A Brown Honey eater on a Grevillea dryandri (Dryandri) Outside Kokoda pool Townsville #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #RedOrDead #WildOz

The magpie visits daily, it might be looking to the sky, it likes leaping off the fly screen on the toilet window, and hunting insects around the clothesline but keeps an eye out for competition. Its nemesis is a white Ibis. Townsville #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #OverTheRainbow

The second of August (2/8) Chosen for the 2,800+ Romani women and children murdered in one night at Auschwitz. To honor and remember all Roma and Sinti who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Samudaripen

A couple of Cattle egrets in the gully, in breeding plumage, the rain was heavy. One of my through the louvre captures. And quite a long shot. #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EgretsAndHerons #WildOz

The blue faced honey eaters followed me around the yard, often just watching and making a call that sounded like “why” Wild birds, with plenty of native plants to keep them happy. This picture sums up their nature, cheeky and inquisitive. #Birds #Birdoftheday #YourChoice #Photography #wildOz

Two pacific black ducks in the gully standing in water surrounded by reeds. Townsville #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EmeraldBackdrop #WildOz #Ducks

Last week in Anderson Gardens, I am obliged to photograph every Bush Stone-curlew I see. These two were cautiously following others into a shrubbery. Anderson Gardens, Townsville. #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Grey #WildOz #Townsville

Anderson Park, always something to look at, the Kapok tree, Bombax ceiba is in full bloom now, absolutely full of birds, you can hear the tree before you see it sometimes, just over the roadway in front of the conservatory. Native to Australia and Asia. Townsville. #blooms #WildOz #Townsville

The bush stone-curlew family, three sitting, it was a nice spot, the nest was very close to there, and they left me enough room to get to the clothes line that time. Townsville #BirdOfTheDay #SittingDownOnTheJob #Townsville #WildOz

Sunrise on the pond, Juvenile Pacific black ducks in a lotus pond, Anderson Gardens, Townsville. #Birds #Townsville #WildOz

Anderson gardens, yesterday, There were multiple Tent-web spider webs, one communal one was 5 meters long, 3 meters wide and two metres high. And there were many offspring. They are Impressive creatures, Townsville #Townsville #spiders #wildOz #Arachnids

A Royal Spoonbill, in the gully after the backhoe has visited to reduce debris, this is a semi tidal part of a flood mitigation channel, so it is full of all sorts of great foods for spoonbills. Townsville #BirdIfTheDay #SwingersAndWingers I have gone for the Alt #RSVP #WildOz #Birds

There were two birds in the setting sun this afternoon that I really liked, great light. A great bower bird that wanted to know what the magpies had, and the juvenile magpie on the clothes line keeping an eye on the bower bird. Both ignored the Ibis Townsville. #Birds #Photography #WildOz

This afternoon was productive, the birds came to me while I was resting and recovering, they were all just near my door where I was sitting. A White Ibis. #BirdOfTheDay Alt #ButtShott Townsville.

I was out having a forced break this afternoon, the setting sun was very nice, I was meditating with the magpies and bower birds. Only one was calling and begging for food. #BirdofTheDay #OpenBeaks #WildOz Townsville.

A Bush Stone-Curlew saying go away, you are too close to the eggs or chicks, if you remain it will advance continuing its hissing guttural sound, lower its head, and if you linger or come closer it may jump and hit you with its wings. #BirdOfTheDay #WildMotion #Birds #WildOz

Plumed whistling ducks hiding under the mango tree, this is where they come if a predator is about, they congregate in fairly large groups normally. If you are not sure of where the wetland is you can hear them to guide you. Townsville #Birds #Quackers #BirdOfTheDay #WildOz #Photography #Townsville

The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) They normally feed on the ground, this one was sitting, perhaps there was a predator close, the smallest of the pigeons in Australia, lovely sounds and constantly mating. Townsville. #SmallBirdSaturday #Townsville #Photography #WildOz

The lotus patch in a local pond, a meditation area, and full of wildlife and a ficus religiosa, Bohdi tree at my back. Anderson gardens Townsville. #FlowersOfBluesky #Garden #Photography #Townsville

A very young grey fluffy brown honeyeater, the adult had parked it there for a while, not happy, there was a lot of calling. And a straw necked Ibis making itself bigger at something, showing off? Townsville. #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #GreyDay #ShowingOff #WildOz #AustralianBirds #Townsville #Photography

A blue faced honeyeater with bokeh, on a mailbox, under my favourite tree, not pictured, they are curious things and will follow you around if they think you are interesting, they can be quite noisy in a nice way, Townsville. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Bokeh #Photography #AustralianBirds #Townsville

A brown honeyeater and a rainbow lorikeet on a Melicope elleryana, my favourite tree, that particular one. All native. Townsville, North Queensland. #Birdoftheday #Birds&Buds #AustraluanBirds #Photography #WildOz #Townsville

Another picture of the urban Agile wallaby, Townsville North Queensland, the one in the foreground is on sentry duty, they are ok as long as you don’t interfere with them, or worse feed them. #WildOz #AustralianWildlife #Photography #Wildlife

A young pacific black duck cruising and feeding in the afternoon light, demonstrating its feeding technique, Anderson Gardens, Townsville. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInTheirElement #Birds #Australianbirds #WiIdOz #Photography

The gully next door was a wader hot spot, A great Egret and a white Ibis followed by a black necked stork, in the first picture you can just see the head of the black necked stork from the second picture. Townsville, north Queensland #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegs #Waders #AustralianBirds

An Australian Darter in the shadows of a fig tree on the banks of a pond. Anderson Gardens Townsville. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #SilentPresence #AustralianBirds

A couple of pictures of Bush Stone-Curlews from Townsville, North Queensland. The boundary between the birds habitat and mine was flexible, we had to share space. The first picture was from the kitchen window. #BirdOfTheDay #Stripes #Birds #WildOz

From a trip a few years ago. We sat down to eat chips by the beach, the sea gulls were noisy then went really quiet, a flock of Brown Skua, Antarctic skua had arrived. They were a surprise. Auckland Aotearoa(New Zealand) #Birds #Seabirds

I don’t own any dogs, my dwelling is not suitable, but I do dog sit some whippets regularly, amazing creatures, being disabled I’m pleased I can get them to do stuff on voice command easily, we have become very close. This bloke was the eldest. #Whippets #DogsOfBlueSky

A family group of Agile wallabies in a flood mitigation channel that runs through the suburbs in Townsville, North Queensland They like the Acacia auriculiformis, black wattle leaves. #AustralianWildlife #Photography #WildOz