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…