Yesterday I was commenting on our Camelia bushes. Well, on Sunday just past, I was looking out our kitchen window at the large bush there, and saw a couple of Fairy-wrens playing in the bush. Then I noticed their children were on the ground. Mum and dad had brought them out to play in the…
Category: At home
Winter still has colour and beauty
I’ve been wondering around our garden in the cool, almost frost air this past week. We’ve had rain, but some sunshine too. Wind and very cold. There’s no doubt we’re in the middle of winter here in Victoria, Australia. But, for all that, we’ve got beauty and it’s not all drab and bare trees. Our…
Meet Smokey
Smokey is the youngest of our three cats who love our 2 acre property. He knows when I’m out with my camera I’m usually hunting down birds and likes to be not far away. We keep a couple of bells on his collar for that reason – ruins some of my shots at times, but…
Immature Superior Fairy-wrens
On the same day I saw the honeyeater in the Mulberry Bush I saw this pair of immature fairy-wrens preening in a Salvia bush. I managed to get this shot before they realised I was watching them and flew off.
New Holland Honeyeater
We did have some moments of sunshine and blue skies during the week so I took advantage and went outside to have a brief walk around our property. I was delighted to hear a New Holland Honeyeater nearby, they don’t seem to come to our garden much. I saw it on the Mulberry Bush hanging…