After all the bad weather we've been getting here in SA, at last the sun has shown its face and the flowers are starting to bloom and the Honey Eaters have returned. We have a mob of 40-50 that frequent the Village...
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That first shot is stunner.
You can really get some great compostions with the foilage and their plummage
Dont take life too seriously, it never ends well
Thanks laza...good old spot focus...LOL
Great shots- you just can't go wrong when photographing NHHEs, just too much character
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
For sure Ryu...great little subjects...
Good photos. They are a great looking bird. We don't get as many up here in Brisbane.
Thank you Devster...yes, we're blessed her in the Village with so many...
SX, I'm becoming intrigued by "the Village". Can you provide details on what it's all about?
I ask because I've approached nursing homes & aged care places about the idea of planting native, especially indigenous, vegetation in their grounds in order to provide wildlife habitat & thereby a more stimulating environment for the residents. None of the institutions I approached were interested, preferring to stick to their largely sterile, wildlifeless exotic gardens.
Very nice photos
Hi Woko,
We live in a Lifestyle Village, not so much a retirement village. Out gardens were planted when we moved in by idiots who had no idea of what to plant. Over the two and a half years we've been here, we've removed a lot of the plants and planted our own...mostly natives that flower to attract the birds. I planted two grevilleas in the back garden and when they get to 11 meters or so (and before) high with all their flowers, I'm hoping to attract the parrots as well as the magpies, honey eaters and other varieties we already have. At the moment we have rainbow lorikeets, musk lorikeets, etc that tend to fly past...when our plants get bigger, they will have a reason to stop. We have a couple of bottle brushes that attract the honey eaters as you can see in my pic. Our Village allows you to plant pretty much whatever you want as long as it doesn't grow too tall...(I haven't told them how big my grevilleas will be..LOL) we have Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and Galahs that frequent the place as well...some White Ibis on occasion as well.
Cheers,
Ron.
Thank you...WhistlingDuck
Thanks, Ron. Sounds nice.
To attract even more birds have you thought about the idea of planting species local to your area in Adelaide or even eventually putting up nesting boxes? You might find, depending on how close you are to remnant bushland, that planting native grasses will attract Red-browed Finches & other seed eating birds. I think State Flora is now stocking a much wider range of indigenous plants including native grasses.
Just a few thoughts.
We don't have any large trees here yet as the Village has only just been completed...so nesting boxes will have to wait a while...my plan at the moment is to get the parrots into the garden...we have quite a large "park" area close by and there seems to be plenty of birdlife there so when our plants get big enough I hope the birds (lorikeets esp.) will come across the road. I plan to visit this park when I get a chance, never been there before but a friend told me it's quite large so I'll go over for a wander and see what's there. The weather here has been awful so as we get some decent days without wind and rain, I'll take my camera over and investigate...
Just as an aside, I was contacted by the editor of Birds Australia Magazine a couple of weeks ago, seems a few of my pics are going to be publised in the September issue...looking forward to seeing them there...
Good one, SX. Yes, nest boxes may have to wait, as you say - although if there are large enough trees without nesting hollows in the nearby park the local park authority may be amenable to the idea of putting some up.