Some photos from 2018

2018 was a very busy year for me.
As usual I kept taking photos with my old camera, but until now I did not have the time to go through them and choose some to post. My initial intention was to make only one entry, but the oystercatchers stood out and demanded their own post.

This one will be just a collection of images. As always, each one has its own story, which I tend to somehow always remember, but these stories will remain untold.

Happy New Year!
Hope to see you around again some time in 2019. Enjoy the captured moments!

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Green Rosella, Juv. Galah, Eastern Rosella, Tasmania

above: Red-necked (Bennet's) Wallabies, Tasmania

above: Tasmanian Scrubwren, Grey Fantail, Silvereye, Common Starling, Black-faced Cormorant, Tasmania

above: Sammy, the New Zealand Fur Seal, Tasmania

above: Masked Lapwing, Grey (Clinking) Currawong. Juv. Australian Magpie, Tasmanian nativehen, Yellow Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Juv. Grey Butcherbird, Tasmania

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Plovers and Stilts: final appearance

above: Masked Lapwing, NSW

above: Black-winged Stilt, NSW

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Scratch, scratch, scratch. Happy holidays!

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My Tasmanian icons

My stay on Tasmania started and ended with the Masked Lapwings. They were the first birds to spot near the airport, minutes after landing. They are very common and extremely cute. Black-faced Cormorants were a very common sighting too. I've taken hundreds of cormo photos and still find them fascinating. Even though I'm thousands of kilometers away now, I will keep posting Tasmanian wildlife for a while as I go through the thousands of unsorted images. So stay tuned...

above: Masked Lapwing, Tasmania

above: Lovely Magnolia, Tasmania

above: Black-faced Cormorant, Tasmania

above: Black-faced Cormorant, Tasmania

above: Vested Seal, Tasmania

above: Masked Lapwing, Tasmania

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Low tide

Today the tide was very low and there was a lot of activity on the beach. Unfortunately, it was drizzling most of the time and I had to keep the camera safe under the jacket.

above: Silver Gull, Tasmania

above: Pied Oystercatcher, Masked Lapwing, Tasmania

above: This is the first time I see a Silver Gull catch a fish.

above: Masked Lapwing, Tasmania

above: Little Pied Cormorant, Tasmania

above: A patrolling parent. Kelp Gull, Tasmania

above: a cute baby Kelp Gull, Tasmania

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