At Dru Point, Margate - south of Hobart, when I managed to capture this little beautiful, with what is a decent meal, not sure how it managed to swallow, it flew away before that happened.
Anyway, here is a series of photos, it was "bashing" the caterpillar on the branch. Sorry if there are too many shots (not really sorry)!
Brown Thornbill.
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)1 by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)2 by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)3 by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)4 by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla ssp diemenesis) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
I love to see shots of birds interacting with their environment. Thanks, Dale.
Wow that was sure a great sized meal for him. He's really giving it a bash. Thanks for sharing Dale
Great photos Dale. A side of the thornbill I haven't seen before!
Thanks all. I certainly is great to see nature at it's best. Not often I get to see a "full" bird, yet alone fast a little brown bird in the open. Normally have the pesky branch of leaves in the way
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Nice shots Dale - its difficult to get good shots of these little birds, and that is a great series :-)
Beautiful set, Dale.
Thanks Alex and Sue.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
I'm glad you were sorry-not-sorry and posted a sequence, I'm with everone else, love to see these sorts of shots. Boy, some of thise little birds get ferocious with their tenderising of dinner.
West Coast Tasmania
Thanks Annie, nice to hear your still around. Hope all is well for you.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Thanks so much Dale. Had hoped to be more active and supportive back here way before now, but been having a bit of a disagreement with Leukaemia for 6+ months, so lifes been a bit topsy turvy & challenging. Seem to be heading in the right direction for now though, so all good :-) So awesome to see your photography on here these days ;-) holding that Tassie Bird flag high especially. Keep posting!
West Coast Tasmania
Nasty that you've been battling leukemia, Annie. Great that the battle is turning in your favour. Keep it on the run!
Glad to hear your going ok Annie and guessing you have a fighting spirit. I wish you and yours all the best, and look forward to some of your work when you are ready. We all have our battles to fight from different fronts, and I think staying positive and having things to look forward to help keep a positive frame of mind, at least that's how how I work.
My thoughts are with you - stay safe
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Sorry that you have had this battle Annie. Please enjoy our pictures in the meantime & hope they bring some joy to your day. Wishing you well very soon.
Thankyou so much for your kind words and encouragement, truly means the world to me. For sure keeping positive, and I'm a stubborn soul to lol. Looking forward to popping back and forwards to see many more posts :-)
West Coast Tasmania