Superb Fairy-Wrens

SUPERB FAIRY-WRENS  Malurus cyaneus

There were plenty of wrens about today around Kelly's Bridge at Kilmore East.

It was a cold but clear winter's morning, very cold.









The wrens were very busy. A group of fifteen or twenty birds were in and about the wattle tree. They would chatter amongst the trees before moving down to  the ground to continue their foraging.







 One bird had a worm in its beak which was about twice as large as the bird itself. The worm was flipped around and softened a little before being hit against the branches on the perch.

I think these are young males, not yet into their full breeding colours.