I went to Lilydale Lake the other day and had a wander around the lake. Had a huge white bird fly over my head from behind me. Wish I knew it was coming otherwise I would have been ready to take shots but I didn’t. 🙁 Was looking the other way. Below is a Darter…
Category: Birds
Tawny Frogmouths
I got an excited phone call a couple of mornings ago from a neighbour. In her back garden were three Tawny Frogmouths and she wanted me to come over straight away and take some photos. Of which I did. Beautiful birds and you can see, from their colouring and some of their strange poses, how…
Two young Lorikeets
The other day I heard a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets in our garden and went and tracked them down. I trod carefully as they’re usually flighty and take off really quickly. But these two were curious and stuck around. They were smaller than most I’d seen and I came to the conclusion they were youngsters….
More ducks at the wetlands
Below, in order are: White-eyed Duck (Hardhead Aythya australis) Chestnut Teal (Male) Chestnut Teal (Female) Dusky Moorhen, I loved how you could see its feet paddling under the water
Ducks, Ducks, Everywhere
Visiting the Beaconsfield wetlands the other day there were quite a few ducks there, different ones that I was not familiar with. I’ll post some more tomorrow. These are Pacific Black Ducks. And yes, it was a gorgeous day. Great lighting and colour. These birds are mostly brown in colour so I have no idea…