boeckli Posted April 9, 2020 #251 Share Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Docker123 said: sooty oyster catcher down by the shore of Port Phillip Bay Were you out exercising?? 😉 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted April 9, 2020 #252 Share Posted April 9, 2020 50 minutes ago, boeckli said: Were you out exercising?? 😉 But of course. Iam a very good boy and never do anything naughty. 🤥 Link to post Share on other sites
scubacruiserx2 Posted April 18, 2020 Author #253 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Out in the yard to photograph this Cardinal and we saw a couple of Kites fly over Edited April 18, 2020 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted April 19, 2020 #254 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Some more photos from the Jawbone Reserve wetlands some studies of Australian black duck 2 Link to post Share on other sites
boeckli Posted April 19, 2020 #255 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Found this on today's exercise walk. Apparently a regular visitor and usually two of them. Will go back in coming days and check it (them) out. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted April 19, 2020 #256 Share Posted April 19, 2020 booklist, well spotted tawny frogmouths have great camouflage and difficult to find. Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted April 22, 2020 #257 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) On 4/20/2020 at 6:01 AM, Docker123 said: booklist, well spotted tawny frogmouths have great camouflage and difficult to find. boeckli. Sorry i did not realise what the autocorrect had done to your name. Edited April 22, 2020 by Docker123 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted April 22, 2020 #258 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Late Wednesday afternoon walk to the Jawbone Reserve, Some sun, but mostly hidden behind the louds. Great Egret (spots on the second one are many seagulls flying around) Great Crested Grebe 5 Link to post Share on other sites
scubacruiserx2 Posted May 4, 2020 Author #259 Share Posted May 4, 2020 A Swan with it's cygnets near Salisbury England . 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Host Bonjour Posted May 5, 2020 #260 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 3:43 AM, Docker123 said: Are these some particular feathers on the duck's head? From this angle it looks like he or she has on a toupé (nothing wrong with that!) or simply just has hair like the Ernie muppet. I love it. We don't get many fancy ducks in my part of the world. I don't think they ever figured out how the Harlequin duck arrived in Central Park! Beautiful photos everyone 🙂 Thank you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
2552phxcrzr Posted May 6, 2020 #261 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Say’s Phoebe 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted May 13, 2020 #262 Share Posted May 13, 2020 A couple of masked lapwings on the edge of Port Phillip bay, Williamstown 5 Link to post Share on other sites
fred111 Posted May 13, 2020 #263 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Falkland Island 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted May 15, 2020 #264 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Beautiful sunny, but brisk morning. Who ever heard of 4C at get up time? Gull on the cleaning sink at the fishing club, looking for scraps. Not interested in being disturbed. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
scubacruiserx2 Posted May 27, 2020 Author #265 Share Posted May 27, 2020 A flyover in the port of Saint Petersburg , Russia . 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mskaufman Posted August 10, 2020 #267 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Any idea what I have here Link to post Share on other sites
zackiedawg Posted August 17, 2020 #268 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/9/2020 at 9:50 PM, mskaufman said: Any idea what I have here Hard to ID for sure and without knowing where you were when you shot them, but they look like doves - I'd say likely mourning doves if you were in the U.S. Mourning doves have pretty long tails compared to some other doves. Here's some of my recent backyard action - I've been seeing and shooting much more of the backyard lately! Blue jay: Downy woodpecker: Mourning dove on the bird bath: Ibis wandering around my lawn: Common grackle: Juvenile blue jay: Juvenile European starling: Northern cardinal: Adult European starling: Juvenile red-bellied woodpecker: 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted August 17, 2020 #269 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thank you for the lovely photos z. A couple of them brought back memories. When I went to the US for grad school, I was always taken by the cardinal. Such a beautiful little bird. Brought joy. The other was the starling, a bird of hate. I grew up in Western Australia and starlings were a feared invasive species because of the damage they did to fruit and other crops. They were mostly absent because of the big desert separating WA from South Australia. To keep it that way, shooters were hired at the border to dispose of any that thought they could fly west. Still a policy of elimination. 1999: Shooters await arrival of starlings in WA https://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s44232.htm With Covid, the WA borders are closed and I can’t even go across from Victoria to visit family. I am not likely to be shot at, however. Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted November 19, 2020 #270 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I ave finally been able to go for a walk and carry my camera. It has been many months. So, just a couple of pics of welcome swallow chicks waiting for a feed. The parents flew in and out so Fast, I was not able to get them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted November 27, 2020 #271 Share Posted November 27, 2020 A male superb fairy wren singing away to woo a lady. She does not seem too impressed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Docker123 Posted December 3, 2020 #272 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Pacific blackduck yoga 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tahitianbigkahuna Posted December 3, 2020 #273 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Golden Eagle ... when he took off easily an 8 foot wingspan. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Tahitianbigkahuna Posted December 5, 2020 #274 Share Posted December 5, 2020 A little something from to ... Sony RX10 Bridge Camera ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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