David de Groot 📸 @david@photog.social
Photographer, foodie, Dad Joke aficionado from Cedar Creek, Old, Australia. Mostly a Canon EOS system shooter with some fairly decent lenses.
Joined Jun 2017
Grey Fantail as seen from my veranda on the weekend. These delightful little birds catch insects on the wing and very active.
They also, as their name suggests, fan their tales for various reasons, sometimes to display a warning, sometimes in courting, and I suspect sometimes because they just want to look fabulous.
A White-browed Scrubwren we spotted last sunday when we went up to Mt Glorious.
Met this Tiny Turkey today. It’s an immature Brush Turkey.
Apparently his name is Steve.
I put some seed out about 10 mins ago and with the collection of adult King Parrots that came to visit, were these two young males, just changing in to their adult plumage.
The young start off mostly green like the females, but eventually the males change to have red heads and belly and beak.
It’s quite cool this morning (for SE Qld) but that didn’t stop this male King Parrot from waiting on the back veranda railing for me to put the seed out.
#bird #KingParrot #AustralianWildlife #FeatheredFriday #photo #nature
Haven't posted a #KingParrot recently, so here's one that was on the feeder about 10 mins ago.
Adding to the small bird count this morning, is this Peaceful Dove. One of two tiny dove species that live in Australia (the other being the Diamond Dove that lives further west).
These guys grow to 19-24cm (beak to tail).
And yes, that is a sulphur-crested cockatoo in the tree behind it.
This morning's tiny bird, is this male Variegated Fairywren I spied hopping amongst the bushes beside the house.
#bird #photo #nature #AustralianWildlife #VariegatedFairywren #wren
Look who was pipping loudly on my clothesline this morning. A Striated Pardalote.
These guys make a loud "cheep .... cheep cheep" call so are easily identified, but not always easy to spot (the call itself being one of those that is difficult to locate, and they're very small).
Some Grey-crowned Babblers I saw on the way home this morning. They seem to be gathering nesting material.
A Scaly-breasted Lorikeet I spotted in the teatrees (melaleuca) near the lake at UQ this morning.
#bird #photo #nature #AustralianWildlife #ScalyBreastedLorikeet
Cheeky cockatoos, a male king parrot and a tiny peaceful dove.
#bird #photo #AustralianWildlife #SulphurCrestedCockatoo #KingParrot #PeacefulDove
I have four rainbow lorikeets, three sulphur crested cockatoos and two king parrots on the back veranda but can’t open the door to photograph them as the lorikeets and cockatoos are skittish and will fly off.
Two of the six Sulphur-crested Cockatoos that were on the veranda this morning.
#Bird #photo #nature #AustralianWildlife #SulphurCrestedCockatoo
Four of the six #KingParrot s that visited today, including the female that eats from my hand (pictured on the bird feeder).
We had several visits today. Clearly I'm a soft touch.
A couple of "big camera" shots of our little backyard creek in full flow.
I used the 17-40 f/4 lens for these, something I'd not used in a while. It's still probably one of the most ordinary L series lenses Canon makes. Does the job at that price point, but isn't amazing.
Photographer, foodie, Dad Joke aficionado from Cedar Creek, Old, Australia. Mostly a Canon EOS system shooter with some fairly decent lenses.
Joined Jun 2017
