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 it’s on the second story so on tree top level. But they often visit our property too.
The one with the brilliant red is the male.
Recently I drove past a park beside a main road near home and realised I’d never visited there before. So I decided I would leave early one Friday morning and get there to see what bird life was at the wetlands before the day had progressed too far. The photos for the next few days are from that park.
Spreading and flapping its wings in the water I couldn’t resist getting sequential shots! This is the last of this particular series on ducks.
Contentment is what I think of when I see the top photo. That duck didn’t move once although there were several of us milling around. The other was just checking us out before returning to the water.
These ducks were not that shy and happily came to see if the photographers had anything to give them but once they were satisfied we have nothing to offer they would take back off into the water.
This duck almost looks like it has two heads – I loved the reflection in these images.
A photo of a blue banded bee I took led me to a path of discovery. I began researching to find out what kind of bee it was. I've actually learnt lots of things since that day and can now name almost every bird in this region and identify it by its call too. Apart from improving my skills in photography and learning more about my camera, lighting, settings, etc, I've learnt so much more about the environment in which I live. [Read More …]
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