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.
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!
Taken while travelling north of Patho.
These were seen on my travels. I haven’t seen any around where we live. They were up north of us.
I love their colours.
I couldn’t help myself. I love this bird’s feathers.
Sorting through my photos I found three in a row of birds up in trees. Here goes.
It has been a year since I started this blog and one of my goals along the way was to be able to take some photos of birds in the air. When I began, I preferred subjects that stayed still. Even the wind blowing a flower around on a sunny day, was enough to frustrate me. So I’m proud to have captured these birds in flight… and to have reasonably clear focus. I’d have to admit that these are large subjects and they take off fairly slowly. being relatively easy to photograph. Now, the next challenge is the smaller birds, especially the ones that flit around, never staying still and hiding in trees or shrubs with lots of foliage to keep them safe.
It was chilly. The pelicans tucked their heads away and shivered!
Here are two headless ones.
Did I mention it was also windy. The pelicans were gathered in this corner of the swamp. Perhaps it was marginally warmer. Having been on a dairy farm, I noticed that cows always turn their backs to the wind. Apparently horses face the wind. There are lots of ideas about wht this is so. I noticed in this picture the pelicans all faced the same way, well all except one. He hadn’t got the memo. Or maybe he was keeping lookout. When my guinea fowl are eating there always seems to be one, not eating, keeping a lookout for predators.
I had something in common with this little guy. We were both crouched over to stay warmer.
Location: Kow Swamp, Victoria, Australia. Kow Swamp is a permanent body of water. It’s used for irrigation.
I spent a very chilly morning photographing these pelicans. The more I watched them the more fascinated I became. Needless to say, I have lots of photos to add this week.
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