Tūī

They're fast, vocal, sometimes beautiful notes, other times less so. Iridescent, and can be quite tricky to photograph (expect blown highlights and the rest underexposed). Here are a few shots from one in a large tōtara outside my front door. The sun had set, the bird was in deep shade, so the colours are nicely displayed.

The last shot is a tūī on a flax bush in my garden, note the pollen on its head.