Double-eyed Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma marshalli Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 17, 2012 This little guy is Australia’s smallest parrot, a Double-eyed Fig-parrot. (I hope you can see the small figure of a bird in these pics- the face gives it away) Actually there are three races found down-along the east coast of Australia and this… Continue reading
Furruginous Duck Sakata, Niigata, Japan October 2014 This is a new duck for me. Taken early Autumn last year at Sakata, Niigata. I walked around reeds to have a look at a hidden pool and there it was. I surprised it and just got the above shot, then the below flight shot as it took… Continue reading
Trumpet Manucodemale Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 17, 2012 For Peter This is my only photo of a Trumpet Manucode. The Trumpet Manucode is a secretive bird of rainforests in northern Cape York in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is so-called because of the bellowing call of the male. As you can see… Continue reading
Peregrine Falcon harassed by Large-billed Crow Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan February 14, 2015 Last week I took a movie of a Steller’s Sea-eagle being bothered by Large-billed Crows. This week it was a Peregrine’s turn. Actually I was lucky to get these shots and would have missed the falcon if the crows hadn’t cried out. We… Continue reading
Steller’s Sea-eagle Niigata, Japan February 7, 2015 There were about four cars there when Mr Honma and I arrived about 8:30, but about four and a half hours later when we were leaving we counted 20 or more (Not including the ones that had come and gone and were about to arrive) 10 along one… Continue reading
Northern Pintails Hyoko, Niigata, Japan January 24, 2015 Here are some flight shots I took last weekend trying out the Nikon D7100 and AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm VR. I don’t know if the af is as good as the D800 but I’m getting old and these pics made me sentimental. I remember visiting the Birds Australia… Continue reading
Hyoko, Niigata, Japan January 24, 2015 Saturday was supposed to have poor weather but a sunny morning saw me grab my gear and head to Hyoko for the afternoon. I was only there for 80 minutes but I took about a thousand pics. It was very exciting for a raptor nut such as myself with… Continue reading
White-winged Triller Wyreema, Queensland, Australia September 28, 2014 7:28am According to Wikipedia, a ‘Triller” is a small kind of cuckoo-shrike found around Asia, Australia and some Pacific Islands. Australia has two, the White-winged Triller and the Varied Triller. I first encountered a Triller in Toowoomba around the end of the last century. I found a… Continue reading
White-tailed Sea-eagle “Oji-ro washi“ Toyanogata, Niigata, Japan January 10, 2015 Enjoyed a late morning at Toyanogata with Mr Honma. He kindly showed me where to see the lone White-tailed Sea-eagle and I was very happy to get such close views despite lots of branches and twigs between us and the subject. We also saw plenty… Continue reading
Fukushimagata Niigata, Japan Nikon D800 December 28, 2014 Welcome back to this blog for a new year. After whinging on Phil’s blog that I had to work on Christmas Day, I then had 9 days off over New Year. (Sorry for the whinge, Phil). Of those 9 days, just one; Sunday, December 28th, was fine… Continue reading
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