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Peek a boo

            With my camera on burst setting I tried to track this tiny Eastern Spinebill as it flitted between flower clusters.  This time I got lucky.  Eastern Spinebills are honeyeaters, they like brightly coloured flowers of both natives and non-natives that give them a good source of nectar.  As they can even hover mid-air as they feed, they are Australia's answer to the Hummingbird, and their wings make a similar sound.

Honeyeaters like the Eastern Spinebill are important pollinators of many native plants. They also drink the nectar from introduced plants such as fuchsias, and help pollinate non-native plants as well.

Once an Eastern Spinebill likes an area, it will stay. They are not migratory birds, but instead largely like to stay in one place.  I hope these little treasures will be permanent visitors to my garden.

Taken on: June 11, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8.0, 1/400 sec, 500mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	150-500mm
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Windows)
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