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…
Melbourne Steamfest
Final post on this theme. What would a steamfest be if it didn’t display a smithy at work and a load of wood to help keep the steam going? And the last image, a plug for the Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club.
Other items of attraction at Melbourne Steamfest
There were other items on display at the Melbourne Steamfest, like these old cars. I wasn’t sure that all travelled on steam (I’m sure some didn’t) but they were on display anyway.
Steam Engine Line up
During the course of the afternoon at the Steamfest, they had a parade of the steam engines and then lined them up for a photoshoot. There were quite a few with cameras there and I joined in the fun! And this group were behind the arena, not being driven, just on display.