I went for a little walk today, and stopped at a bench to have something to eat. A bunch of superb fairywrens came to say hello.
I'd never been that close to one of these little friends before. The one in the first photo was maybe half a metre away (within arm's reach)
#photography #birds

A male superb fairywren standing on the crest of a hill, looking out over lower grassland

The first male superb fairywren again, standing in grass

A juvenile male superb fairywren without the bright blue and iridescent plumage of the previous male, standing on sunlit dirt beneath a park bench. They have faint blue showing on their tail and the top of their head

A male superb fairywren up close, standing on a park bench. Light reflecting off their iridescent blue feathers