Looking back over the lake I could see the mist rising. As the sun got closer to peaking above the tree tops the mist would begin to move and go over the wall.
Lysterfield Lake Photowalk
The next few days I’ll be posting images from the photowalk I did on Tuesday. I was quite happy with what we saw and what I was able to capture and am looking forward to seeing the photos of the others that were there also. When I arrived I made for the dam wall, where…
Beautiful morning at Lysterfield
Met with a group of photographers this morning at Lysterfield Lake Park for a sunrise photowalk and it was worth it. There was a small mist over the lake and the waters were calm. Absolutely gorgeous. I was there for nearly two hours but wished I could have stayed longer – I had another appointment…
Eastern Yellow Robin
I spied this little bird on our paddock fence a couple of days ago. It seemed to be doing a dance and I think it was probably courting the other robin I could see further along the fence. So cute.
A touch of Autumn
It’s now officially Autumn here, although I’ve seen signs of it coming in some of the plant life since February. Here, in our own garden, one of our Liquidamber trees and the Weeping Oak have begun to show their colours through their leaves. I know it’s only a few weeks before our whole garden puts…
Two sets of eyes are better than one
Kookaburras have amazing eyesight. Binocular type vision. I love when they look at me – it’s like they’re looking down their beak and almost cross-eyed, producing a comical type look. They often live in family groups – I saw these two squabbling before I took their photos and I imagine they’re probably siblings. These images…
Dramatic Sunrise
We had a rather dramatic sunrise yesterday. I was out at a business breakfast and couldn’t resist wandering over to the windows before the event began to snap some shots of the vibrant colours in the sky. And yes, we had some heavy rain later on in the morning with a dramatic drop in temperature.
Great Crested Grebe
I see this bird regularly in the lake at Lysterfield but had no concept of its real size till yesterday. I thought it was a small bird and I could only go by what I saw – its head, neck and top of its back. It didn’t look any bigger than the small black cormorants…
Australian Laughing Kookaburra
Now the cooler weather is coming the kookaburras have come back. I guess in the dry weather worms and witchety grubs are harder to find – although we have had quite a bit of rain. Still, seeing the kookas in our trees is a sign to me that the bushfire season has passed – it…
Golden morning sunrise
Now I’m back on my two feet, I’ve begun visiting one of my favourite parks again – Lysterfield Lake Park. I’ve been walking across the dam wall and partly along the beach too. I’ll stay off the tracks for a little while longer – at least the ones where I need to climb hills and…
Little Silvereye
I posted yesterday about the raptor, Collared Sparrowhawk, watching the small Silvereye in the fig tree. Well, I thought I’d post you some picks of those tiny little birds. They are both insect eaters and fruit eaters. You can learn more about them here. They are such tiny little birds, very quick in movement and…
Collared Sparrowhawk
I came home from a business meeting and found this bird under my figtree – I was in the car in the driveway and stopped suddenly to grab my camera to get a shot – so my first shots were blurry. I parked the car in the garage and raced out again and sneaked up…