Yes indeed some really beautiful butterflies captured at the Butterfly House in Williamson Park. I spent just over an hour in there recently on a Saturday lunchtime and would ideally have loved to stay longer because a great deal of patience and a steady hand is needed to get the best shots but the tropical temperature inside had me sweating profusely and I needed to take a break. Anyway over the next couple of days I will share a few more pictures and I hope that you will think my time inside was worth it...
The title of today's post is taken from a song by Johnathon Richman and The Modern Lovers. It's not a particularly good song but the line fits with the experience of seeing these lovely birds in The Tropical Realm at Chester Zoo where the air was full of the sound of birdsong.
I don't know what species they are but they are really beautiful. I think the first bird is a type of starling but cant be sure, I really like the eye in the first picture. The final picture was really difficult to get because the bird was on the ground under the shrubs and in very poor light so I'm particularly pleased to have captured it and its brightly coloured plumage. Saying that an alternative title for the blog comes to mind,"Beautiful Plumage..." inspired by the Parrot Sketch from Monty Python .
