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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Noisy M's final quiet appearance

Noisy Miners, Tasmania and NSW (+ an Australian Magpie)

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What's for breakfast?

above: Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

above: Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)

above: White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

above: Spotted Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

above: Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

above: Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

above: Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)

above: Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

above: Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)

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Close-ups

Long time ago Mick of Sandy Straits and Beyond had pointed out in a comment how amazingly different and varied the colors of birds' eyes are. Then I thought I'd put together a post showing better this beautiful variety, but haven't actually done it. This post isn't exactly what my intention was, but some nice irises are visible on these photos and the level of detail is quite good. Each of these images deserved its own post. I'm just too lazy in this heat to press the 'publish' button more than once. Most of the pics are worth clicking too. They are quite sharp.

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top to bottom: Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Juv. Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus), Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)