Birds of a feather

drron · May 31, 2023

On my feed this morning. a baby peacock.

tgh · May 31, 2023

what sort of camera

While it may be genuine.. this could also be a good example of digital manipulation.
Some of the digital stuff that pops up on my art feeds is amazing.. and a bit disappointing at the same time as AI takes over from humans

drron · May 31, 2023

That was from my twitter feed. I follow a couple of birders.
But this one is from this morning on my iPhone. He visited yesterday so today weeding in the same spot so I was ready.

Now I know he didn’t come because of me but when weeding I disturb the insects so he has a buffet.

Lynda2475 · May 31, 2023

drron said:
On my feed this morning. a baby peacock.

Definitely a fake (artist impression), although super cut. Baby peacocks are actually quite dull they blue colouring doesnt kick in until much older.

drron · May 31, 2023

And another bird came up to me at lunch. I may or may not have encouraged him.

Brissy1 · Aug 17, 2023

I thought I'd see if I can use my phone camera through binoculars. Works! Can even phone camera zoom the already zoomed image (zoom zoom). Looking through eBay apparently it's a common attachment, I'm just a bit slow.

SuePa · Oct 2, 2023

Dad and the kids passed right by our camp on their way to the river for a morning drink.
So special!

drron · Oct 2, 2023

SuePa said:
Dad and the kids passed right by our camp on their way to the river for a morning drink.
So special!
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I remember the days in the 60’s camping around the Myall Lakes in NSW. You would see the emus every morning.
Sadly by the 70s they disappeared.

SuePa · Oct 2, 2023

drron said:
I remember the days in the 60’s camping around the Myall Lakes in NSW. You would see the emus every morning.
Sadly by the 70s they disappeared.

Wow! I didn't know there had been emus in that area.
These emus were along the Murchison R, WA.

Tiki · Oct 4, 2023

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tgh · Nov 17, 2023

It is springtime at the ponderosa .. Mum has only two eggs

Dad hides nearby and hunts the dog if she comes too close..

tgh · Nov 17, 2023

If you could not find her in the first pic...

SuePa · Nov 17, 2023

tgh said:
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Wow! So well camouflaged.

drron · Mar 14, 2024

One of my butcher birds learnt a new trick this morning. Final clean up in the garden before taking off tomorrow. I clean up the fallen frangipani leaves to reduce the fungus that they get. So mum came down with her baby. As I took a leaf caught in the Geraldton wax a grasshopper took off and caught by mum. Same thing happened with the gardenias.
So a bit later I was observed removing dead leaves that were caught in the frangipani. I noticed a lot more leaves falling. Looked up and there’s mum flipping the dead leaves off the branches and the young one below catching insects.
The end of a grasshopper.

Mum.

And the baby.

RooFlyer · Mar 25, 2024

These guys currently have me trapped inside. I went outside when they were happily chomping on a little tomato I had growing in the courtyard but they were completely unafraid and just came up to me looking for more.

I went inside and one actually followed me there and I had to toss out a bit of bread for him to leave. ( I know bread isn’t good for them but this was kind of important right then.)

They are now patrolling just outside my door looking through the glass.

RooFlyer · Apr 12, 2024

RooFlyer said:
These guys currently have me trapped inside.

Those two have taken to loitering on my courtyard deck most evenings at about five pm.

This evening as I opened the door to go out one landed on my arm ( uninvited) and the other one looked on.