The early morning sun hits various parts of our property as it rises above the trees across the road from our home. I love watching our garden being gradually bathed in sunlight. A couple of mornings ago a kookaburra sat in the tree at the end of our driveway (one of their favourite trees) and…
Category: Birds
Small Black Cormorants at the lake
We wandered down to the beach once the sun had touched the water and saw a number of small black cormorants down by the boat launch, with many of them drying their wings in the new sunlight. Did you know they have green eyes?
After the mist had risen
Still at Lysterfield Lake Park. After the mist had risen and the sun had added more colour to the scenery we could see activity starting to take place with the birdlife.
Eastern Yellow Robin
I spied this little bird on our paddock fence a couple of days ago. It seemed to be doing a dance and I think it was probably courting the other robin I could see further along the fence. So cute.
Two sets of eyes are better than one
Kookaburras have amazing eyesight. Binocular type vision. I love when they look at me – it’s like they’re looking down their beak and almost cross-eyed, producing a comical type look. They often live in family groups – I saw these two squabbling before I took their photos and I imagine they’re probably siblings. These images…