Well, I still have no new wildlife photos, but so you can see your daily organism, I’m stealing another batch of photos from Scott Ritchie of Cairns, Australia. Scott’s captions are indented and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them. You can find Scott’s Facebook page here.
And please send in your own pictures!
The first leg of my Melbourne to Sydney tour is finished. While I dipped on the Lyrebird (winter is their season!), I did see many other cool birds. Here is the 1st leg on the Victoria Gippsland trip, birds captured on a brief stopover and walk in the Dandenongs. It was amusing stumbling across a Swiss nature photographer that I follow on Youtube. I’m sure Fabian Fopp was equally alarmed that some old fart came out of the blue and said “You’re Fabian Fopp!”Anyway, it was fun chatting, and photographing parrots with him. I’ll get the lyrebird next winter!
Crimson Rosella [Platycercus elegans] at close range:
. . . while hopping amongst the grass, hoping we feed him:
Nearby a sentinel looks for danger in a nearby tree. He calls, and flashes and shakes his tail, to tell the others “watch out, humans are coming!”:
A Sulphur-crested Cockatoo [Cacatua galerita] hears the warning too…:
. . . And takes flight:
In the deep forest, Crimson Rosellas can be seen playing in the gum bark:
Seemingly enjoying a cigar:
The ever-present Australian Magpie [Gymnorhina tibicen] keeps a keen watch!:
Lovely! I remember the birds so well from my time in Australia.
The colors are amazing;even the white and yellow Cockatoo is stunning.
Wow, those are lovely birds! The 3rd picture especially has such lovely composition.
Big win for our excellent Aussie birds!
D.A.
NYC
Lovely birds, good composition