Wee Willy

Taken on the beach this morning. This wag tail and its mate kept

flying around me and chirping. It alighted on a piece of bark long

enough for me to get this photo.

Great shot! Wee Willy has such personality!

Great detail and lighting.

Thank you for the comment Jeanne. I do like these little wagtails, they have a lot of character.

 

Thanks Kim for your comments. Love the bird photos in your own portfolio.

 

All the best, Neil

 

 

Very nice clean shot, details are great and DOF is very neat, welldone and best regards RK,!

Perfecto encuadre, magnifica luz y color, bello el fondo, un cordial saludo Neil.

Thanks very much Rafik for your comments. I like your own bird photos very much. Regards, Neil

Hola Julio,

Muchas gracias por vestros observaciones. Me gusto mucho vestro bird portfolio. Saludos, Neil

Beautiful shot, with great detail, got a sweet memory with this little bird- the first days of my school, the poem "wee willy winky......."

Thanks Zulfiqar for your comments. All the best, Neil

 

 

Beautiful shot, detail is excellent, your background colouring superb.TIP..to get the wrens, find where they are sit down quietly, have a little bread with you, toss it in the vicinity and just wait.I can get them to come up to me within 2 meters that way.

Thanks very much for the comments Birte, and for the tip. I'll give it a try. Regards, Neil

Fantastic

 

You really captured the character of these perky little beasts

 

Nice to see some truly excellent shots of bird species I can recognise.

 

Regards C.

 

That's a very nice Willy. I'm yet to get one that I'm happy with. I'd be happy with this one. May I pretend that I took this photo?

Thanks for the comment Jon. Glad you like the photo. I rather like these little birds. They have such a defiant expression at times. There are plenty around on Phillip Island but I find it hard to catch them under suitable conditions - lighting, pose, background etc. I was walking along the beach one morning with my camera when this little fellow flew up onto a bank of sand and perched on the piece of bark just long enough for me to get this shot.

 

 

 

Regards, Neil

You hit the nail on the head when you said these birds are defiant! I have seen Willy Wagtails chase away birds ten times their size. I once saw a Willy Wagtail chase away a Wedge-tailed eagle.

 

I am ambivalent about Willy Wagtails. Sometimes I enjoy their cheeky antics and their acrobatic flight displays. Sometimes however, I think that Willy Wagtails are a curse. I would probably have a good Kestrel shot and a good Sacred Kingfisher shot if a Willy Wagtail had not chased away my subject at the crucial moment.

 

Well done for controlling the shadow and highlight detail on this very contrasty specimen.