Been trying to get one of these guys close up for well over a year now and I finally nailed it. In my neighbour’s grounds there are many plants that the Eastern Spinebill loves and I’m able to move amongst the bushes without making too much noise and without being too disruptive to the bird…
What's up Cocky?
These birds are so comical in their behaviour. I love watching them. This one was busy checking out all the activity on the ground around it.
White lily
I think this is a lily but happy to be corrected. Saw it standing alone on a hillside as my family and I walked around the streets of our small community of Selby. I thought it quite pretty.
Yellow Faced Honeyeater
I went for a walk at Birdsland Reserve in Belgrave Heights recently and discovered a bird I haven’t seen at home, although the park is literally only about 3 or 4 kms away. A fairly small bird and quite cute. The BirdsintheBackyard website is very useful for id-ing birds.
Crane Fly
I often take photos of insects so the uncle of my daughter’s husband passed on a book for me to ID the insects. I’ve often been tagging him at Facebook to help me ID them. But this one I was able to find in the book and learnt that it is called a Crane Fly….