The Old Bloke's Pixels

Thursday, 1 November 2018

Dry, dry, dry.....

The Tawny Frogmouths hatched on or about 10 October, but our first view of junior was on 15 October.

First view of junior(s)

At the end of the month Dad is off the nest. When they were small, we counted three youngsters, but with the crowding in the nest, we are having trouble deciding if two or all three survived.

Now Dad is outside the nest

Kookaburras (nest hollow nearby)

Catkins in the morning light

Gibraltar Falls

Need RAIN

Black Cormorant at the creek

Looking towards the Brindabellas

Crimson Rosella

Flag Iris

Calothamnus - loved by the Wattle Birds

Tharwa Bridge

Looks Green from the ground level

Green drought

Large Eucalypt

Granite outcrop along the creek

Home garden flowers

White-breasted Sea Eagle at Burrinjuck

Kangaroo Paws in the garden

For Halloween challenge I submitted a Ljubljiana Dragon brought to life, and a view of the convict cells on Cockatoo Island.

Can you see the witch in the window?

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

September 2018

This month is focussed around the ACT and west as far as Young and Boorowa.

This King Parrot has became a regular visitor for a while, but now Spring has sprung, I guess there are other things on its mind.

Male King Parrot

Catkins against the sky

We spent nearly all winter looking for the Tawny Frogmouth pair, then late August we found them - roosting a lot lower than previously, and only visible from a certain direction.

Tawny Frogmouth pair

I had previously noted nest building in the tree they used last year, and in early September the male bird tried it out for size and comfort.

Frogmouth nest

Trying out the nest

On 6 September, I noticed the new nest partially destroyed and blamed the Pied Currawongs. The next day the male Frogmouth was reviewing the partially destroyed nest and I thought they would move on. The following two days the female Frogmouth was in her normal roost, but no sign of the male; then on 9 September we found him on a rebuilt nest high above the female's roost. We expect to see hatching activity on or around 9 October.

New Nest

Little Pied Cormorant at take-off

#33 sunrise

Sunrise on bare trees

Silvereyes at bath

Wattle - harbinger of Spring

Chuckles - Kookaburra

Twisted

Canola near Wallendbeen

More Canola

Flowering Plum Orchard at Young

Drone view of the Orchard

Higher Drone view

Even More Canola

Eucalypts and Wattles

Still sitting

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - a Spring/Summer visitor

Granite outcrop

Magpie-Larks (Peewees)

Milky Way over home

Until next month!!!

Monday, 3 September 2018

August 2018

Another month - Christmas will be on us shortly.

The first three were taken on my morning dog walk.

A pair of Galahs

Eucalypt in the morning light

Ginninderra Creek on a moody morning

We spent two weeks getting to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, staying at Mudjimba and. returning. With Des still sore from her operation and not being able to fly, we drove and stayed overnight at a couple of towns along the way.