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During my road trip from Sydney to Broome in Australia, I encountered a captivating sight of numerous birds soaring near the roadside. At first, I mistook them for Falcons due to their swift flight. Intrigued, I decided to take a break from driving at a rest area. As luck would have it, I witnessed a […]

The Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula), which is also known as the Yellow-throated Honeyeater, is a medium-sized honeyeater with a length of about 25-28 centimeters. It has a distinctive yellow throat and chest, contrasting with its dark gray-brown upperparts. The wings and tail are dark gray, and the underparts are pale gray. It has a thick, […]

On a very long road trip from Sydney to the other side of Australia, Broome in Western Australia, I stopped at Cunnamulla for the night. As often happens in the afternoons, the local birds start sitting high up in the trees ‘discussing’ the day they have just had. This was another opportunity to test out […]

The heliotrope flower, also known as Heliotropium Amplexicaule, is a fragrant plant with clusters of small, blue/purple flowers. Bees are often attracted to heliotrope flowers because of their sweet scent and the nectar they produce. Down by the river at Coorongooba Campground in the Wollomi National Park just outside of Lithgow in NSW, there is […]

The Jacky Winter is a small bird native to Australia, typically found in woodland and forest habitats. It measures around 13 cm in length and has a distinctive gray-brown plumage, with a white belly and throat. The bird also has a black “V” shaped bib on its throat and a white eyebrow. It is known […]

The Red Browed Finch is a small, colorful bird that can be found throughout Australia, including the Coorongooba Campground in the Wollemi National Park. The Red-browed Finch is most easily recognised by its bright red eyebrow, rump and beak, on an otherwise green and grey bird. Upperparts are olive green with grey underneath. Both sexes […]

The Olive-Backed Oriole is a stunning bird species that can be found in various parts of Australia. These birds are known for their distinctive green and yellow plumage, and they often make their homes in forested areas near rivers and streams. If you’re an avid birdwatcher or a photographer looking for a unique subject, then […]

Another year, another visit to Taronga Zoo on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. I am fortunate to live only five minutes away so it is a local attraction for me, and one I should visit more often than I do. But a warm Saturday morning, and nothing else to do, was the trigger on this occasion. […]

I went to my usual spot to see what birds would be around, and the only one we saw was this young Kookaburra sitting in a bush at eye level. The only reason we noticed him was because we were photographing a Lizard that was about 4 feet in front of him. We spent about […]

On a visit to Taronga Zoo here in Sydney, right at the entrance was this magnificent peacock with his massive tail feathers on full display. He was prancing around for several minutes on this day, and it gave me a great opportunity to take some images of him. From the brilliant almost electric blue of […]

Without even planning a photo shoot, a mate and I on a casual day out ended up in the southern part of Sydney with the hope of seeing whales migrating past the Sydney coast. The whales however failed to get the memo and never showed up but there were a number of surfers out catching […]

With months of planning and waiting for freedom from lockdown, a trip to the Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo was booked and batteries charged, but sadly someone forgot to tell the animals we were coming. This left us with little to shoot, so thankfully the Superb Fairy-Wrens were plentiful, and on this occasion accommodating of […]