Here are just a few more images from the lake last week. I’ve got my eye on you! Duck trails Would love to get a close up of this bird. Maybe one day. It’s a Musk Duck. There are two of them currently at the lake. Hope that means some young ones too!
Author: Kathie
Time for a feed!
Still with the heron! Here it is fishing for food and I was delighted to watch it. I love the picture of concentration and how it’s focused. Love how clear the reflection is!
White-faced heron at the lake
Here the heron is flying over the reeds at one part of the lake and heading to an area where it will seek food. Coming for a landing. Just look at those wings.
White-faced Heron
The white-faced heron is one of my favourite birds to follow around at the lake. I first saw it near the beach and once it became aware of me, it kept ahead so that it could see me but wasn’t too close. All fluffed up and keeping a fence between me and it.
Misty morning at Lysterfield Park
I’m trying to get back into the routine of walking regularly throughout the week. When my husband and I returned home from our holiday in January we both seemed to hit the ground running and have barely stopped. Unfortunately, that means those things we really should be doing, like regular exercise, getting fresh air, etc,…
Cattle Egret
I’d mentioned how I’ve noticed different birds at the lake lately. When I was walking the other day I saw two white birds take off from the flock of seagulls at the edge of the lake. I’d assumed, at first, they were gulls too, but when I noticed their shape and colour when flying, and…
Whistling Kites
I’ve noticed a few different birds at the lake of recent times. Birds I’d not noticed before. I don’t know if it’s a seasonal thing or because of the extended dry period we’ve had, or if it’s because I’m noticing things more. At any rate, I was delighted to see these two birds slowly circling…
Footprints in the sand
Walking around the lake last week I noticed these footprints in the sand, both bird and human. I do find the bird footprints fascinating. The bird that made these footprints is the Purple Swamp Hen. Not the most attractive of birds by any means.
Silver eye visitors
The Silver-eye are very tiny birds with a constant two-part ‘cheep’ sound. They love our fig tree and are all over it currently. You can see from the size of the figs below that these are quite tiny birds. Their colouring makes it easy for them to hide in the foliage of this tree and…
Lorikeets in the Fig Tree
Our figs suddenly ripened a week ago. We were thinking they weren’t going to this year round. We’d had a long hot dry summer and we hadn’t watered the tree, or most of our garden, wanting to preserve our water as we live on tank water. We got some rain, wind and sun in the…
Autumn in the Ranges
Autumn is here once again. My favourite time of year. Warmish days, cooler nights, beautiful imagery. The flowers, the changing tree colours, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, lovely scenery all round. It really is a picturesque place to live and I love it here in the Dandenong Ranges. We have autumn flowers coming out now and…
Have you missed me?
Since returning from my holiday in January this year, life has been full on and very, very busy. I’ve had little time to blog although I have been taking photos still, but not every day. Must be the first year in the past 4 years when I haven’t been outside every day taking photos. However,…