WELCOME! I’m glad you found me here!… In this crazy world, it is comforting to know there are some things that don’t change. Just spend time with God’s creation and see! The birds are still singing, and doing what birds do. In fact, Jesus told us not to be anxious, but look at the birds….
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin hangs out with a residential flock of Double-barred Finches. One finch doesn’t know what he is. (Kalbar, Qld – July 2021)
Glenwood, Qld – October 2020 It was a rather warm day at Glenwood, Qld, where I was doing a house/pet sit. I had finished my morning chores, and was about to sit and chill for a bit when I heard dogs barking, and then a strange racket outside. I grabbed the camera and found lots…
Another first-time shot…I spotted a bird in the pine tree. The black and white markings were different to birds I knew. So I zoomed in… But by the time I got the bird in the viewer, it flew off. I looked in the view to see what it was, and discovered it was a Blue-faced…
Yey!! At last, I got what I’ve been hunting for! For weeks I’ve been after a nice shot of these finches , the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin. Today, I went out and got a lot more than I bargained for!… Starting with the duck family in the pond, swallows getting mud from a mud puddle for their…
I set out early in the morning to hunt for wrens and finches. But one the way 3 Sulphur-crested cockatoos were drinking at the pond. I stopped and got a few shots before they flew off. 28 New Ducklings Learning to Swim I was about to head off, but then spotted a male Wood Duck…
This morning I went down to my usual spot on my hunt for wrens and finches again. I spotted a little Owl Face (Double-bar Finch) on a branch of a pine tree. The Owl-faced Finch is not what I was looking for as we have plenty of them in the birdbath at home. I had…
