Hi all, just sharing my bird photos from the weekend in Bright, where there was snow on the mountains, and frozen pipes on our campsite! Note to self:- don't stay in a tent in winter!
I had about a two second window of opportunity with this Nankeen Kestrel :)
I think this is an eastern Shrike-Tit
male superb fairy wren
and female
Can't find this pair in my book
Galah
and finally red browed finches
Great shots Heva1.
I think those ducks were domestic escapees or introduced.
Nice shots Hev.......... camping in the snow..you can have that!
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Nice shots Hev, Bright is a beautiful place.
Some beautiful birds, love the in-flight photo of the kestrel and the redbrowed finches, they are beautiful birds. By the way your superb fairy wrens are both males, the 2nd one is a male that has not got its breeding plumage :D
hey Amateur, thanks for the info...I didn't know that...you learn something new every day huh?!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Great series of photos - so sharp! You did well to get such good ones of the wrens and finches
Great photos - love the fairy wrens. You did really well catching them, they are too fast for me!! I believe the ducks are Muscovy ducks, a domestic species.
thanks guys, maggie, you are spot on, I googled them and they are muscovy ducks.Love your avator-a nankeen night heron?
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
HI Heva1
They are bigger than WOW I can only dream of taking photos as clear as them love them all
thanks smeedingo! :)
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Nice set Hev, good to see you don't let the cold keep you in.
A Photo is only as good as the eyes that look at it.
Thanks Hev - yep, it's a night heron - I took that shot at Melbourne zoo just recently. Beautiful bird. I love the muscovy ducks too - they are so ugly they are cute!
Hev.... love the new avatar... must look for a new ,one too!
But my catbirds started calling again yesterday doing a duet with the whipbirds so I feel disloyal!!!
Those red brow finches are so pretty .
MaggieL hi... I love the one legged night Heron avatar
cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
You did really well to get the shrike-tit, they move fast high in the canopy. I see them occasionally but very difficult to photograph.
Hi Greg, the credit goes to my non-birding friend who said 'there's a yellow bird there' sure enough it was high up in the canopy and moving fast in the foliage. I thought it was a golden whistler at first but then saw what it was doing (lifting off the bark and eating insects) and spotted the crest like a whipbirds.
I had the birdspotter ailment of crook neck after that long observation I can tell you!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best