G’day,
Sept 28th 2015. I can't help but mention Sept 28th as it is a significant anniversary for me.On 28th September 1966 the Australian Army said "come with me and we'll turn you in to a soldier". Which they did- A front line Grunt (soldier) up at the pointy end. I would have looked much like one of the blokes below. I climbed this particular ladder numerous times. This particular photo was taken of some 3 RAR diggers in Sarawak, North Borneo in 1965.
img from the net. Belvedere 16 seat Helicopter
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Where were we? Oh I remember Ballinyoo Pool and the birds.
img-1005 Another view of our Campsite
img-1008 Spider
img-1013 Budgerigars male on the right
img-1019 female Budgerigar
img-1022 female Budgerigar
img-1032 Full Moon - 1842 hrs. Sept 28th,2015
Coincidentally it was also a full moon on Sept 28th,1966.
Coincidentally it was also a full moon on Sept 28th,1966.
img-1040.1 Purple Mulla Mulla + Spider
img-1044 female Budgerigar
The next bird has proved very difficult to identify. Can't ever recall seeing one before but my best guess is a juvenile or possibly a female Pied Honeyeater based on its wing patterns and general body shape. If you recognise it please let me know.
img-1051 ????
img-1056 ????
img-1068 Crimson Chat male
img-1070 Crimson Chat male
img-1073 Crimson Chat male
img-1081 Laughing Kookaburra
img-1088 Eroded tree roots
img-1092 Peregrine Falcon and Chick
img-1093 Peregrine Falcon and Chick
img-1094 Peregrine Falcon and Chick
img-1098 Peregrine Falcon
img-1101 Western Bowerbird
img-1103 Western Bowerbird
img-1105 Western Bowerbird
img-1106 Western Bowerbird
img-1108 Pink and Grey Galah
A careful appraisal of the next three photos and a discerning viewer might notice that the Falcon has its lunch, or its chicks lunch, jammed on to a stick just below its perch. It is a budgerigar that is being torn to shreds. Feathers in the Falcons beak are clearly visible in img-1118.
img-1110 Peregrine Falcon
img-1112 Peregrine Falcon
img-1118 Peregrine Falcon
img-1122 Galah
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| img-1123 Galah What is the Galah watching or looking at? |
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| img-1124 Galah |
img-1125 Galah
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| img-1126 Bonnie
The Galah seemed to be fascinated in the strange creature walking around just a few feet under her perch- Yes the Galah is a female. The male was nearby but never moved out of the shade and the photos of him are not worthy of inclusion here.
I spent some time walking around taking photos of the pair of Galahs & other birds but they showed no interest in me but watched Bonnie very carefully all the time, all the while Bonnie wandered about. 26 minutes elapsed between the first photo and the last photo taken (and retained) in this spot. The White-faced Heron was nesting just above the Galahs and the Peregrine Falcon and the Western Bowerbird were in the tree next door. It was an interesting observation seeing many species of birds who, in the main, were not concerned with Bonnie's presence apart from the Galahs showing much interest in her.
img-1130 Pink & Grey Galah male on the left
 Later you will see the chick nearly the size of it's parent.  
img-1139 Zebra Finch male
The male Zebra Finch beavered away endlessly building a nest for his beloved while she watched on and didn't seem to get involved in the mundane business of house construction apart from regular and critical examinations of his handiwork.
 Returning with nest building material  Check on the males handy-work 
img-1149 Zebra Finch
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img-1145 Budgerigar female
img-1164 Zebra Finch male
img-1165 Zebra Finch male
img-1166 Zebra Finch male
img-1167 Zebra Finch male
img-1170 Zebra Finch female
She's inspecting his handy-work.
img-1171 Zebra Finch pair female on the right
Next door neighbors to the Finch family. She has chicks to feed and do they create a racket when she turns up with a crop full of food. All day both male and female ferried food back to the chicks with an occasional stopover at the rivers edge for a much needed drink. (more later)
img-1170 Zebra Finch female
She's inspecting his handy-work.
img1173 Zebra Finch
I started taking photos of this industrious Finch at 1154 and stopped at 1701. Buggered if I know how many hundreds of photos I took but I kept 51. My camera was set up on a tripod under the caravan awning with a remote device connected. With a remote on a digital camera sitting on a tripod one can get carried away and take reams of film if that description is still applicable?
The story, in film, of the Finch family is not finished yet. More later plus some more of their neighbors the budgies.
Travelogue 2015/2 The Birds of Ballinyoo Pool #11 Part 2-- ends
The story, in film, of the Finch family is not finished yet. More later plus some more of their neighbors the budgies.
Geoff
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