Do you think it is just a 'click-bait' title?
Well YES and NO 😂
@nelinoeva has challenged us all to show small birds. That got me thinking. What really was the smallest bird I have photographed so far?
I am not really sure... Sunbirds, minivets, finches or white-eyes. I think they are all small and are a challenge to photograph due to their impatient dashing around. Always a very difficult prospect to get them in focus in the split second that they perch somewhere...
Let us take a look..
White-eyes
My favorite small bird and my entry for #SMap 156
This little beauty is around 2" in size and constantly hops around restlessly. With it's brilliant yellow coloring and white eye ring, it is a very cute bird but I have cursed so many times while trying to track it. Focusing on it as it darts in an out around leaves is a nightmare. The damn bird literally can hide behind a single leaf sometimes !!
Finches
Cute, small and very colorful. I love these birds but again have encountered many difficulties in photographing them ...
Mr. Strawberry finch
and
Mrs. Strawberry finch
I almost stepped on a snake in grass as I chased after these beauties for 2 hours! Finally got these shots in focus and ran away from the area because though I was fairly sure what I saw blazing past my foot was a non-poisonous rat snake I did not want to take any chances !! 😅
These 2-3" small cute ones are worth chasing after but not at the cost of stepping on a 4-5 foot long snake!!!
Sunbirds
Busiest bodies of them all, these birds just do NOT rest. They are one of the first ones out in the morning and they keep flitting from flower to flower. Sometimes they dart around chasing spiders. Looks like they like them for breakfast!
Can you imagine the YOGA poses I had to adapt to get my lens to align with this upside down beauty as it looked for spiders under leaves?
I almost had a cramp in my neck after I managed to take this pic!
So - as a conculsion, I do not think SIZE MATTERS! Small birds are cute and most impressive ...
Do you agree ?
Please feel free to comment and let me know your views. Also - please let me know if you liked the clicks.
A big thank you for support
Thanks to c/hive-106444 (Feathered friends community) for providing this wonderful opportunity to present my experience and photographs. Thanks to @barbara-orenya and @melinda010100 for all the support and encouragement to this community. Special thanks to @nelinoeva also for the wonderful contest and Author of the week initiatives.
Thanks to HIVE for this wonderful platform. Thanks also to @adalger and @dna.org for encouraging me by recognizing some of my posts as worthy of Densifying nature project.
Further, thanks to Amazing nature community for welcoming me and showing me their love on some of my posts.
Note: All images and collages in this blog are created by me, based on photos clicked by me personally and/or free vector images from Pixabay. Any other sources, if used, are indicated as image credits below the picture.
Quotes used, if not credited, are either from unknown authors or are proverbial old sayings.
