Been pondering anew, my approach to Bird Photography, again. Yes dear reader, tis that time of year again for tinsel, things red and white, muzak that dumbs the mind at the shopping centre and of course my annual “where is my photography going to bend in 2019”. But
Fear not, this is not that blog.
Great gasps of relaxation and sighs of relief heard across the ‘blogosphere’.
I really wanted to get the remainder of the shots from our Eynesbury excursions, (incursions?) out.
So rather than belabour, here is the best of the rest sort of feature.
There is still one more chapter to put up, but I’m going to do that as a Snapshots type blog as it concerns our favourite Jackys and their now well fledged young. Might even get that done the next few days.
Here tis.
After about 20 attempts this is as good as it got. A Tree Martin flying in with food for the young. I think that Tree Martins have multiple families at nest inside the hollows.
A very young Black Kite. We sat with the young bird for several hours over three days, but didnot see the adults come to the nest. However there was a constant overflying as they kept check on the young one for above.
Another from the Black Kite at Play series
Another from the Black Kite at Play series. It is coming out of a turn and heading into the wind using all the speed it gained on the run with the wind
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Overenthusiastic young one just about unperches the adult. I love the look on the adutls face.
This looks like family fun, however food is involved and when the adult arrived to feed the lower bird, the upper one flew in. Then to get in a better position to be fed, it ‘stepped’ over its rival. The adult sovled the problem by flying off the end of the branch, circling and landing nearer the lower bird. It’s not always the loudest and largest beak that gets filled.
Little Eagle. Eynesbury has a resident pair of Little Eagle. I suspect, from the calls, that there is a nest located on the western side of the forest, but have to say I’ve been out of luck locating it.
And of course Jacky Winter
Watching Jacky feed is quite interesting. The young don’t cry out for food. Most times they don’t even respond to Mum or Dad arriving. Then there must be a quiet call, and they quickly pop up, the food is delivered and they both settle straight down. It’s also not unusual for the adult to spend a few minutes alongside the nest making sure all is well before flying off.
A lovely “mixed bag” for us, thank you. I especially like the Black Kite turning into the wind. And the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike. And … well, all of them really!
A wonderful series of images, David. I haven’t spent much time at Eynesbury (I haven’t spent much time anywhere lately), but this series is making me want to take some time over the break to get over there. Time to have a good look at the maps!
Hi David, Eynesbury has great days and very quiet days. Happens to be among its best at the moment.
Getting there is easy. There are unfortunately no known maps of the tracks in the area. But there are several well formed roads through the forest. It is all flat walking and the Grey Box is quite open with little thick scrub.
Every couple of months, the Eynesbury group conduct a walk in part of the forest on Sunday. Will let you know the 2019 schedule.
G,day,
They have a facebook page, Eynesbury Environmental Group, but the 2019 calendar is not up yet. Usually last sunday in every second month, bimonthly? 9:00am start happy to give you a lift
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A lovely “mixed bag” for us, thank you. I especially like the Black Kite turning into the wind. And the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike. And … well, all of them really!
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Thanks Eleanor, We’ve managed a few extra days out there of late as EE was adamant we would document the Jacky nursery. More to follow on that.
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A wonderful series of images, David. I haven’t spent much time at Eynesbury (I haven’t spent much time anywhere lately), but this series is making me want to take some time over the break to get over there. Time to have a good look at the maps!
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Hi David, Eynesbury has great days and very quiet days. Happens to be among its best at the moment.
Getting there is easy. There are unfortunately no known maps of the tracks in the area. But there are several well formed roads through the forest. It is all flat walking and the Grey Box is quite open with little thick scrub.
Every couple of months, the Eynesbury group conduct a walk in part of the forest on Sunday. Will let you know the 2019 schedule.
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Thanks, David. It would be great to know when the group is having a walk.
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G,day,
They have a facebook page, Eynesbury Environmental Group, but the 2019 calendar is not up yet. Usually last sunday in every second month, bimonthly? 9:00am start happy to give you a lift
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