I can always be sure that at least one of these birds is going to pose for me whenever I visit Grant’s Picnic Grounds, a popular place for tourists to hand feed birds. This one appears to have a cracked beak.
Tag: Australian bird
Superb Lyrebird (male)
Recently I posted shots of a female lyrebird I was fortunate to come across quite close at 1000 steps in Upper Ferntree Gully. This week I was visiting Sherbrooke Forest and heard a male lyrebird singing. I thought I was going to miss seeing it as two very loud runners (both by sound and the…
Crimson Rosella on Washing Line
It was pouring with rain a few days ago and I was thinking I’d not had the opportunity to go out with my camera. I decided to stick my nose out of the back door and risk going for a brief walk. But I didn’t have to leave my porch. Because only metres away from…
Shall I or shan't I?
Was watching the birds in our park the other day. A family of wrens and a small brown thornbill. I can sit in our pergola almost undetected as I’m surrounded by bushes. Using my 70-300mm lens means I can get in closer for shots without moving closer. This little brown thornbill seemed to be pondering…
Superb Fairy Wren (male)
I went next door to my neighbour’s yard as it’s always good for birdlife amongst the bushes but came back disappointed as there was nothing much around, despite the sun being out. So I was very surprised when I looked on my own lawns near the birdbath and raised beds to find a family of…