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Rainbows and Red-rumps
I walked around Braeside Park last week with a few friends. It has been a while since I have explored this part of the park having spent more time recently looking around the neighbouring Woodlands...
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Finlay Alley, a secret dark laneway
I found an old map of the various street art alleys and laneways. Over the last few weeks I have been checking several of these old sites for any new works. Many of the map’s sites are gone now, the...
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Spring is fast approaching…
Many birds are busy at the moment. Potential nest sites explored, claimed and defended, nest mounds are being constructed and the recent mild weather has convinced several species to start the nesting...
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Guitarist of Flanigan Lane
A walk through a narrow laneway: Flanigan Lane, in the Melbourne CBD, and a nice surprise, a very large mural of a Blues guitarist… Guitarist wall mural, Flanigan Lane, Melbourne CBDFiled under: Black...
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Forget girls, just paint lad…
Forget girls, just paint lad… “Forget girls, just paint lad”, Guerrilla Territory, McLean Alley, Melbourne CBDFiled under: Street Art, Victoria Tagged: Australia, Guerilla Territory, McLean Alley,...
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Finally a Nankeen Night-Heron
The Nankeen Night-Heron has been a bit of a hoodoo bird for me. While I have seen the species at various places during the day and locally at night I have not seen it well enough to photograph and add...
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The White-browed Scrubwrens of Point Ormond
At Elwood’s Point Ormond is a section of old seaside vegetation. Much of the area has been cleared with just a few scraps of native vegetation left. In this small pocket beneath the Point and its...
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Snacking on seeds
Stalking Eastern Rosellas can be tough. They spook easily and fly just out of reach for a good photograph. Once in a leafy green tree they can be just about invisible even with the bright red head and...
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Pirate Kite of Ormond Point
When looking for birds to photograph you sometimes find other odd things to watch. In the open area below the navigation tower at Point Ormond I enjoyed the skill of this kite flyer with his pirate...
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Spring is here…
I enjoyed a walk to the local lake and along the Elster Creek with some of the local birders late Saturday afternoon. Many of the resident birds are starting to nest and raise chicks. It is a noisy,...
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Swamp Harriers of Braeside Park
There are several Swamp Harriers at Braeside Park Wetlands. On a recent visit we watched a pair circle the main wetlands in search of dinner. The usual bird alarm went up and gave us a chance to get...
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Elwood’s colourful streets
I noticed that lately there has been an increase in local street art in the walkways and lanes of my home patch in Elwood. I am quit enjoying the developing art scene. Plenty of brick walls available...
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The Rufous Bristlebird of Point Addis
There are two species of Bristlebirds found in Victoria – the Rufous and the Eastern. The Rufous can be seen along the Great Ocean Road from Anglesea to the border, while the Eastern Bristlebird is...
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Point Addis Scrubwren
While photographing the Rufous Bristlebird at Point Addis recently, a White Browed Scrubwren decided it was safe enough to feed alongside the Bristlebird. It foraged amongst the leaf litter hunting for...
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Calls of the forest
Walking through an Eastern Australian eucalyptus forest, one of the loudest natural sounds a visitor could hear would be the White-throated Treecreeper. While a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo could be louder...
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Hare of the T-section
I don’t often see Hares in the wild. I have seen two now at Werribee and both were a surprise…once when it came down a dirt track towards the car I thought it was a fox, then a small dog but then it...
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Curious Rainbows
While visiting Braeside Park on the weekend I was photographing a nesting Tawny Frogmouth, and two Rainbow Lorrikeets decided to investigate. Rainbow Lorikeet Braeside Park, Braeside, Victoria II III...
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Braeside Birding
On the weekend I went for a walk around Braeside Park. I wanted to see if I could find any of the resident Tawny Frogmouths. I know quite a few of their regular roosting trees but with the breeding...
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Goschen Bushland Reserve revisted
Last weekend I headed to the northern part of the state. I wanted to revisit the Goschen Bushland Reserve on the edge of the Mallee country. The state has been receiving a higher than average amount of...
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Wild Goschen Cockatiels
I saw my first wild Cockatiel at Goschen Bushland Reserve on the weekend. I have seen a Cockatiel on the road near the You Yangs previously but I had assumed it was an injured escapee. The birds on the...
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