BIRD BATH VISITORS

We have a couple of bird baths out back which the honeyeaters really enjoy.

Lewins Honeyeater

We sometimes get up to six of these ones splashing about.

Brown Honeyeaters

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Shaking off the excess.



The three photos below were taken last earlier this year with my old 3x Panasonic, so not the best quality. The bird below is a Dusky Honeyeater.

This White-cheeked Honeyeater was a rare visitor up here on the range.

White-cheeked Honeyeater

We also have a small feeder which I fill with seed. This visitor, after having a bit of a nibble, decided to hang in this position for about 10 minutes, hardly moving at all.

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

BACKYARD PICS

My first ever blog! So please excuse my amateurish attempts, 

but I will try to make it as interesting as possible. 

A friend has just purchased a new digital SLR and has lent me his old Panasonic FZ20, a 12x optical zoom point and shoot. So I've taken a few shots from my back verandah up here at beautiful Kureelpa, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Queensland.

Scarlet Honeyeater

We've had lots of these visiting the flowering shrubs the last few weeks. 

Spangled Drongo

A favourite of mine with it's scolding calls and mimicry of birds such as Grey Butcherbird,

 Lewins Honeyeater and Pale-headed Rosella.

Lewins Honeyeater

A resident species with its machine gun calls, is one of the first to start off the dawn chorus.

Varied Triller

We have a pair that regularly visit. I think this one is the male.

All the photos above were taken at  the 12x optical range. I'm looking at purchasing one of the newer "bridge" cameras on the market with optical zooms that go up to 30x but was wondering about camera shake when photographing at that range.