Barrelling Straight For Me

This little fantail flew straight out of the tree, straight for us at top speed. I got a bit of a fright, but he Mistress stood stock still and kept her finger on my silver button and managed this shot.

It's not 100% sharp, but the Mistress loves the wing motion and will blip it, but probably won't put it into a competition.

We were in an olive orchard where the olives were still on the tree, and there were lots of white eyes and fantails about.

The birds are particularly hungry this year - not much food for them about, so on the way home we called into the supermarket and bought dripping, birdseed and some netting and string. The apricot tree is about to be adorned! Expect some white eye shots in the next few weeks :)