Today at my holiday accommodation, while checking guests out, they mentioned seeing a very striking bird with a long tail and asked me what it was. I told them it was Gurney's sugarbird. I had seen it in there on Thursday morning. I had my Canon that day and although I took several photos, not one was a clear image of this beautiful bird.
As I let the guests out using my gate remote. I noticed the sugarbird on the aloe blooms in The Bunker garden. Then it flew up onto a shrub. I only had my smartphone with me and usually have little to no success trying to photograph birds with it.
Surprise surprise, the images came out beautifully!
Gurney's sugarbird
I'm linking my post to Saturday Critters with Eileen, here
HAPPY SATURDAY TO YOU ALL
Oh I love the name and the photos are wonderful! :)
ReplyDeleteYou captured a beautful bird. Nice work with your smartphone. It was a smart move. :)
ReplyDeleteWHAT a beauty. And a great capture too.
ReplyDeleteHello Jo,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great sighting and a beautiful bird. It has an interesting name Gurney's Sugarbird. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend! PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
What a pretty one!
ReplyDeleteThe photos DID come out great! What a beautiful bird and a great sighting this week!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful bird!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bird! And one I have not heard of or seen before
ReplyDeleteNice sighting. I can't photograph birds with any camera.
ReplyDeleteSure does have a long tail.
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