Close-ups

above: Juv. Silver Gull

above: Pacific Black Duck

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Cloudy days are good for photography

Silver Gull, Hobart, Tasmania

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A fat Penguin?

No! A funny Cormorant

Black-faced Cormorant, Hobart, Tasmania

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Feral marsupials follow-up

You can see clearly that these wild beasts arrived at their final destination in a good condition. Reports say that no one has been bitten by them so far and they are acclimatizing well.

This photo was taken by my dad

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Do you remember this image?

A tighter crop of a pic posted here long time ago

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Spotted gangsters

Common Starlings in Hobart, Tasmania

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Duck time

These photos were taken months ago and all those cute babies are now big beautiful ducks.

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Welcome Swallow

I was holding some Swallow photos hoping that I would get a decent 'in flight' shot and make a remarkable post. No luck so far. They are tiny, ultra fast and quite unpredictable. I find it very hard to follow them with the telephoto at 300mm.

Above are two young Welcome Swallows in early November 2007, Hobart, Tasmania

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Silhouettes

A small flock of Galahs passing by

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Fluffy marsupials

A Wombat and a Brushtail I sent to my parents for Christmas :)

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Family portrait

I haven't posted colorful parrots recently and it's time to start correcting this. Mrs Galah is posing a bit back-to-front, but look at Mr Galah! and the way he looks at her.

Galah, Hobart, Tasmania

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Day dreaming

Australian Magpie, Whiteback. Photo taken about a month ago in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Heron

White-faced Heron, Tasmania

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Golden Silver Gull

Silver Gull, Hobart, Tasmania

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Maggie

Young Australian Magpie in Hobart, Tasmania

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Water drops

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More lovely Plovers

I know I haven't posted for ages... There are unfortunately many other not so interesting things that keep me busy these days and I have less time for photography and the blog :( Plus I haven't fully recovered from the flu yet :( :(

Masked Lapwing family. They have succeeded in breeding up one kid. Not many of the Plover couples around have been that lucky. In fact most of them failed to protect their babies.

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White-faced Heron

White-faced Heron, Peppermint Bay, Tasmania

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Ain't this cute?

This photo was taken through the window and the resulting bg blur/bokeh effect is very nice.
Spotted Turtle-Dove, Hobart, Tasmania

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Happy NY!

Noisy M checking out some fresh blossoms, Summer in Australia

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