Walking with Purpose – what does it mean to you? Had an interesting chat with a friend today, as we walked around Birdsland. She is used to walking faster than I, to help with her fitness, whereas I’m used to walking slower, building up my steps for the day, but also taking in what’s around…
Category: Birdsland Reserve
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…
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,…
Finding new chicks
I was surprised to see two Noisy Miner nests today, at Birdsland, that had young chicks in them. I had thought they’d probably stopped breeding by now but it seems not. Although, I have read and heard that not all birds breed only at springtime, some do breed for longer periods or all year round….
A tale of 4 turtles
A tale of 4 turtles and two teenage larrikin birds. At Birdsland Reserve this week. There were once 4 turtles, two each on two logs, minding their own business, enjoying the morning sunshine. Along came two teenage water fowl, intent on some mischief. They spied the first two turtles and then the other two,…
Exploring Birdsland Reserve
Exploring Birdsland Reserve, Belgrave Heights, Vic. It’s my favourite walking spot. Flanked by a state park and farmland, it consists of two lakes, one with an island, and walking/cycling tracks and wildlife – lots of birds, kangaroos, the occasional echidna or wombat, some turtles and, hopefully, platypuses too – waiting to see those after considerable…
When a photo needs a caption
Just sometimes, I take a photo and when I view it on my computer, it obviously needs a caption. And this was the case when I recently took some photos of a Darterbird at Birdsland Reserve. The series is below but it’s the middle one that stood out to me. And this is what I…
Purple Swamp Hen and Chicks
Visiting my favourite local park and lakes recently, I finally got to see, first-hand, some Purple Swamp Hen chicks with their mums. One single and then two chicks with another mum. They are quite ugly but in a cute way. My favourite pic is this one below – a young chick ‘talking’ to its mum….
Been waiting years for this shot!
Many know that I frequent Birdsland Reserve, often. There’s always so much to see and enjoy there and I very much love to just wander along (getting some exercise) and always scanning for something new to shoot (with my camera that is). One day in July, my husband and I were walking together and just…
Chestnut Teals visit Birdsland Reserve
I love to visit Birdsland Reserve regularly and never tire of visiting it. Almost every day I visit, there’s something else to see. Today it was 3 Chestnut Teal Ducks, 1 male and 2 female. I don’t see them there often, just now and then, but it’s always exciting to see them there. Today I…
The Amazing Birdsland
I took this photo recently, while visiting this beautiful parkland, with my photography club, Hills Photographic Society. I nearly always carry my long lens, 200-500mm, for those close up birding shots, and in hope of seeing the eagles above, but it also means that I don’t usually get many wide shots – unless taken on…
Amazing cloud formation
Thank goodness these is a local park I can visit regularly during our lock-down phase here in Victoria, Australia. I am, however, looking further to traveling further afield, as our my photography group – as soon as it’s allowed. In the meantime, saw this amazing cloud formation at Birdsland Reserve recently. I’m told it’s a…