Welcome to the August 7, 2012 edition of nature photography. Below are posts from various contributors towards our Nature Blog Carnival. Please do visit each one and I encourage you to leave comments on those posts that you relate to, and let them know how you found them. If you’re a nature photographer, would like…
Missing in action
So sorry I’ve not been around. Many of you won’t know that a daughter of ours had a serious accident last weekend resulting her being in a critical condition on life support in the ICU at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Just yesterday she woke from an induced coma and has begun talking to us, in a…
Playtime in the paddock
The sun was out today for awhile. It was very cold and windy so I rugged up warm before venturing out. I needed to check the sheep’s water and after filling it up, went for a walk in the paddock below the sheep’s pen. The girls (mum and lamb) decided to follow me. The grass…
New visitor to our garden: Common Bronzewing
Haven’t seen one of these in the garden before. I noticed what looked like a very fat pigeon on top of our pergola and when I went outside to get a closer look I discovered it was a Common Bronzewing. I’ve seen them at Lysterfield Park, but not here. These are from the pigeon family…
New Holland Honeyeater
The New Holland Honeyeater have begun showing up in the garden again. They are mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. This honeyeater is an…