I was attending a business meeting the other day at a cafe in Beaconsfield and learnt that there were wetlands really close to the shopping strip there. Sure enough, as I walked back to the car park I discovered the wetland was right behind the car park. Naturally I couldn’t resist paying a short visit…
Category: Birds
Baby Brown Thornbill
Heard a Brown Thornbill in the bush outside my office window and when I went to investigate found this cute little bub sleeping in the bush but waking up whenever mum would pop in with some food. What a way to live – the baby has it made! Isn’t it a cutie?
Shooting Birds II
I shared a couple of shots two days ago taken at Lysterfield Lake Park after attending a 2 day photography workshop. Here’s a series of shots I took on the same day of a young wattle bird. It was preoccupied with preening itself so didn’t really notice me as I slowly moved closer. When it…
Shooting birds
I went to a 2 day photography workshop last weekend with Steve Parish, Darran Leal and Mark Galer. Learnt heaps, met other keen photographers and went home to apply my new settings and purchase Lightroom 4. Have a lot of learning and practicing to do. However, I was out Monday morning shooting birds (my favourite…
Flying home…
Or somewhere. I heard their call and looked up in time to see them flying by, too far to get a good close up. These are yellow-tailed cockatoos. I know by their shape and their call. Lovely birds.