Avian Contortionist

[Don Berendsen]

I expect the experienced birders have seen this type of image many times but it struck me as most unusual. In the frame a fraction of a second before this cap the Little Wattlebird was perched quite upright on the bare twig seen just to the lower right of his feet.

Olympus E-3 & 50-200mm @ 130mm, 1/1250 sec, F5.

Thanks for taking a look!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Neat pose Don. I like it and thanks for posting. :)

[denise ippolito]

Looks like he's getting ready for the double back flip!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wow what unbelievable capture !!! Well done and many thanks for sharing.

[Gus Cobos]

Wow...totally from left field...love it...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Don Neat behavior You should post over in the behavior gallery !!!

[Don Berendsen]

Neat pose Don. I like it and thanks for posting.

Thanks Ákos, glad you liked it!

Looks like he's getting ready for the double back flip!!

Thanks Denise! Actually he's just done back flip, see the previous frame in the sequential series here:

http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...639#post303639

Wow what unbelievable capture !!! Well done and many thanks for sharing.

Thanks Judy Lynn. The capture was just a stroke of good luck. I was shooting him feeding on the flower to his upper right with 3 fps auto-bracketing and he suddenly took off.

Wow...totally from left field...love it...

Thanks Gus, it's just amazing to me to actually see what these amazing critters can do.

Hi Don Neat behavior You should post over in the behavior gallery !!!

Thanks Alfred!