Birds Superb Fairy Wren in breeding plumage early winter?

[AlphaWorld]

I don't think there's any doubt that this is a male Superb Fairy Wren in breeding plumage.

The strange part is that I took this shot today - last day of the first month of winter, and they are normally in breeding plumage between September and January (Spring to mid-Summer). He should be brown at this time of year!

Maybe he had trouble reading his calendar? Or his brown suit got ruined at the cleaners?

This is roughly 1600x1600 cropped from a 6000x4000 frame from the A9III. Shot at f/5.6, 1/500. ISO 1600 using the 300 GM

 

[Richard A]

They are beautiful little birds and not easy to photograph because they rarely stay still. Nature here is a bit skew-if because of the very warm, dry autumn we had.

I'm going on a bit of a road trip at the end of winter so I have been doing a bit of research on where to find some different bird species.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Awesome birds. Nice pic

 

[AlphaWorld]

They are beautiful little birds and not easy to photograph because they rarely stay still. Nature here is a bit skew-if because of the very warm, dry autumn we had.

I'm going on a bit of a road trip at the end of winter so I have been doing a bit of research on where to find some different bird species.

That might explain it.

Now it’s cold, and it has been rather wet - this poor bird must be wondering “what the heck has happened?”