Two other birds that came out to play that day was the Eastern Yellow Robin and also a Blackbird – not sure if it was a female or juvenile as the adult males are very black. I don’t often get the chance to photograph blackbirds as they take off as soon as they detect movement,…
Superb Fairy-wren
The male of this species is coloured a very bright blue during mating season which is late winter-Spring. The females are brown and the young are also brown but often with mottled colouring and blue/black tails. They have an interesting and cute (I think) call sound. While I was in the garden a couple of…
Quarrelling Rosellas
The crimson rosellas have lots of juveniles out now. We see them in the garden on a regular basis. They love to quarrel over the feeder or any seed they spill on the ground. Below is an adult on the feeder and then two juveniles having a bit of a squabble over the feeder. They…
Eastern Rosella
Not a very sharp shot. Graham and I were walking around our property and checking on things and as we came through under some trees into the backyard we noticed this bird pop up from the long grass (ground too wet to take the mower on it as yet). It only stayed momentarily before flying…
Australian King Parrots
As I was working in my garden on the weekend (yay, we had sunshine on a weekend…. finally!) we had a family of King Parrots come visit. Didn’t see mum but dad (bright red chest) was there, along with the kiddies. They had been watching me in the garden and calling so I went and…
Red Wattlebird in the Grevillea
The Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) gets the name ‘red’ from the fleshy reddish wattle on the side of the neck. It has grey-brown plumage and white and yellow streaks on its stomach. This is a large honeyeater and can be somewhat noisy. It has a very unusual call, there’s no mistaking it. You can find out…
Kookaburra in Spring
Spring has begun here in Melbourne, Victoria. More flowers are opening and the birds seem more active and happy, certainly more in number. In the past week I’ve had the opportunity of taking photos of several different birds in our garden. And with the sun more visible the colours are more vibrant and pleasing to…
Pretty Anemones
A member of the Ranunculaceae family, these flowers are simple, single petaled, pretty flowers in a variety of colours and variations. A sign that Spring is just around the corner here in Australia.
Hardenbergia – The Happy Wanderer
A friend of mine posted a photo of this on Facebook and I asked him questions about the plant. Thought it so pretty. So I went in search of it to buy. Apparently you can get it in white as well, and I’ve since seen it in places near home, growing along fences. You can…
Stages of the Banksia
I don’t know a lot about the Banksias, other than that they are a native flower of Australia. I believe this one may be the Banksia marginata – Silver Banksia. It grows in my neighbour’s garden.
Wattle trees in blossom
I went back to my favourite park recently. We’ve had lots of rain this winter. The mountain bike tracks have been closed for at least a couple of months which is a measure of how wet it’s been. I go for walks on the lower tracks but haven’t ventured up the hills. Going up means…
Asiatic Lily
Of course, we don’t just have white flowers and grevilleas in the garden. After being given a bunch of flowers awhile back with gorgeous lilies in them, I actually bought one to put in the garden. Isn’t this beautiful?