November has been a very quiet month. No travel, only morning dog walks around Ginninderra Creek, and a couple of mornings fishing - once on Lake Burley Griffin and once on Lake Ginninderra. I had cataract surgery done on my right eye mid November, and that cut down my driving until the surgeon said I could proceed (with care). Reviewing the month's photos, there seems to be an inordinate number of Tawny Frogmouth photos. With two nesting pairs in my walking range, probably not surprising.
Thursday, 3 December 2020
NOVEMBER 2020
Tawny Frogmouth (nest 1) fledged
Flowering Hakea
Tawny Frogmouth (nest 2) sitting
Nest 1 - Dad and younguns
Cool morning on Lake Burley Griffin
Red-browed Finch
Currawongs were in a BIG panic - a flying fox had invaded their territory
Tawny Frogmouth (nest 2)
Black ducks, with a Wood duck leaving
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Nest 2 growing
Cabbage White Butterfly
Raindrops on casuarina needles
Wood Duck in flight
Kangaroo Grass and a pair of Crimson Rosellas
Pipit on a post, Grass is so tall, they have to land on a post if they are to be seen
Black Duck - one eye on the dogs
Thursday, 5 November 2020
October 2020
Still around the ACT, dodging Covid-19. Spring has well and truly arrived, and it has been wet.
A second pair of Tawny Frogmouths have nested along my morning walking path.
The warmer weather has brought out the Cunningham's Skinks
and Eastern Water Dragons.
We had our first view of the Frogmouths' nestlings this year.
The local Eastern Grey Kangaroos keep a sharp eye on the dogs
Mum and the younger fledgling showing how to imitate a dead branch.
Managed to get another night with the Milky Way out on Uriarra Road
Kookaburras also nested along the creek
The Magpie-Larks (PeeWees) also raised their first brood
The Grey Butcherbird was on the hunt for food too.
A morning spent on Lake Burley Griffin - Esme snoozed until a carp splashed!!
Springbank Island is slowly being overhauled with willows removed to open the shoreline and tree plantings across the island.
Silver Gulls have set up a communal nesting site on the island.
Patterson's Curse is spreading across ACT Parks
One of my Home grown Kangaroo Paws - I have a number in the garden now, all doing very well.
A Little Pied Cormorant surfaced with a large yabby and swallowed it -
before climbing onto a rock tp dry.
This Grey Fantail was singing and chasing insects.
Friday, 2 October 2020
September 2020
This month was mostly around home, but we did a day trip out to Harden via Dalton and Boorowa and another across the Brindabellas to Tumut and back through Kiandra.
Olive-backed Oriole - Spring Arrival |
Windswept Galahs |
Australian Reed Warbler - Another Spring Arrival |
National Museum of Australia at night |
Common Mynas |
Yellow and Yellow. Cape Daisies and Wattle |
Esme after a swooping Magpie |
This is the dust blown paddock in January's Selection after rain |
Cape Daisies up the hill |
Metal Brumbies outside the Dalton Pub |
Hola! Canola |
Green and Gold |
Canola crop tracks |
Milky Way at Weetangera Cemetery |
Kookaburra clearing out a nest hollow |
Female Satin Bower Bird |
After the rain |
Snow on the Brindies |
Goodradigbee River |
Patterson's Curse and Cape Daisies |
Black-fronted Dotterel |
The aftermath of last summer's fire in the area was plainly seen. The devastation stretched from Blowering through to past Providence Portal. The Kiandra Pub building is just a shell and the historic miners' cottages are just standing chimneys. Mt Selwyn Ski Lifts and complex have been wiped out - Snow Gums are burnt to the ground. The recent snow fall covered a lot of the burnt out area, but the results were plain to see.
Brumbies were evident from Bullock Hill trail to Eucumbene Plain |
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