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Monday, March 10, 2008

Good grass - good family

Australian Wood Ducks, Hobart, Tasmania

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Splash

I know that most photographers won't bother to take Seagull pictures, but I enjoy observing and photographing them. And sometimes there are images like this one which can be real fun to look at.

Silver Gull, Hobart

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Saturday, March 8, 2008

Koo-ka-burrr-ra

Kookaburra, Hobart, Tasmania

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Warm soft light

Silvereye, Tasmania

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I took 571 photos yesterday. Some of them are quite nice, some of them are of birds I've never seen before, but this image is easily the most exciting one. I was standing on a cliff, taking photos of this Grey Currawong feeding in the high branches of a tree, when suddenly it decided to fly directly at the camera. Two of the frames are with acceptable sharpness. I'll post the other one some time later. It's such a rare thing for a bird photographer the get this view. Well... the image could probably be much better. It was just sooo unexpected. Currawongs are usually very shy.

Grey Currawong, clinking form, Tasmania

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Friday, March 7, 2008

Frogmouths

A friend recently said that she hasn't had the chance to spot a Tawny Frogmouth in the wild yet. It's not easy to see them and since I came to Tasmania I haven't seen even one. But I can count more than a dozen times when I have come across those 'dead branches' in Sydney and Melbourne. The photos below were taken with my old FinePix S5500 in Sydney and Melbourne.