Totally Confused

Birds were so much easier back in England. I wrote earlier about how Australian Robins come in an assortment of colours and not just the red breasted ones I grew up with. Well walking down the river bed the other day I see this.

Mistletoebird, by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum. The Nyoongar name is Minnijit. York, Western Australia. Canon EOS 6d with Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens. Exposure: 1/1000 sec, f8 at ISO 1600.

 

It’s obviously some sort of robin thinks I as I walk along pondering this new bird. WRONG!!!! It’s a mistletoe bird. First robins come in multiple colours and now birds with red breasts aren’t robins. I think I’m going to stick with penguins – they’re black and white and easy to identify.

 

Penguin Island by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Little penguin or fairy penguin (Eudyptula minor). Penguin Island, Western Australia. Canon EOS 5d with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens and Canon x2 extender. Exposure: 1/250, f5.6 ISO 1600.