Little Brown Birds

When I put on the sprinklers this morning we were visited by dozens of small brownish birds of assorted sizes darting through the spray then landing on the wire arch for just long enough to shake their feathers before they launched themselves into the water again. There were at least three different species because I recognised western gerygones (which I'd never noticed in our garden before although they are known to breed at Lake Karrinyup Country Club which is only a short distance from where I live), singing honeyeaters and brown honeyeaters but I'm pretty sure there were others - and all so intent on their shower bath that they were paying no attention to the others.

Then, once the sprinklers were off, the brown honeyeaters put on a spectacular display of aerial acrobatics swooping in elegant twists and turns as they snatched insects out of the air. It was a rare sight and extraordinary to watch.