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armidale, australian native birds, birds, black snake, bushfires, colourful, dams, drought, dubbo, eastern rosella, feathers, glenriddle silo, king parrot, little falcon, picnic, rivers, road trip, tamworth, wildlife - February 11, 2020

Continuing On Our Road Trip To Dubbo

We thoroughly enjoyed stretching our legs walking around the very pretty town of Armidale. There was a large park just a short stroll from our motel. There were lots of birds but I was hoping to capture the Black Cockatoo. Unfortunately we didn't see them but we did see the Eastern Rosella We also spotted the female and male King Parrot Lindy and I woke early ready for the start of our second day of our road trip to Dubbo. After a nourishing brekkie we hit the road. Lindy had our whole trip mapped out and with the help from...

Road Trip to Dubbo September 2019

Day 1 of Lindy and my road trip to Dubbo. We planned on staying at Armidale on the first night allowing us enough time to stop off at the Queen Mary Falls.The drive to the falls was very dry but Picturesque. We enjoyed the drive to the falls winding up through the gorgeous rainforest stopping on the side of the road to witness to sound of thousands of Bell Minors Bell miners are commonly known as the Bell Bird. Lindy and I could of just stayed there all day listening to the sound of these very small quick birds....

Male Regent Bowerbird

Another bird I didn't expect to capture on camera was this stunning Male Regent Bowerbird. He is a medium size bird 25-30m and are Sexually Dimorphic. He is a glossy jet-black, with his crown, nape and inner wing feathers bright golden orange and his bill and eye being yellow. Males acquire their adult plumage at 5 years. The Male can be difficult to see as he is mostly seen as a flash of gold/black in quick flight between cover. He lives mostly in rainforest margins, coastal scrubs, thickets of raspberries, wild tobacco, inkweed, secondary growth, orchards and gardens from Central...

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colonies, nectar, oxygen, pollen, pollination - February 3, 2020

Bees Are Very Important and Very Precious

My favorite captures this week are the amazing very clever Bees spreading the word about how important they are for our worlds survival They never stop buzzing from flower to flower collecting all the pollen Another important food source for the bees is nectar Bees do an amazing job pollination If we don't stop using pesticides and chemicals and fertilisers our Bee colonies all over the world will be destroyed. If all our Bees die we will not have a world to live in, we will have no trees, flowers, plants, no oxygen to breath, this is just putting it mildly....

The Kingcliffe Sunrise in March 2019 became romantic and soft