Piwakawaka

Piwakawaka or fantail have always been one of my favourite native birds. I have many memories as a child of sitting under the trees in my grandparents garden watching the fantails flitting about.

We have fantail in our garden most of the time often coming around and investigating when I'm gardening but mysteriously disappearing when I go outside with a camera. They are tricky little birds to get good photos of because they are always on the move and rarely sit still for more than a few seconds at a time.

These shots of one that spent a few minutes hopping around on our decking and then later in the same day one landed on top of our water feature.