Had the most amazing experience a couple of days ago. A beautiful juvenile Gang Gang Cockatoo landed in one of our gum trees, noisily as they do, so I moved slowly closer to the tree, taking photos and chatting to it. Then it flew past me and I thought it was going to a fence…
Category: Australian wildlife
Pecking order in native birdlife
Was outside watching the birds this afternoon. It’s been quite cold and today the wind is bitter, so I was rugged up but the sun was out and I needed to just be outside for awhile. Thought I’d try and get some photos of kookaburras in flight – which isn’t easy when you have a…
Amazing discovery – 4 winged duck!
I made an amazing discovery yesterday! Who would have guessed I’d make such a discovery and get a shot of it too? It’s true! I was at Birdsland Reserve yesterday morning, one of my favourite haunts for bird life and landscape views and I saw some ducks take off from the second lake. I’ve been…
New Year, new things
Been awhile since I’ve written a post here but that’s because I’ve been busy elsewhere. I’m slowly building a following at Instagram and also have another website dedicated to garden photography. Growing the stock library there does take some time to do but it’s getting there. And I also have an Instagram account for that…
Eastern spinebill in salvia
I’ve been away on holidays overseas and it’s taking me awhile to get through all the photos I took. However, I’m back to taking local photos now too. This is an eastern spinebill in salvia in our garden. I love seeing the birds here all year round, even in winter, enjoying what our garden has…