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15.01.2022 Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) braving cold winds at Bayview Park in Burwood a number of weeks ago. I'm currently in Canada, but won't process any shots from here until I get home to Sydney. I took this image quite a while ago, but hadn't got around to putting it up until now. I liked the muted colours in it and the way the strong wing was flipping up the feathers. He didn't seem at all phased by the weather though and was happily strolling along the beach occasionally probing for crustaceans.
11.01.2022 Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala) hanging out and drinking from a dripping water tap. These little natives are occasionally annoying and definitely loud, but really quite interesting to observe. They're very social and the males even form cooperative groups to feed nesting females and their young communally. They don't tend to be a very loved species in Australia, but I think if people watched them a little more they'd be drawn into all their little ritualized actions and vocalizations the way I have been.
08.01.2022 Echinacea flower blooming in a garden on Little Mountain (Queen Elizabeth Park) in Vancouver. I really like the contrast in these flowers of the textured little spikes in the centre and the flowing soft petals. I'm missing the summer weather over there a lot, but at least it's finally turning warmer in Sydney!
08.01.2022 Vancouver Bumblebee - a few weeks ago my son and I had a quick trip to my home town of Vancouver, Canada. It was a short visit, but was wonderful for both of us to get a bit of summer and fantastic to catch up with my parents, family and friends! It also reminded me of how much I love the slow busy bumblebees and miss them in Sydney (no bumblebees here). Here's one that was happily foraging in a flower in my Mum's garden (a hollyhock, I think?).
02.01.2022 Another photo of my current favourite grevillea, the always impressive Superb. It's covered in bloom year round, is a nice compact bush shape (unusual for the often leggy grevilleas) and loved equally by the local birds and bees. I've just planted a second one in the front yard to bring in even more over the next year. It's still small, but growing rapidly and it won't be long before it rivals the one in this photo.
01.01.2022 Just a simple flower shot. These Osteospermums or African Daisies bloom all year and are happy in the crummiest soil in my garden. Sadly they don't seem to interest the bees at all, but apart from that they're lovely.
