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| Shining Bronze Cuckoo Irongate Conservation Park, Pittsworth, Queensland, August 23, 2011 |
August 23rd saw Kevin Williams and myself catch up for a spot of bird watching. It'd had been a year since our last outing together and Kevin kindly took me out for a squiz along the country tracks around Gowrie Junction, Oakey and down to the Pittsworth area. As usual, it was a memorable day and I got a nice collection of pics to put up on my blog. (I'll put more up another day)
The last place we ended up was Irongate Conservation Park near Pittsworth. It is a small but neat little nature reserve and it was alive with small birdlife. Actually there were so many cool little birds I'm ashamed I didn't get more pics. There were so many Grey Fantails wagging their tails about but I'm too slow and should have got better results. I remember passing the reserve decades ago and thinking it looked like a mysterious place and am glad I finally visited it. Kevin photographed a Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo.
The most significant find for me for the day was my first Koala in seven years, and I actually got my first digital pics of one.
There was a time I recall, looking up and deciding whether to use my precious Provia or Velvia slide film on such an inactive subject. I have so many dusty old slides of big round grey lumps stuck in the forks of trees with grey skied backgrounds. (at a dollar a shot) These days however, even if I was in Oz more often, I don't think I'd find them as much as I used to.
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| Yellow-faced Honeyeater above and below: |
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| Koala |
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| Grey Fantail |
6 comments:
I love the koala!
What marvelous creatures! A Yellow-faced honeyeater! Great captures of wonderful creatures.
You see Russell over here we get the impression tht Koalas are in every tree in Aussie and you tell us it was your first for 7 years! "Shining Bronze Cuckoo" now there is a splensid name for a bird.
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Great Photos as usual! I am so happy for you to see a Koala in the wild, I never tire of that sight, they are beautiful creatures. The one pictured looks like a healthy specimen as well, which is good news. We havent been to irongate for a visit yet, but have heard that it was a good birding spot. Love the yellow-faced honeyeater also - beautiful.
I'm jealous of your Koala... something I've missed on two trips to Australia !
Fine shot of the Cuckoo, too.
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