Good morning from a cold and stormy spring day here in Hastings. Hopefully this will be the last storm of winter. I am a bit worried as I am in the Blossom Parade on Saturday, so it needs to warm.
Anyway onto warmer days and this gorgeous tui. These photos were taken last week on the first day of spring. I was hoping to get some decent shots of our native birds. And this tui obliged. I knew they were around as it is now their mating season. I could definitely hear them. You can’t miss them. Anyway, after walking all around the park this tui came and sat on a branch just feet away and just posed for me.
So close that I could get the details of it’s feathers.
It is all fluffed up to impressed it’s mate.
I was ecstatic. As you can imagine.
Another entry for Cee’s challenge these past 3 weeks.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Feathers
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Such a beautiful bird!!
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It is beautiful in the sun – the colours just glow
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The feathers catch the light a bit like our starlings do 🙂
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Love these captures!! How cool! 😍💖
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Thanks Amy
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I’m so excited to see this wonderful bird. Great pictures and so exciting.
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Wow, great captures Raewyn! 🙂 ❤
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Raewyn, wonderful feathers for this challenge. 😀
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That bird is so majestic and regal. Were you afraid to get so close to it? I know some people are afraid of birds. The pictures came out great.
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Love your processing on these shots. Beautiful!
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Thanks Emilio. I was over the moon to get really close to this tui. I really wanted to show of it’s gorgeous colours.
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Well you did. And those feathers. Wow! 🙂
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Thanks again
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Hooray for your tui. The way it’s fluffed up impressed me, too, even though I’m not a potential mate.
On my last morning in NZ I heard a tui outside of the place where I was staying.
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