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Eastern Yellow Robin

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Kathie

I’ve been taking a break this past week since my daughter’s wedding so haven’t been out every day taking photos. shock, horror! I’ve been enjoying lazy lie-ins (well, 8am or 8.30am is a lie-in for me) and doing stuff around the house – things I’d been meaning to do for a long time. It’s felt…

Out for Breakfast

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Kathie

While I was out walking with my brother-in-law at Lysterfield Lake Park we saw several family groups of Eastern Grey Kangaroos, some with joeys in their pouches. I think it’s cute how the joeys stick their heads out of the pouch to get a feed too 🙂

Swamp Wallaby

Posted on June 7, 2012June 7, 2012 by Kathie

Went for a walk with my brother-in-law at Lysterfield Park yesterday. He had been staying with us after our daughter’s wedding for a few days, along with his wife, my husband’s sister. We saw this gorgeous swamp wallaby just off the track we were walking on. After it had determined that we weren’t going to…

Bird photowalk at Lysterfield

Posted on May 25, 2012May 22, 2012 by Kathie

I’ve been chatting with some at the Birds in Backyards forum and we decided to start doing photowalks together. As I run a business and need to be in the office during business hours only one person could meet up with me intially and we started lasted Monday. Unfortunately for us, there was a film…

Two views of the jetty

Posted on May 14, 2012May 13, 2012 by Kathie

Still at Lysterfield Park on that lovely day.

Kathie Thomas has a Diploma in Photography (Professional Photography) and has won many local competitions and awards for her nature photography. She has twice been Commended in Australia Photography’s Nature Photographer of the Year competitions.

While this site is about the Dandenong Ranges and Nature in general, Kathie’s main passion is birds and she is an ethical birder. She takes photos of wild birds without baiting with calls, and avoids using flash photography.

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