This is a Peaceful Dove. It is sometimes called a Zebra Dove because it has black and white stripes around its neck. I often hear it calling, yet don’t often see it around. I must be looking in the wrong spots.
There are many varieties of Spoonbills. This one is a Yellow-billed Spoonbill. It is notable for its strangely shaped bill. It has black markings on its face and black coloring on its wingtips. It also has some distinctive feathers around its neck. They are not uncommon here in Victoria, Australia.
I saw this Spoonbill fishing in a small. shallow pond nearby my house. It lies adjacent to a lagoon, where the water level is adjusted up and down depending on demand for irrigation water by farmers. It ignored me and continued to fish by sweeping its bill from side to side, presumably catching lots of small fish to eat.
I threw some seeds down in spring and marvelled at the different but similar flowers.
This poor old sunflower is a little bent out of shape.
This one popped up in my meadow garden. I have no idea what it is.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
These roses were grown by my sister. I was lucky to be able to visit her for Christmas.
Also for Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
I grew this massive sunflower to welcome in the new year. The weather has been unusually wet and windy and my poor sunflowers look a lot worse for wear. This one’s still smiling.
Also for Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD).
What a surprise and a lesson to show you should persevere. I gathered up some eggs after a rare wet and stormy night. I found them abandoned by their mum, a guinea fowl. They were cold but I put them into the incubator and hoped for the best. I left them when I went away for Christmas and thought it was time to throw them away when I returned. Lucky I left them. They started hatching yesterday.
They are so tiny, but I’m watching them start eating and growing.
This little one has distinctive white marking around it’s head.
They were startled by the camera, and paraded around in a circle.
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