The Olive Back Sun Bird

I was off to work one morning about 3 weeks ago. While I was backing my vehicle from the garage I noticed an almost imperceptible movement on top of our candle plants outside our fence. I knew immediately that it was a bird and thought it was a sparrow. But lo and behold! When I looked closely, why, it was my old morning friend Olivia, the olive back sunbird. It has been months since I last saw her and I was so glad to see her. Of course, after all this time, it probably was not Olivia herself as she would have been old already, if not gone to the pearly gates of feathered friends. It must have been an offspring. I took out my cell phone camera and took a photo of her.

I was actually hoping that I could get more shots off before she flew away. Luckily, I was inside my car with the windows rolled up. Olivia was obviously oblivious of my presence as she hopped from one candle flower to another. I turned in the zoom of my cell phone camera and got some really good shots before she flew away.

And finally, my luckiest shot of all just as she flew away. I was just so happy when I saw it.

And that's all. Hope you enjoyed it. May you all have a great weekend ahead!

(All photos are mine.)