Fairy Wrens, Tumut River Wetlands

There is something about lakes, ponds and rivers that I always find I have an attraction to. While walking around the Tumut River Wetlands, situated just off the main road into Tumut, the peace and quiet was interrupted by the constant chirping of a group of fairy wrens in an old fallen River Red Gum tree trunk.  I stopped and stood still until I could get spot them and get my camera operating.
They flitted and chirped as they hopped from one spot to another on the exposed timber hole in the big old gum with its raw edges, where it had snapped as it had been blown over in a storm, were showing the beautiful rich red colour that is reknowned for and the more exposed areas having weathered to a dull grey
The males fairy-wrens are brightly coloured with rich blue and black plumage above and on the throat. The belly is grey-white and the bill is black. Females and young birds are mostly brown. Superb fairy wrens feed in small social groups on insects, mostly on the ground, but may also be taken from low bushes.