red- eyed thornbill

Tasmanian Red-Eyed Thornbill, Acanthiza ewingii

Just by sheer chance I was able to catch this little guy in my garden this morning. I like this photo as even though it's supposed to be summer this has a feeling of autumn about it. There were quite a lot of them about feeding on large worms chattering away. They are so fast and tiny only 10cm, very hard to get a good photo of.

Red- Eyed Thornbill

Couldn't get a good look at this bird as he was very frisky, feeding on the little insects in our neighbours tree. I did think at first they were silvereyes but later thought they may be sparrows. On closer inspection I'm not sure I know what they are. Looking through The Slater's book I found a few that resembled this bird, a Yellow Spotted Pardalotes, a White Fronted Juvenile Chat, or a Tasmanian Thornbill which is the most likely.

He is a Tasmanian Red-eyed Thornbil!!