Via wikipedia: The Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), previously known as the Masked Plover and often called the Spur-winged Plover in its native range, is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia, particularly the northern and eastern parts of the continent. It spends most of its time on the ground searching for food such…
Category: Birds
Eastern Spinebill
These tiny little birds are plentiful where I live in the Dandenong Ranges. They are honeyeaters so can often be seen hovering with their beaks inside of flowers. They move extremely fast and it was many, many months before I could even get a shot of one. I think I’m improving – or they’re getting…
Watching for worms
With all the rain we’ve had, even during what is supposed to be summer, we’ve had the kookaburras in our gum trees waiting and watching for worms, their favourite pasttime.
Wren on a post
This pretty little wren was enjoying some sunshine on a post in our garden. I was hiding under our willow tree to get the shot.
Superior Fairy-wren (female)
Busy watching me, this wren didn’t take off as quickly as most.