I was reading a post in a birding forum on Facebook and the poster had shared she’d used the P950 and was just learning bird photography. Lots of discussion, people making suggestions and so on. I thought I’d share with them about my experience, and here is what I said: Noting the post re using…
Category: Australian wildlife
Birds of 2024 Challenge
I’ve taken on a new challenge, spurred on by another bird photographer, to see how many different species of birds I can photograph this year. I’ve created a page for it and will probably have to do a page a month as they will get long in themselves – assuming I get photos of different…
Surprise in the Paddock
Went out to feed my chickens and thought I’d wander down to the paddock, just to see if there was anything worth seeing. I had my camera with me – I always do and so glad I did! I saw movement in a tree branch, only very slight and whatever was there, was quite small….
Peaking out at me
I was walking at Birdsland Reserve yesterday and watching some Blue-banded bees, so was standing still, camera focused towards the ground, when a cyclist came to a screeching halt, sliding on the path nearby and then turned his bike and rode down the path towards me. He’d seen a ‘spiny anteater’ and wanted to tell…
Using Bird Mode with the P950
I’ve been getting a few questions about this so thought I’d share a post on it. I’ve been using the P950 for 3 years now, having bought it at a Black Friday sale in November 2020. I’d done research, read reviews, even got to test a P1000 that someone had before the purchase and was…
Amazing nature rescue
Most amazing thing happened today at Birdsland Reserve. I was watching two Spotted Pardalotes dancing in the air and flitting from tree to tree. Then they dive bombed towards the lake, both hitting the water. One flew off but the other couldn’t, it tried really hard and kept moving along, then stopping and panting,…
199 species and counting
Since my last post I’ve documented 3 more species. I’m now at 199 species I’ve seen and recorded on the eBird app, since I really got into it seriously around 2 years ago. The latest is a Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo – a tiny little bird and its call is not at all what I thought…
Tracking my bird count
If you’re into birding, have you used eBird? I’ve taken things much more seriously with my birding over the past two years (since I’ve been retired) and track what I see and where. I’ve learnt that I’ve seen 53 species on my own 2 acre property here in the Dandenong Ranges, Vic in less than…
A sharp eye and curious mind
I often get told I must have sharp eyesight. I tell people I’m always on the lookout for a change of shape, change of colour, movement and sound, when out and about. It helps if you revisit the same areas often as you get to know the trees, fallen logs, bushes and so on. You…
Commended in Australian Photographer of the Year 2022
Late last year I was advised I’d been shortlisted for the Australian Photographer of the Year. Today I received a certificate for being Commended in the Animal & Nature Category for my portfolio of 4 photos: Mother and Joey Special Times. I took these photos at Lysterfield Lake last year when showing a photographer friend…
The Brolgas are dancing
No, we don’t have Brolgas in the Dandenong Ranges but this was so special, I wanted to share it with you all. I regularly go visit the Western Treatment Plant at Point Wilson, going once a month. It’s a good 200km round trip from where I live to there and back and I usually stay…
Weekend Birder Interview
I’m a featured guest this week on Weekend Birder! I was interviewed late last year and the podcast has now gone live as of this morning. You’ll see it at https://www.weekendbirder.com/ with my photo and previous guests who have been interviewed too. It is an honour to be invited to do this amongst many other…