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  1. Sleepy time?

    Sleepy time?

    We went off into Albany, as Alex had one or two calls to make. He dropped us off at some ponds just on the outskirts of the town. Wandering round them, we first came to a pair of Little Black Cormorants, and who didn't see the Pacific Black Ducks, both in the background and foreground? Still...
  2. One of the big ones

    One of the big ones

    Red-capped Parrot is rather large at 36cm (14 inches), even for a parrot. They called almost be called "rainbow" though, couldn't they with all those colours on them. Nice birds.
  3. Oh go away!

    Oh go away!

    A pretty Silvereye was on the garden feeder when we got back. I really adored these beautiful guys. Though in this image it shows how severe they can look!!
  4. Little and Large

    Little and Large

    A Ruddy Turnstone wandered across in front of us accompanied by a Red-necked Stint... would never have thought there was such a size difference as I hadn't ever considered a turnstone to be a large bird LOL. And although I'd only recently been introduced to these stints, I didn't think of them...
  5. B&W with a flash of yellow

    B&W with a flash of yellow

    Also on the beach at Rushy Point was a Little Pied Cormorant. Birders here have trouble working out the difference between our Cormorants and Shags... there's only two to consider LOL lost count of the number in Australia... just checked.. there's 5 and I saw them all but one (which actually...
  6. Here's looking at you

    Here's looking at you

    A bit further along and there was a lonely Greater Crested Tern. Another large gull, though it is smaller than the one I showed you yesterday. They appear to be found all round the coast of Australia.
  7. What did you say?!

    What did you say?!

    I think we all know that look, don't we LOL June and I had now got down to the harbour, with the tide just about fully in. Found this pair of Caspian Terns on the beach.
  8. A Tight Squeeze

    A Tight Squeeze

    Caught feeding from the fence feeder this Australian Ringneck or Twenty-eight Parrot. There really doesn't seem to be much room, even for his head, to get into that feeder, does there LOL Saturday Fun
  9. Difficult

    Difficult

    This wasn't my first sighting of a Red-winged Fairywren as I'd seen one a few days before, but the only chance I had of getting a picture... having chased he up and down the trees, for what seemed like hours LOL Sadly the focusing effort was rather poor but he was gone after that shot. I've not...
  10. Waiting up

    Waiting up

    The only bird waiting to greet us when we got back was a Silvereye. I really had fallen in love with these pretty guys since I'd arrived and saw the first one with Ken in Brisbane.
  11. Break between preening

    Break between preening

    Moving along a little bit a Tree Martin suddenly plonked himself on a branch and started preening, then stretched out a bit, giving me this view.
  12. But he's Black and White

    But he's Black and White

    We'd not got to Bluff Knoll view point. There was a rather nice elevated walkway overlooking a steep drop, so we were actually at canopy height. A Scarlet Robin landed on a tree right in front of me and sat a couple of minutes allowing me to get this picture. He'd obviously got some youngsters...
  13. Small but nice

    Small but nice

    We spent quite some time exploring the park, but few birds revealed themselves (it was very hot, so guess they were keeping well into the shade). However, we did stop a lot and went for little walks, getting pictures of plants and the scenery (views were terrific with the mountains beyond). We...
  14. A local special

    A local special

    Pongorup NP is one of the few places where the White-breasted Robin can be found. But actually he found us and cavorted around for a few minutes making sure I had plenty of chances to photograph him LOL His is rather cute, isn't he and poses rather like our own robin.
  15. See the size of that foot!!!

    See the size of that foot!!!

    After breakfast we set off for about an hour inland to Pongorup National Park, a dry forest. We stopped first at the rather intriguingly named Tree in Rock day use area and sat at one of the tables for a cuppie. Within a minute a Rufous Treecreeper showed himself to us.... what a beauty he...
  16. Inquisitive

    Inquisitive

    Gosh, it seems ages since I showed you a Galah.... so what better than this cheeky inquisitive guy!! This is the following day and we went out early morning to return to Torndirrup, but this time up Sharp Point Road which had been Alex and Judy's local Patch. We saw and hear far more birds...
  17. The Aussie Gardener

    The Aussie Gardener

    But the real star of the show was this Southern Brown Bandicoot, or Quenda as they're known in Western Australia (from the Aborigine word). I think these are now upgraded to full species now. Apparently they are wonderful diggers capable of really improving the soil. Also they carry a fungus in...
  18. Buffy

    Buffy

    Alex's neighbour had heard about me and invited us round because she had a couple of nice visitors to her garden. First up I got much closer views than previously of a Buff-banded Rail, although he was partially obscured by the long grass at the back of her garden.
  19. Africa meets Australia

    Africa meets Australia

    Another from our Torndirrup drive. Walking round a headland we came across some rather wonderful rock formations. This one I called Hippo Rock. Looked just like a Pigmy Hippo rock-climbing! Saturday Fun
  20. Strange

    Strange

    We had some incredible views on our drive around Torndirrup along with some lovely flowers too. We visited the Historic Whaling Station and had a very tasty lunch there, before going off for yet more exploration of that peninsula. When we got home the enigmatic Zebra Finch was waiting to check...
  21. Across the sound

    Across the sound

    After breakfast we went a bit further along the peninsula then up into the hills behind where Alex and Judy live to Torndirrup National Park. What incredible views from up there. This one looks across King George Sound to Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve in the far distance, which we'd visited a...
  22. Splendid isolation

    Splendid isolation

    On our way back from the beach I spotted a Splendid Fairywren up in the trees. Light behind him of course LOL. It was so nice to have a few sightings of this delightful fairywren at Alex and June's village.
  23. Think they must have had a busy night!

    Think they must have had a busy night!

    A group of Australian Pelicans, doing what they do best, loafing around or sleeping LOL
  24. Pale faces still need cleaning

    Pale faces still need cleaning

    Finally down at the estuary, one of the grassy banks a load of White-faced Herons were all busy preening. I think I counted 7, but not sure now if I cut one out when I was editing the image LOL They're not all easy to spot.
  25. On tippy-toes

    On tippy-toes

    The drive home from Denmark was uneventful, despite the sky being darkened by smoke from the bush fire. Fortunately, the next morning the fire seemed to have been put out. June and I set of quite early to go down to the estuary. Suddenly she said one minute and crossed over to a fairly high...
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