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…
Category: Australian wildlife
Why people should not walk dogs in conservation parks
Take a look at this poor kangaroo. When I saw it I thought it might have been diseased and took photos to send to park rangers so they could capture it for treatment to ensure that other roos weren’t going to get infected too. What I found out once showing the photo to the Parks…
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.
New Holland Honeyeater in the Banksia
Went for a walk in my neighbour’s garden which is delightfully wild in some ways. I love wandering along the pathways to come across unsuspecting birds in the bushes. I love hearing them in the garden when I’m inside the house. These birds are honey eaters and dart from one bush to another in search…
Perched in the Photinia Tree
These birds are regular visitors to our garden. In fact, I believe they live on our property although I haven’t actually seen their nest. They are constantly on the watch for worms and yesterday, with the warmth of the sun, skinks were out too. In fact, we saw a skink scurry across the paved driveway…