david

@david@photog.social

Photographer, foodie, Dad Joke aficionado from Cedar Creek, Qld, Australia. Mostly a Canon EOS system shooter with some fairly decent lenses.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

david, to random

It was quite foggy this morning, but that didn't stop me finding the brood of 9 at work this morning.
The parents were carefully standing guard and herding them all around as needed.
Definitely worth having dirty knees and elbows for the rest of the day.

A pile of three ducklings. One, standing upright on the left of frame collides with another walking directly towards the camera, while a third grazes peacefully behind on the right. The centre duckling has a damaged left eye (right side in the photo).
A fully round duckling bends over to munch on some weed growing amongst the lawn.
Papa duck stands tall and alert as he surveys the area for threats while also watching his brood arrayed around him.

david, to random

Portrait of one of my regular Pied Currawong visitors.
This is the older one, and has learnt to call for sultanas in the morning, even said "thankyou" once.

david, to random

I went for a walk down the road before work this morning and encountered a few birds. The highlight, although in the distance, was an Azure Kingfisher who had just caught a yabbie in the creek.
Also pictured are a Spangled Drongo, and a Blue-faced Honeyeater in a flowering Silky Oak.

A small, maybe juvenile, possibly female, Spangled Drongo in a Silky Oak tree. It is facing right, but with head turned to the left to reveal its red eye. It has a distinctive scalloped tail, and while most black, some small dark blue highlights on the chest.
An azure kingfisher on a rock above a body of water. The kingfisher is facing left but with head turned more towards the camera and has a small yabbie (kind of freshwater prawn) in its long pointy beak. It is a very vibrant rich blue with a white patch above the wings and deep orange chest and belly with red legs. The water is reflecting green foliage lit by the morning sun.
A Blue-faced Honeyeater surrounded by the orange/gold flowers of the Silky Oak tree. The bird has a white body, olive wings and a blue patch around the eye.

david, to random

Leaving work this evening, I found another family of ducklings. Nine in this brood and they were motoring along at quite a pace heading for the new wetlands where the main lake used to be at UQ.

Too fast to get some nice duckling portraits, so these are all "run and gun" as they whizzed past.

Nine ducklings with the two parent ducks in the late afternoon sunlight walking rapidly left to right. The ducklings are all brown with white patches and little dark brown masks.
Seven of the ducklings racing along towards the right of frame and partially towards the camera. The parents walk with them, but I couldn't get them all in so their heads aren't in the shot.

david, to random

A pair of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos at their nesting hollow high up in the massive eucalyptus tree in the front o fly neighbours property.

david, to random

My contribution to #bleptember is this Lace Monitor I just spotted outside.

#AustralianWildlife #WIldOz #goanna #LaceMonitor #lizard

david, to random

A Laughing Kookaburra outside just now. It has an out of place flight feather (presumably moulting it).

david, to random

I had to wander over the river to one of our remote sites this morning, and spotted some Rainbow Lorikeets on the way.

Two Rainbow Lorikeets outside a hollow in the end of a branch. These birds nest in hollows. One sits atop the branch, and the other, facing it, on the end of the branch, just outside the opening of the hollow. It has its wings open, showing the red, yellow and charcoal colouring underneath. The wing flapping is part of a communication routine, accompanied by loud chirps and squeals.
A Rainbow Lorikeet in a grevillea bush, beak open and tongue out, eating nectar from the flower.

david, to random

I spotted the ducklings again this morning, so of course had to go take photos in the morning light.

A round brown and white duckling on grass, head turned slightly towards the camera, but intently looking down for its next grassy target.
A brown and white duckling walking left to right on grass.
A brown and white duckling body facing left, head turned and tilted to eat some grass seeds.

david, to random

I found ducklings!

Spotted as I was leaving work this arvo, so I pulled over, wound down the window and fired off a few frames from the car.

Also, bonus Duck Butt!

Australian Wood Duck Duckling, feeding on grass and grass seeds. It is mostly brown with white patches and has a cute little black mask.
Five of the six ducklings in this brood, feeding with their mother (the drake was also there, but isn't pictured).

david, to random

time.

But also a success. I had heard rumours that there was at least one platypus in our local creek and this evening, armed with the wrong lens for the conditions, I confirmed it.

Alas, 1/50th sec @ ISO 12,800 is too slow for a speedy platypus.

david, to random

Spot the female Scarlet Honeyeater.

(cropped shot to follow)

david, to random

Potted python anyone?

Stepped out the back door this morning and glanced down in to one of the empty pot plant pots on the veranda, and there was a Carpet Python happily snoozing in the pot!

A closer view of the whole python curled up inside an orange pot. There is dirt in the pot, and it looks quite comfortable.
Medium sized planter pot (orange in colour), half filled with dirt, and python. The python is mottled greens in colour, with a "camouflage" pattern. It has a triangular head.
Very close shot of the python's head. Focus is on the eye. It has many different sized and shaped scales making up its outer covering.

david, to random

A little action from this morning. This patch of interesting moss was growing on the side of a tree some 2m from the ground.

david, to random

Who's this in the backyard eating our lawn?

Why it's our little Swamp Wallaby.

She's here most afternoons around dusk now. Clearly needing to really eat to help feed the joey.

A crouched Swamp Wallaby on grass, briefly looking up towards the camera.

david, to random

On the driveway this morning, some very noisy Rainbow Lorikeets.
It seems the one on the left has a broken beak, but it didn't seem to be impeding its feeding.

A Rainbow Lorikeet in profile in a Grevillea bush. It is surrounded by flowers of a white and yellow hue. The bird had a bright blue head, red eyes and beak, yellow nape, green back, red/orange chest, blue belly, green rump and tail, and is a small parrot.

david, to random

This weekend is The Great Glossy Count - a bird count event specifically for the Glossy Black Cockatoo.

https://birdlife.org.au/events/the-great-glossy-count/

If you're on the east coast of Australia from about the Sunshine Coast to Victoria, you should consider registering and going out to look for these threatened birds.

david, to random

Our little is back in our backyard this evening, and it looks like it might be a female with joey, given the bulging pouch. Can't tell for certain, but it appears that way.

A small Swamp Wallaby grazing on all fours. She had her nose to the ground seeking out tasty weeds.

david,

For scale and so you can see how close she is, this iPhone shot was taken from the kitchen looking out the back door. Look carefully between the veranda railings and there she is.

david, to random

A White-browed Scrubwren looking for snacks in some dead leaves. This shot is uncropped as it was that close.

And a bonus edition of the male Variegated Fairywren. Its bright blue head really stands out against the leaf litter and twigs.

White-browed Scrubwren on a thick branch, investigating some dried up leaves in the hope of finding a snack.

david, to random

We had our semi-regular Wallaby visitor in the backyard again this evening. It was /just/ light enough to get some shots (well two frames from 10 were usable - 1/40th sec, iso3200, ƒ/1.8 @ 200mm)

A cropped in shot of the Swamp Wallaby bent over munching on some grass. It is still looking at the camera and is alert. Behind it, and not facing the wallaby, is my wildlife camera.

david, to UQ

A couple of fairly common birds from my walk in to work this morning.

An Australian Magpie, and a Masked Lapwing.

A Masked Lapwing in the morning sunlight next to a small bush and a tree. The bird has a bright yellow leathery mask between the eyes and draping down on each side of the also yellow beak. It has a black cap, and white neck/chin, then a black ring below that, and a white belly with brown wings and tall pink legs.

david, to random

A young Swamp Wallaby in the backyard just now. Earlier today I tossed half an apple out there that was past human consumption, but clearly fine for roos ;-)

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #macropod #SwampWallaby #kangaroo

A young Swamp Wallaby in the backyard holding half an apple, which it was happily munching on. It has a black/charcoal face, reddy fur on top of its head, chest and belly, and brown flecked with black fur on the rest of its body, except its hands & feet which are black.

david, to random

Clearly it was a good time to pop out for a walk if I wanted to see Golden Whistlers.

The female (pictured thrice here), obligingly stopped out in the open a couple of times, unlike the male, who stayed high in a tree and mostly obscured.

Female Golden Whistler on a branch. This branch, has a smaller branch rising almost vertically on the right of frame, while the bird is on the left, facing the vertical branch. The bird is mostly olive on the back, grey face, large eye, and yellow rump.
The showy male Golden Whistler. Mostly a rich yellow gold underneath and on the nape of the neck, yellow-olive wings and a black head with white chin.
Female Golden Whistler taking flight. She has her wings spread wide, curling up at the tips. She had her head rotated around such that her left eye is looking up towards where she is going.

david,

Other birds I spied on my afternoon walk, were:




The Rosellas (there were two) were hidden in a tree and not inclined to come out (usually they fly off if I get within 20m of them).

Pale-headed Rosella in a tree. It has a pale yellow head, with black spots on the nape of the neck. White cheeks, pale blue chest, red rump, and pale blue underside of the tail. Its wings and back and darker blue with black patches.
Two Noisy Friarbirds in a bush. The foreground one is staring at the camera. These birds have black leathery heads (with a "horn" on the beak), a white frill/rough, and grey/brown body, with the wings being darker.
A Yellow-faced Honeyeater on a branch. A mostly grey-ish bird, with black stripes above and below the eye, and yellow stripe through the eye.

david,

And finally, a surprise fly-over by a Peregrine Falcon. I got one shot only, and this is a bit of a heavy crop, but enough of the colouring came through to confirm the ID.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • megavids
  • khanakhh
  • mdbf
  • ethstaker
  • magazineikmin
  • GTA5RPClips
  • rosin
  • thenastyranch
  • Youngstown
  • InstantRegret
  • slotface
  • osvaldo12
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • JUstTest
  • Durango
  • everett
  • cisconetworking
  • normalnudes
  • tester
  • ngwrru68w68
  • cubers
  • modclub
  • tacticalgear
  • provamag3
  • Leos
  • anitta
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •