Wildlife in Oz: October 2014

Sunday, 26 October 2014

Something to think about if you chew gum

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Saturday, 25 October 2014

Recent visitors at our place

I am always taking pics of birds visiting us like these ones over the past month or so with a Sony a77 and Tamron 18-270mm lens:

Pied Butcher Bird

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 110mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, exp comp +1.3, no flash

Female King Parrot

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 280mm, f/6.3, 1/125 sec, exp comp 0.0, no flash

Juvenile Male King Parrot

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 85mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec, exp comp 0.0, no flash

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 200mm, f/6.3, 1/320 sec, exp comp 0.0, no flash

Male King Parrot

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 200mm, f/6.3, 1/320 sec, exp comp 0.0, no flash

Little (short bill) Corella

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 210mm, f/6.3, 1/400 sec, exp comp +0.3, no flash

Rainbow Lorikeet

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 150mm, f/7.1, 1/320 sec, exp comp +0.7, no flash

Juvenile Male King Parrot

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 90mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, exp comp 0.0, with flash

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Sony a77 with Tamron 18-270mm - 70mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, exp comp 0.0, no flash

Rainbow Lorikeets cooling down in the heat

And our rainbow lorikeet visitors just love to splash around when it gets hot up our way.

Every house should have one, a bird bath, one of the best ways to attract wildlife to your home, especially in hot weather. This magpie on one of its regular visits enjoyed cooling off in one of our baths - we have six distributed around our garden, two on pedestals, two on milk crates and two on the ground. Took these pics Sep 07, 2013.

A Cockie comes to visit

There can be no more uplifting way to start the day than with local wildlife visiting like this beautiful sulphur crested cockatoo. Took these pics in September, 2009 and this fellow and partner are still regulars at our place in 2014.

Thursday, 23 October 2014

A Morning at our House in Nerang, Gold Coast - Oct 23, 2014

We are indeed lucky, privileged to have regular wildlife visitors at our place where we live in the Gold Coast hinterland. Sometimes people can not believe that so many different species of birds can visit one place on a regular basis.

Whilst doing a bird survey this morning - http://aussiebirdcount.org.au/submit-checklist/ - and feeding and watering our own birds I decided to take my camera out with me to photograph the visitors as they turned up. Following are pics of some of our visitors this morning, Thursday, October 23, 2014 - all visited within a period of less than 2 hours.