where I live – AT PATHO

Ibis in a tree? No, it’s a Spoonbill

July 27, 2021

My many faces

July 26, 2021

I took quite a few photos of this bird, a Whistling Kite. He was showing me many different poses. Here are just some.

There are a lot of these birds living here with us. They are friendly, don’t cause any concern and are a delight to watch as they roam around, wandering in and out of the garden around my house. This guy seem to have something in his mouth to take away.

They’re often called Purple Swamphens, but the blue is, I think, more blue than purple.

This ones off, flashing his white behind as he goes.

Along the creek this week.

July 23, 2021

After the rain the birds seem to emerge. As I wandered along the creek there were lots of darters, finally getting the chance to dry out. The fair weather didn’t last. I can hear rain on the roof as I write this.

Red rumped parrots

July 22, 2021

This is Mr Red Rump. I’ll put up a pic of Mrs Red Rump tomorrow,

Look at the colours of the feathers, especially the red rump!

Masked Lapwing (Black Shouldered)

June 20, 2021

This is a Black shouldered Lapwing..a Plover. There were two of them by a channel. Apparently, there are different subspecies of Maasked Lapwings. Some don’t have the black markings on their shoulders. Who knew? Not me. I do now and I’ll try to find one without the marking.

Long neck…

June 6, 2021

An Australian definition of a long neck : (Noun) A 750ml bottle of beer. Example: I’m going to sink a few long necks with my mates.

Here’s another sort of long neck my husband spied and photographed today.

Here’s the underside.

Because we’re surrounded by water, it’s not the first one we’ve noticed. We posted some pics of another turtle a while back. In the water, (click here) and another one digging a hole (click here). This one was also digging a hole in the paddock.