Variegated Fairy-Wren

My mind seems to be a blank and my camera has been very lazy

as well so I am regressing a little in time and returning to a happy

snappy time in the drylands around the Flinders Ranges.

Early morning at Wirrealpa Station and the birds were coming

for a dip in the big water tank near our little cottage.

Here is the little hen Variegated Fairy-Wren, Malurus lamberti, 

and just that you don't think she was an easy shot, below is the 

uncropped version of the little grey dot in the middle.

Here is her colourful little mate, not yet in full mating plumage

but looking rather dapper none the less.

I am linking to:

OUR WORLD

Wild Bird Wednesday

id-rather-b-birdin

and

Nature Notes

and thank all the organisers of these memes.