Lucky barbet encounter

When I came across this Coppersmith Barbet, I thought it was one of my luckiest encounters because it had not been easy to come up close with this smallest of barbets as it tended to keep to upper canopy.
One hears this bird more than see it, and going by its plumage, it's not difficult to understand why, its dark greenish feathers blend perfectly in with any foliage. Coppersmith Barbets can be considered long time residents of the taman but to come up close with any is still considered a very lucky encounter.
However, on this occasion it did keep me entertained for more than seconds as it continued to forage despite being aware of my presence and mine clicking away.

First eye contact, but fortunately did not cause it to flee.

Second eye contact, and in fact it had flown lower down, and it still continued to forage.  A triumph!

Coppersmith Barbets normally eat fruits although they do go for insects and larvae too.  
It looked like this one could be sourcing for larvae.  However I was unable to determine its food target as it did not come up eventually with any food in mouth even as it flew away.

I was not to know then this was just the first encounter, another fortuitous one was to follow a couple of days later (more of this in a forthcoming posting).