to some lovely sightings, front side in my next door neighbours tree:
And an even closer view from behind on my busman's tea tree:
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