Posts by Julie Cross
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Off on a quick tangent inspired by Sophie's cow... New Zealand's patch of turf in Canberra.
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This little fella adopted our punga for an entire day, like a sentinel. It's a Tawny Frogmouth, a night jar. I kept calling it an owl until I sorted out the difference. It startled me in the morning and I kept checking all day until after dusk when it finally disappeared. It was grieving the loss of a mate, I am certain... recently we were driving home very late and startled a pair feeding on the side of the road. One collided with the car, We took it home to bury, couldn't leave it there but I felt for the one left behind...the garden felt blessed by this one's presence and I shed a few tears that we had killed one.
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Awesome! It did.
Gulls on high, ducks down low.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
the spelling of mynah
Some spell it myna, just to get confusing, and there's a bird here in Oz called the Noisy Miner... a type of honey eater. I've been tapped on the head by their wings... very aggressive bird.
Lovin’ the birds, and the learnings.
Same. Has everyone typed Murmuration into YouTube and found this one of two girls on their canoe on the River Shannon? Hope this works ... might need the moderator's help!
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And hanging with the pelicans
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Islander,
very appreciative of the collective wisdom - mine is a little shaky all of its own.
I found this Eastern Great Egret in a carpark at Tuggerah Lake. Not as romantic as the kotuku on Okarito Lagoon... but lovely all the same. It was making like a kea and attacking that vehicle.
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Islander you've got it. Head colour and those spots on the tail.
I will go back to cleaning house! -
I wanted to be an ornithologist when I was eight... does that count? The fast ones have to be swifts, don't you think. Square tail, sickle shaped wing, um swift. Very swallow-like in motion. Maybe common swift which migrates from India.
Lovely photos Sophie, my camera is fascinated by birds at the moment too.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to JacksonP,
Have you been affected by the flooding at all?
Lawn is a marsh, creek is running high, wall of water for a view... but no flooding. Thankfully.
Just saw your cloud pic on front page of the NZ Herald in good company... alto cumulus, mackeral sky, cloud street, wunderbar.
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The best camera is the one you got with you, for sure. I imagine that you were driving along looking up and going wow wow and then finding somewhere to pull over and get a decent foreground... unlike this one taken at the lights through a car window. Taken a while back coz the rain just keeps on falling here.
Slowly catching up on this thread... a rich and rewarding tapestry of light.
