A month ago my husband was jogging along the trails by the Yarra when he heard a hooting call. He stopped to have a look around and soon found a lady staring up into a wattle tree looking at a Powerful Owl. A few days later I went with him to the same spot and it was still there. I showed some friends the next time I was in the area and was excited to find not one, but two owls sitting in the wattle tree. Today I went on a mission with my camera to photograph them in good light. I only found the one owl, but I'm very happy with the photos.
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| Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua |
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| Common Bronzewing, Phaps chalcoptera |
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| Flowering Wattle |
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| Red-browed Finch, Neochmia temporalis |
And finally...I cracked the 200 mark with a Crested Shrike-tit! It's a terrible photo, I know, but I'm calling it all the same. I spent a long frustrating time trying to re-focus my camera as this bird moved quickly from tree to tree. And of course, the short time it posed on an open branch for me, was the time my camera cracked it and wouldn't focus. I will be back searching for this bird again and hoping for a better shot but until then this is as good as it gets.
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| Crested Shrike-tit, Falcunculus frontatus |
This next one was tricky to ID. I ended up having to post it on a forum to find out that it's an immature Golden Whistler. Looks very different from the adult version.
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| Golden Whistler (immature), Pachycephala pectoralis |
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| Common Bronzewing, Phaps chalcoptera |
This Kookaburra flew straight past my head onto a nearby low branch. He seemed perfectly happy for me to walk within a few metres and take a some photos.
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| Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae |
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