Birds
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I have submitted this to the Guinnes people for the Stilt with the longest legs
Having posted many photos of the local kestrels I wanted to give a better idea of its size. So I went to the local library and had a photo taken with one that would not fly away :
Bert the kestrel was sitting on a fence post again yesterday, so I went there to say hello. Going back to the path I pointed her out to a couple passing by because of the lack of other birds about in that area . I played back some photos for them from the screen on my camera.
This , from yesterday, is a whistling kite. I have better photos of it but yesterday it was flying away from me.
Today for the first time I spotted a pair of brolgas in the wild. A large bird that has a very peculiar courtship dance routine . But no dancing today.
and a couple of raptors , from the same area, about half an hour by car from home.
(Melbourne Water Treatment Plant)
I’m still going for my afternoon walk most days.
In just under two hours I came across less than a dozen people, door to door.Could be the virus or that it was cold and raining on and off, maybe the wind.
Anyway I shot a Little Eagle going byStill going for our walk.
this one I called “where did I put the key ?”
one from yesterday
those white faced herons are around most of the time but this type of ibis, the Straw Necked, is seldom seen here but common about half an hour away by car.
Also from yesterday.
We are still doing our 90 min or so walk most days. Today we did it twice.
One from the afternoon
Australian kite.
we need some colour.
Two doors down from us this afternoon.
Rainbow lorikeet
Sometime ago bird behaviour was mentioned.
In the last few days I again observed how females are much easier for me to get close to and in fact often I don’t see the much more obvious males at all.
So yesterday I took this photo :
I was taking photos of the male when this female flew closer to me for a look.
A bit later I spotted some birds I could not identify. All females that I could see. Turns out that they were Golden Whistlers .
the male has a black head and neck, white throat and bright yellow chest. Should be easy to spot but I did not see one. That female , with another one nearby, just sat there posing.
same with the Flame Robin the day before. See the previous post
Something else that came to mind.
This is the Splendid Fairywren in the photo on the previous post :
pretty but not exactly splendid.
however in breeding season it looks like this :
the ladies go nuts when it does that.
(on the first photo, opening to full size, you can see a small blue spot under the eye, but that and the blue tail is about it)
to see the full size : right click , open image in new tab
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