A quail of a time!

Brown Quail

 

It's winter and the weather has been wet, rainy and windy. So when I decided to buy a new Canon camera body I wondered whether I'd get out to use it over the weekend!

As I drove, the sky was grey but at least it was not raining!  I headed to the coast as I hoped to get some decent photos of Brown Quail. Within 5 minutes of leaving the car I spotted a family of 8 quail feeding on the side of the track! As I lifted my camera the sun burst through the clouds lighting them beautifully!  The posed for a couple of photos before scurrying into the grass.



I'm happy with the camera by the way! Canon7D is an older model these days but still excellent for bird photography with 8 frames per second!!

Brown Quail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Gull

 

Rufous Bristlebirds, Victoria Birding

Its been a while since I last went birding, due to moving house and battling illness and injury. With a long weekend coming it up was with heavy heart that I concluded I would not be able to go birding yet again.  However with 4 bouts of physio in one week and a friend convincing me to take a trip where I would not need to try and drive nor walk far, I agreed to go.

We headed for Nelson, Victora to try and photograph Rufous Bristlebirds in Lower Glenelg River CP - these elusive little feather balls are fast but sitting quietly can result in some success. This was a good weekend to try it as sitting quietly was about the only activity I'd be able to do!

We had a good time and some success, and ironically my back seems to have improved! Amazing!

Eastern Yellow Robin

Swamp Harrier

 

Swamp Wallaby

 

 

 

 

 

Rufous Bristlebird

 

 

 

 

White-browed Scrubwren

 

 

 

Crested Shrike-tit

 

 

Eastern Yellow Robin

 

 

 

 

 

White-browed Scrubwren

 

 

 

 

 

Rufous Bristlebird

 

 

 

 

Rufous Bristlebird

 

 

 

 

Crested Shriketit

 

 

 

Rufous Bristlebird