At Lysterfield Lake yesterday, it was very still and calm first thing in the morning. I wandered around to see what might be different – who or what was visiting the lake? I found a Darter bird (sometimes referred to as the Snake bird because of how it snakes its head on its long neck)…
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Gang-Gang Cockatoos
A couple of days ago my neighbour rang to say ‘get outside quick and take your camera!’. Out in the gum trees near our fenceline was a couple of Gang-gang Cockatoos and in other trees were their young family. The kiddies flew away as I approached but the parents remained long enough for me to…
Superb Lyrebird
I’ve been trying to get a shot of one of these for over a year now. The best I got was a distant shot a couple of months ago when I saw one on a path many metres away from me. But today, as I walked back down the pathway to 1000 steps in Upper…
A chatty fellow
Well, he wasn’t really. He was busy chewing on grass and watching me as I came closer. But he does look like he’s talking to me doesn’t he? I chose this as my ‘pic of the day’. This one stayed right on the edge of the path where I was walking and didn’t move away…
Boxing Kangaroos
When I first arrived at Lysterfield Lake on that misty day, my plan was to walk up to the weir wall and set up my tripod and camera there. I should have had my camera ready before I started walking though. Because I came across three young bucks who started boxing. Two first and then…