I finally bit the bullet and purchased a new camera, after 6 months of using my mate's old Panasonic FZ20. I had a good excuse: my birthday! I decided to go with what I knew and bought an updated version of the borrowed one, an FZ100. I took it out last Sunday morning on the off chance of shooting a Black Bittern. My friend Vince and I were tipped off about a recent sighting in a local creek at Kiamba and as we pulled up at the site the said bird took off from the bank and headed upstream.
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| Creek at Kiamba |
We waited around for a while hoping it may return, but no luck. There were some Azure and Forest Kingfishers hunting along the creek and the best I could do was this distant shot.
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| Forest Kingfisher. |
I was able to get a tad closer to this cisticola that was responding to my pishing after I heard it calling in the paddock across the road from my place. I'm assuming this was probably a non-breeding male.
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| Golden-headed Cisticola. |
Even with all the rain of late the birds still flock to the bath for their daily splash and on this rare occasion I got seven honeyeaters to sit still long enough for a half decent photo!
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| Brown Honeyeaters |
And this one quietly contemplating it's reflection!
This lone silvereye dropped in for a sip.They seem to have moved on from the area lately, probably heading further north.
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| Silvereye. |
Another couple of locals were active recently. This young whip snake was trying to catch some rays when it got disturbed and moved off in a flash.
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| Yellow-faced Whip Snake |
And this little critter had the audacity to chew on our dogs discarded bone while he snoozed on his couch only a metre away.
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| House Mouse |
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| Our "watch"dog - Coco |
