birds from {16}

Here are a few of the bird photos I took the other day ...

The Lorikeets are so beautiful but so fast and so high up in the trees !



These birds were so amazing !

I was actually leaving the library parking lot (one of my favorite places to shoot bird and flower photos !) and heard these guys ... I pulled over and took these photos ! I took a little video too. The footage isn't that great but I wanted you to be able to hear them ...

I think these are Common Myna birds ...

They would just swoop in and sit on each other.



Look at the photo below ... see how they stood on each others heads ?!



They reminded me of kids ...



It was almost like they were after their mother's attention !



I never saw the mother but this little butcher bird ?? (above) watched for a bit ...



They were so noisy !

And they just kept getting up and then flying around, low to the ground, and then laying on each other again. Can you see how the bird in the top photo ... the one in the right hand corner is just laying there ... it's like they are playing ... I just couldn't stop watching ! It was fascinating !!

Eventually though, they flew away ! And I moved on to the beach, where I found this little guy.

I think he's a young Magpie ...



He stood there and posed for me !



Seriously ... he kept moving position and then standing still again !



Here's a few more photos of the Osprey ...

I love this one of him cleaning his feathers !



I showed a couple of these photos to the guy at the camera store the other day ...



he said he thinks this is a juvenile Osprey ...



how cool is that ??



I'd love to get a photo of one of these in flight one day !
Of course ... I'm going to need a bigger lens for that !



A beach day photo shoot of birds wouldn't be complete without a couple shots of seagulls ...



There ... Complete !!

PS ... This post is dedicated to my Mom who loves birds !

It's my blog. I can dedicate posts if I want to !!

:)

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day 15 {osprey} 365

this morning, while my family was still sound asleep,
my camera and i set off to see what we could see

we saw heaps and heaps and heaps !

i will do another post with
other photos but this
is my 365 photo
for today !

it is an osprey also known as a sea
hawk or a fish eagle. now,
i know i said my rule
was only one
photo a
day

but
this is,
technically,
the same photo ...
i just zoomed and cropped
so you could get a better look at it !

and ...

before i go ...

i want to tell you about something happening over at ONE SHABBY CHICK !
my friend Amber is auctioning off one of her amazing quilts and the
money from the winning bidder goes to the
Premier's Flood Relief Appeal
Pop on over there and
check it out !!

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day 2 {birdy} 365

I am so excited about today's photo !!

I was a little worried about what I was going to post. You see, the sun was shooting beams up from behind the clouds and it was cool and I took some photos ... they were not that great. Then the sun was making little sparkly things on the silver butterfly Alia gave me for Christmas that hangs off my rear view mirror. I must have taken 30 photos of that thing ... no sparkles !!

And then ... I was coming out of the grocery store and I saw this little birdy. He was just hanging out in the tree. I had my camera in the trunk of my car so I grabbed it and got as close as he'd let me, which was right underneath him ! So, I was snappin' away and then he looked at me !! Like 'whatcha doin' lady?' and I got it !! I got the look !!!

I just love it ....

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{mirror mirror}

do you think this bird can actually see a reflection ?

as i was getting in my car the other day, i noticed it on the car beside me.
it kept flying back over and over and peeking in the mirror.

too funny.

i'm finding some great secrets in my journey through the corner views this week !
who knew you could make cheese its ?
and the best artists are ... go on ... go see ...
and this one. loved it !

i'm off to find some more ...

have a great thursday !!

ps ... i'm up to 43 comments on my curiosity post ...

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