Runaway Trains Not long ago, I finished only my second real holiday since before the pandemic. It was my second visit to Australia since 2019. The days went by so fast. I barely started each day and my mind and body were overtaken by the atoms buzzing around me. I thought I had plans, but… Continue reading
Ravensbourne National Park Lookout and picnic area Queensland, Australia December 31, 2013 Thank you for visiting the Stoop Files in 2013. I really enjoyed your visits and comments. For the last day of the year, Kevin and Kay Williams and myself started early on a damp and misty morning at Ravensbourne National Park then headed… Continue reading
Red-necked Wallaby (I think?) Cooby Dam, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia March 30, 2013 Enjoyed a nice outing at Cooby Dam with the kind folk from the Toowoomba Bird Observers. I think the highlight was a displaying Musk Duck. A first for me. Sadly, I failed to photograph the female and yet again, I have later thought… Continue reading
Superb Fairy-wren female singing Vineyard Cottages, Ballandean, Queensland July 29, 2012 Back at the end of July we enjoyed a couple of days break in an area known as the Granite Belt. It is a really beautiful area for unique Australian landscapes and flora and fauna. I think the central jewel to the area is… Continue reading
Breeding Cattle Egret. (Gatton, Queensland) Had a couple of nice outings with some interesting naturalists to start the year off. Rod, Rob, Mick and I scanned around a vast area of the Lockyer Valley on Sunday and then down and around Murphys Creek with Olive and Mick for Monday morning. On and off sunshine was a little… Continue reading
Male Superb Fairy-wren. I can find myself power walking along with world issues on my mind when hear a trilling bird call from shrubs or long grass. Suddenly I realise I’m carrying a large camera and I become transfixed on tiny, little elusive subjects with upright tails hopping about. I find myself fiddling with camera controls and stumbling… Continue reading
(Above and below) Superb Blue Wren (male) at USQ Gatton Campus on Monday. Unfortunatley photographed into the sun. (Below) Striped Honeyeater at Apex Lake, Gatton also on Monday. (Above) Male Variegated Wren. Tiddelac, Upper Lockyer Valley. (Sunday afternoon) (Above and below) Wedge-tailed Eagle, Tiddelac, (Sunday afternoon) Common Brushtail Possum (Tiddelac, Sunday night) Continue reading
Above: Peregrine Falcon. I think he’s a male. Enjoying another holiday at home. Got 40cm of snow the day I left Japan. I’m pretty happy it’s not too hot though here in Oz. Getting plenty of showers. Love the summer smells and colourful skies. Got the Peregrine Falcon picture along with the Nankeen/Australian Kestrels in… Continue reading
Enjoyed a fleeting visit to Australia in August 2009. 12 busy days. (Above) Australian or Nankeen Kestrel near Southbrook, Darling Downs, Queensland. Above and below: Black-shouldered Kite near Southbrook, Darling Downs. (Above and below) Galah, also near Souhbrook. Above and below: Two views overlooking the canopy of the Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland. Above and… Continue reading
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