The early morning sun hits various parts of our property as it rises above the trees across the road from our home. I love watching our garden being gradually bathed in sunlight. A couple of mornings ago a kookaburra sat in the tree at the end of our driveway (one of their favourite trees) and…
Tag: birdlife
Kookaburra closeup
They have such beautiful colouring, these birds. Similar to gum trees really. Love the dappled feathers underneath too. And their beautiful big eyes.
White Faced Grey Heron and young
Readers will know that I am often following the grey heron around at the park. Not that I’m actually stalking it, but if I see it I slow down my walk in an attempt to get closer without disturbing it too much. But many times it sees me before I see it. Last week I…
Australian King Parrot
This pair were watching to see if I was putting out any more feed recently in our garden. These parrots don’t seem to be afraid, that is they’re used to having humans in close proximity. I know they hang around my neighbour’s deck out the back as he has a pet Corella living there and…
Fat kookaburra
I was looking out my back porch the other morning and thought I saw a very fat kookaburra. I titled this shot ‘I know it’s down there somewhere’. The Kookaburras have amazing ‘binocular’ vision and can see things from a distance. I can’t even see a worm moving along in the grass from a couple…