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Winter time at Kennington Reservoir 10 Jul 2012 | 08:27 am
Regular sightings of the native duck species Australian Wood Duck and Pacific Black Duck can occur year round at this reservoir which is located in Bendigo. Each Winter the area is visited by other s...
I have confidence 21 Jun 2012 | 07:41 am
In my opinion the most (seemingly) confident bird species I have encountered to date is the small Jacky Winter, one of the Australian Robins. I love photographing them though many think they are drab ...
A few from Kamarooka 15 Jun 2012 | 08:10 am
A visit to the Distillery Dam site, just one section of the Greater Bendigo National Park, produced good sightings of White-naped Honeyeaters. They are rather more shy than some other Honeyeaters and ...
Kamarooka aflame ... with Flame Robins 28 May 2012 | 11:29 am
The Flame Robins have arrived back in Central Victoria for the winter and it was delightful to find a flock on Camp Road. There were at least 3 males in full colour plumage and one female following on...
National Park Bendigo 23 May 2012 | 07:19 pm
Greater Bendigo National Park has received some Tasmanian visitors again this year in the form of Grey Fantails and Silvereyes. No photos of them though, sorry to say. The Fantails were their usual hy...
Mornington Peninsula 22 May 2012 | 08:29 pm
Saw many Little Pied Cormorants around the Peninsula. This particular one was at the Flinders pier and not really bothered by my approach as I walked out to the end of the pier. In the late afternoon ...
late afternoon at Kamarooka 7 May 2012 | 11:51 am
It was a beautiful evening with the Autumn temperature not too cold and clear sunny skies so off I went to Kamarooka where I was certain I would find Honeyeaters. There were large numbers and many sp...
Kamarooka before the big dry 1 May 2012 | 06:37 pm
With not a lot of rain falling over the last few months the small waterhole, where these photos were taken earlier in the year, has now dried up and the birds have moved to other areas of the park. Tr...
Curiosity and the ungratefulness of the young 23 Apr 2012 | 12:41 pm
These photos are of a young male Red-capped Robin. He looks more like a female at the moment as he is still developing the red breast plumage, some of which could be seen when he perched at different ...
Mt Worth National Park 7 Mar 2012 | 01:59 pm
A few from a visit to Mt Worth National Park in southern Victoria. As you may be able to tell the light is poor for photography in this dense bushland but my policy is to not use flash which disturbs ...