I went in search of the Lyrebird again recently at Grant’s picnic grounds. I could hear it singing and did eventually find it but wasn’t able to get a shot of it – surrounded by bushes and leaves. However I did spy this little Eastern Yellow Robin having a bath in a puddle and it…
Category: Birds
Kookaburra in the autumn
This shot I took a couple of weeks ago. I’d never taken a shot with a kookaburra with autumn leaves in the shot before and it appealed to me.
Went to the beach and…
I saw a group of seagulls flying and swooping and making their usual raucous noise. But every now and then I heard a smaller sound, a kind of ‘cheep’ from birds of the same or similar colour and size. Closer inspection showed it was a different bird. My husband thought it might be a Tern…
Went to the beach and…
We noticed a flock of pigeons at the beach. Can’t say we’ve ever seen any at the beach before. I often wonder what it is that makes birds take off together in the same direction and turn direction at the same time too. What is the signal they hear, feel or see I wonder?
A Walk in Sherbrooke Forest
We also visited Grant’s Picnic Grounds and went for a walk through Sherbrooke Forest and were delighted to get a glimpse of a male Lyrebird there – not a good shot but certainly my first opportunity.