"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring" William Wordsworth
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Water birds
The morning silence was disturbed by the squealing gull toddler. Here are some of the water birds. No pelicans because horror of horror I left my camera's battery charger at home! How will I survive when the battery runs out???
Read this post yesterday, and left it open most of the day, to try to identify the birds. I shall try again this evening. Am doing Ma-care today. Hee hee hee ...
Was a bit stretched getting all the posts done and meant to try and identify them. Here is what I think they are 1. Seagull 2. Egret - don't know what type 3.Masked Lapwing (Plover) 4. White faced heron 5. Cormorant or Shag ... dunno which 6. Black swans 7. Dunno
There was a stupid tv show on a few years ago about "Whinging Poms" who had emigrated to Australia - there was a woman who was complaining about the screeching, squawking birds - like cockatoos, that woke her up in the morning. She said in England they had sweetly chirping dainty little birds. I'd never thought of it that way before!
Tumbleweed It was August (known to be a windy month of the year) and it was blowing a gale. Tumbleweeds hurtled across our path, pressed forward by the busy wind. While I was photographing the tumbleweed, I braved the icy blast to find a few more tiny flowers and fruits by the roadside.
The Pinnacles, Broken Hill Clear blue sky is very dull! But there is something of interest in the image. These odd shaped mountains appear on the skyline just outside the city. I had planned otherwise for my closing sky today. On a hill outside town there are wonderful sandstone sculptures which I saw the last time I was here. I planned to photograph them against the setting sun but we left our run too late, so you don’t get to see them until our return journey.
Super bird shots. The baby sure is a noisy one. Doesn't that make you mad when you forget the charger.
ReplyDeleteRead this post yesterday, and left it open most of the day, to try to identify the birds. I shall try again this evening. Am doing Ma-care today. Hee hee hee ...
ReplyDeleteWas a bit stretched getting all the posts done and meant to try and identify them. Here is what I think they are
ReplyDelete1. Seagull
2. Egret - don't know what type
3.Masked Lapwing (Plover)
4. White faced heron
5. Cormorant or Shag ... dunno which
6. Black swans
7. Dunno
There was a stupid tv show on a few years ago about "Whinging Poms" who had emigrated to Australia - there was a woman who was complaining about the screeching, squawking birds - like cockatoos, that woke her up in the morning. She said in England they had sweetly chirping dainty little birds. I'd never thought of it that way before!
ReplyDeleteWell I reckon even dainty bird babies do a lot of squawking ... but you've gotta admit that we do have rather a lot of large squawking birds.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Joan. All birds are beautiful and the capture on top is fantastic.
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