Wildlife

The Stiltwalkers

Purple-crowned fairy wren

Australia's most beautiful fairy wren is unfortunately endangered. Its streamside habitat is easily degraded by livestock coming down to water to drink.

Australian pelican

The pouch on the Australian pelican colours up when it is in breeding mode.

Adelaide rosella

One of my local birds, and restricted to the Adelaide region.

Brown falcon

One of Australia's commonest falcons but not a very powerful flyer.

Common sandpiper

Despite the name, this sandpiper is not so common downunder!

Good morning sunshine

Early morning usually provides the best light for bird photography and this morning was certainly no exception.

Home is the hunter

I had seen this bird nesting in the chimney of this historic Inn a few years before. When I had a chance to visit during the breeding season I just had to stake out near the house and wait. The kestrels usually perched on the weather vane before making their final approach to the nest site inside the chimney.

Rainbowbird

There were some 30-40 rainbowbirds on this fenceline, all waiting for dragonflies to make the crossing over the flodplain.

Tammar wallabies

Extinct on the South Australian mainland a healthy population of little Tammar wallabies continues on lovely Kangaroo Island.

The stiltwalkers of Ellesmere

I went to Lake Ellesmere in new Zealand looking for the somewhat curious Wrybill, a bird who's beak always curves to the left! In addition to Wrybill I saw black stilts and these wonderful pied stilts.

The Pelican

Pelicans are common across much of Australia's beaches and waterways but I never tire of photographing them.

Hooded plover

An endangered, diminutive bird that is probably easier to find on Kangaroo Island than the Australian mainland.

The flight

Another shot taken on my old film camera, manual focus, hand held, one shot. An experience which is very difficult to have in today's techno world. Much has been lost and much has been gained.

Big reds harem