Colblimp 1,806 Posted July 4 Used twice in one day by the Irish Sun online. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphperspective 304 Posted July 4 We like to cover every eventuality over here. 🙂 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lori Rider 30 Posted July 5 I'm on a flower kick lately. Sweetbay magnolia. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avpics 1,144 Posted July 5 They seem happy that life is getting back to 'normal' 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colblimp 1,806 Posted July 6 I managed to drag my sorry arse out of bed this morning for pics 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 176 Posted July 8 3 hours ago, The Blinking Eye said: haha Love this one Kristin! Cats always seem to find the prime position for warmth and light. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 176 Posted July 8 Took this last year but only just uploaded it. There was a golden light that lasted well past sunrise. A man conveniently rowed into the scene in a rowboat, making it a bit more interesting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 9 Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 9 Bitter Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Camping in the wilderness by full moon while dingos are howling around us. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Blinking Eye 207 Posted July 9 22 hours ago, Sally R said: Love this one Kristin! Cats always seem to find the prime position for warmth and light. What's hilarious about that is that the sun beam just found her there. She didn't even seek the spot out, was sitting there already. I picked up the camera from where I was sitting on the opposite couch and snapped it without even sitting up. 😁 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 176 Posted July 9 26 minutes ago, The Blinking Eye said: What's hilarious about that is that the sun beam just found her there. She didn't even seek the spot out, was sitting there already. I picked up the camera from where I was sitting on the opposite couch and snapped it without even sitting up. 😁 That's funny! I was thinking she was drawn to the sunbeam, but it found her instead 😂 It's such a lovely photo. She looks so content. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Blinking Eye 207 Posted July 9 26 minutes ago, Sally R said: That's funny! I was thinking she was drawn to the sunbeam, but it found her instead 😂 It's such a lovely photo. She looks so content. Thank you. I like it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYCat 2,079 Posted July 9 2 hours ago, gvallee said: Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) This is so perfect! Paulette Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 9 47 minutes ago, NYCat said: This is so perfect! Paulette Thank you Paulette. I also had lots of deletes.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Regis 106 Posted July 10 16 hours ago, gvallee said: Bitter Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Ah... I was on my way to Bitter Springs earlier in the week, but got call back to Darwin by an emergency when I was around Mataranka... Bitter Springs is a great place to relax. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 11 On 10/07/2020 at 09:44, Regis said: Ah... I was on my way to Bitter Springs earlier in the week, but got call back to Darwin by an emergency when I was around Mataranka... Bitter Springs is a great place to relax. Bummer! You were very nearly there. If it's any comfort, you might not have missed much. With the school holidays, it was jammed packed. Social distancing?? How?? No way. We were camping next to it, so were able to get there very early in the day before anyone staying elsewhere had the chance to arrive. And you should have seen Cooinda.... Pure hell on earth. One week to go before the kids return to school. Yeah!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rico 224 Posted July 11 This was shot a long time ago in Thailand using a Nikon D200, so the image quality was too soft to use. But thankfully Topaz Sharpen AI changed all that. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 12 Cane toad, an introduced pest in Australia (or me after lunch... I mean the belly, although one could of course argue that I am also an introduced pest...) Black Kite (Milvus migrans) wild Magpie Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) with grasshopper Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP 76 Posted July 12 (edited) Your birds-on-termite-mounds photos are awesome Genevive... am glad you're not stuck in lockdown somewhere, and able to roam with your campervan. ...and camera! Edited July 12 by LSP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 12 25 minutes ago, LSP said: Your birds-on-termite-mounds photos are awesome Genevive... am glad you're not stuck in lockdown somewhere, and able to roam with your campervan. ...and camera! Thank you Susan! They were fun to shoot. We've been in NT for about 8 months now. We spent 2 months in lockdown in Alice Springs. NT is definitely the safest place to be in Oz but no-one knows what tomorrow will bring. NT borders open on 17th. Permanent travellers like us thought that we could disappear somewhere in the bush for lockdown with all that empty space. Not so, it wasn't allowed. Then they rightly closed all the bio-security regions and all campsites with no en-suite facilities. We were lucky to end up in an excellent caravan park with a swimming pool and lots of friendly co-prisoners. We respected lockdown rules but I can't say the same for locals. The reason was that there were no covid cases in NT for 2 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP 76 Posted July 12 (edited) 19 minutes ago, gvallee said: Thank you Susan! They were fun to shoot. We've been in NT for about 8 months now. We spent 2 months in lockdown in Alice Springs. NT is definitely the safest place to be in Oz but no-one knows what tomorrow will bring. NT borders open on 17th. Permanent travellers like us thought that we could disappear somewhere in the bush for lockdown with all that empty space. Not so, it wasn't allowed. Then they rightly closed all the bio-security regions and all campsites with no en-suite facilities. We were lucky to end up in an excellent caravan park with a swimming pool and lots of friendly co-prisoners. We respected lockdown rules but I can't say the same for locals. The reason was that there were no covid cases in NT for 2 months. Yes, same here in FNQ, we have done quite well. In Queensland, biosecurity borders are now open up to Cape York as far as I know. Some domestic tourism flights are resuming here into Cairns. Who knows what will happen as all of those chilly southerners charge north for their winter holidays. 😕 PS - our Edge Hill sunbirds are re-using their indoor nest from last year and there are tiny meeping sounds! I think I may be about to be a fairy birdmother again! Edited July 12 by LSP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MizBrown 245 Posted July 12 My Oncidium sphacelatum this year. Most years, it blooms a bit earlier as does another orchid that's currently blooming that I don't have a good photo of. I've had this orchid for a number of years now. First year it bloomed, it only had one spike and one or two blooms. This year around eight or nine spikes. I didn't fertilize it this past year. This is a native orchid here that has a range from Mexico to northern Venezuela. The plants grow into huge clusters of leaves and pseudo bulbs, and look rather ugly during most of the year (at least one of my former housekeepers thought so). It makes this display for a couple of weeks up to a month. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 176 Posted July 13 On 12/07/2020 at 10:25, gvallee said: Black Kite (Milvus migrans) wild This Black Kite photo is stunning Gen! He or she seems quite close to you and curious about you as well. I got to hold one of these on my arm once at a raptor centre called Eagles Heritage in Margaret River here in WA. I remember the woman there telling us they have to be successful in one out of every seven hunts in order to maintain their strength and keep alive. She also told us that they have phenomenal eyesight for spotting prey, many times greater than human eyesight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gvallee 2,727 Posted July 14 Thank you Sally! I've seen many many black kites but always in the air. After a while it gets boring to take flight shots because there are so many kites species flying low in Oz. Straight tail, forked tail, yes, it's exciting for a while to be able to identify them but not really a challenge to photograph. This individual was photographed in a campsite. He swooped over a site when campers were not there. He found something, took it to a branch overhead and ate it there. I have shots of that but it looks too much like bread to me, so pix will stay on my hard drive. I was pleased with this eye level shot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
