Birds of the Day

The first picture is one of our beloved Kookaburras, that we see almost daily, the second is a beautiful Rainbow Lorikeetin a Eucalypt.

The last is a Red-whiskered Bulbul, a rare and pretty tuffed bird

Birds of the Day Friday May 6

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Large,49 cm. Found in large, loud noisy flocks. Shirley got to pet one and I was thrilled!

Flowers of the day

Three beautiful water lillies

Bird of the Day

Today I give you a male Superb Lyrebird. What a showy tail!

Birds of the Day

This is a New Holland Honeyeater, I saw them often eating on flowers.

This is a Little Wattlebird. It shows a lot more colour in flight and seemed to chase off every other little bird in site

This regal guy is a Nankeen Kestrel. This guy hovered in place to look for food which I learned to be grasshoppers.

Bird of the Day

This is an Azure Kingfisher. It was an unexpected find for me as I saw little out of the ordinary today.

Birds of the Day

These are Double-Barred Finches. Very cute little guys that I saw alone or in pairs. If one was by itself, there wasn't another in sight. When I saw them in pairs, there where lots of pairs, at least 7 or 8 pairs in the tree!

Birds of the Day

The first picture is a Kookabuura landing, nice show of colour. The second is an Eastern Yellow Robin, cute little guy! The last two are a female leading a male Australian Wood Ducks

Birds of the Day

These Sulphur Creasted Cockatoos were giving each other trouble, the one at the top was dropping bark on the one below

Swim Time

Last one in is a rotten egg.

Oh wait a minute!

Birds of the Day

This is a Kookaburra that i saw in a creek having a bath. He flew up to this branch and started grooming

Birds of the Day

These two Rainbow Lorikeets were outside Shirley's office window

Birds of the day

I hear that more bird pictures are wanted, so hence forth I will publish at least two.

The bird on the top left with the white belly and yellow mask is a Masked Lapwing. It is a member of the Plover family which are long-legged wading birds.

The colourful bird at the bottom of the pictures is a Rainbow Lorikeet, part of the Parrot family that makes a noisy screech while in flight.

The midddle bird is a Common Myna Bird. The thing about this one is he was on a tree limb, just above eye level and talking up a storm. He would not shut up or leave. I took a bunch of shots and moved slowly away looking for other birds. As soon as I was far enough away, he swooped down to a leaky water tap that had been at my feet and took a drink. Apparently I was just in the way!

Bird of the Day

This is a very little bird but very colourful ! It is a ZEBRA FINCH.

Bird of the Day

Maybe the Bats are a little scary. Ok, I will start with the birds. This is a Black Headed Gouldian Finch. This one is for you Branden.

Flying Foxes

In downtown Sydney there is a huge population of "Grey Headed Flying Foxes" the largest bat in Australia. It has a wingspan of over 1 metre and it also has a diet of pollen, nectar and fruit. The colony is over 22,000 strong at the Royal Botanical Gardens. The scariest thing is the closer you get to them, the louder their screaming gets !!!

What is wrong with this picture?

This is me, driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.