birds – bushboys world

I can see your place

Published on July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 by bushboy8 Comments

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Lofty

It’s all about wings

Published on July 15, 2019 by bushboy14 Comments

This week on Sunday Stills, Terri has prompted with Creatures and Critters with #Wings

What a theme. I did stop eventually so here is my selection
The Bees

The Birds

The Dragonflies and Damselflies

The Butterflies

The Flies

A Cicada

and this bloke

Blue #13 – More blue eyes

Published on July 13, 2019July 12, 2019 by bushboy16 Comments

This months square challenge from Becky: Blue

The theme for July is ‘blue‘, and as always it is totally up to you how you interpret the square theme but here are Beckys suggestions for how we might stay connected on our square adventures this month.

be a ‘Bolt from the Blue’ – something unexpected or surprising
explore ‘Into the wide blue yonder‘ – sky, sea or maybe a location that is appealingly unknown and mysterious
simply be ‘Blue‘ – whether that’s azure, cobalt, sapphire, cerulean, navy, ultramarine, indigo, or turquoise
and there is an extra challenge for those of you up for it – can you manage to combine two of these, or maybe even all three?

Whatever you decide to do, please remember there is a rule if you want to part of the Square Gang and be sure your squares make into the gallery.

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By myself

Published on July 11, 2019 by bushboy4 Comments

The Ragtag Thursday Prompt: Solitude/Solitary

butcher bird_named_grafton_may 2014

Blue #11 – Love is Blue

Published on July 11, 2019July 10, 2019 by bushboy12 Comments

This months square challenge from Becky: Blue

be a ‘Bolt from the Blue’ – something unexpected or surprising
explore ‘Into the wide blue yonder‘ – sky, sea or maybe a location that is appealingly unknown and mysterious
simply be ‘Blue‘ – whether that’s azure, cobalt, sapphire, cerulean, navy, ultramarine, indigo, or turquoise
and there is an extra challenge for those of you up for it – can you manage to combine two of these, or maybe even all three?

Whatever you decide to do, please remember there is a rule if you want to part of the Square Gang and be sure your squares make into the gallery.

The Satin Bower Birds bower just down the hill from my house. It is built for love. The great scavenger found something special for the females who come to inspect his dance floor. A repost but this time it has to be square

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Lens-Artists Challenge #53 – Your Choice

Published on July 7, 2019 by bushboy39 Comments

It’s their one year anniversary so congratulations to Tina Amy Ann-Christine and Patti

There has been some suggestions for the topics to post so I am just going to go with things I enjoy photographing which I have found brings other photographers into my life who I like to refer to as my blog family. Those who comment to say what they like and offer suggestions but in all everyone is positive in their outlook, photos and friendship as well. No words of explanation as I said to a fellow blogger who said captions help, I like you to interpret my photos as you see them. Some of these have bought smiles to faces which is something I find is the reaction closest to my heart. Ready? Let’s go……….

And a rose for each of the Fab Four

Much love
Thank you and good night

A parade of black around here

Published on July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 by bushboy8 Comments

The Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge from Sue: Black

There is quite a lot of black around here. Let’s sample a few shall we

black shouldered kite010_named_april2014 — Black Shouldered Kite

190619_blog_challenge_two_pacific_black_ducks — Pacific Black Ducks

yellow-tailed-black-cockatoo02_named_home_sept-2016 — Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

black snake_wood pile_named_binna burra_june 2017 — Red-bellied Black Snake

black faced cuckoo shrike_named_modanville_nov 2017 — Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike

black-necked stork02_named_grafton_april 2015 — Black-necked Stork

fungi black_named_home_march 2017 — Black fungi

Between the lines

Published on July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 by bushboy27 Comments

The Friday Friendly Photo Challenge: Between the Lines

190314_blog_challenge_which_way_toowoomba_japanese_garden_bridge — Japanese Gardens Toowoomba

171116_blog challenge_bridges_austria — Vienna

This is June 2019

Published on July 5, 2019 by bushboy26 Comments

About time I hear you say. Yes I am a bit late with last months wrap up. I didn’t take as many photos early on and then I seemed to find lots to photograph. This months photos have a couple I have used in other photo challenges but I decided to keep this post a bit shorter by not including the those photos.

So sit back and have a scroll through my June

Let’s start in Inverell, a town about 200kms from my place. We decided to have a mini holiday and ventured west. My goodness the drought has really hit hard out there. Didn’t see the usual paddocks with sheep and cattle in them. Many farmers have de-stocked and just holding onto their core breeding stock for when the drought breaks.
We stayed at a fabulous B’n’B, Blair Athol a Manor house from the early 1900’s. It is a great place to stay

We did venture around the countryside. It was quite sad. I think this granite outcrop says it all.
I found a Pied Cormorant just after a bit of a dip in the water. I love how Cormorants do this. Makes me smile every time.
Back home I was surprised to see ducks on my house dam as the water level is quite low. Three Pacific Black Ducks cruise the dam.
Sometimes when I am about in the garden doing a bit of bird spotting I get a feeling I am being watched as well. This Grey-shrike Thrush was making sure I was being good.
Another Winter visitor to the garden are Golden Whistlers
Of course a monthly wrap wouldn’t be the same without the resident Eastern Yellow Robin who found a post to sit on while surveying the garden for a snack.
Little Striated Thornbills are flying about the garden in the afternoons
The Rose Robins are still around as well
The Agave looked lovely in the afternoon light
This is called Witches Broom it is on a small Eucalypt.
The variety of plants that are growing on a palm in the garden is wonderful. At the front is an Elk Horn, behind it on the right is a Birds nest Fern. They are surrounded by Hares Foot Fern and to the left rear is Fishbone Fern. All of these plants have decided to grow among the palm’s trunk.
Nearby, a Jacaranda has a lovely growth of moss that cascades to the ground.
My mate Geoffs Iris has flowered. Always will bring back a memory.
All around the place Lichen has sprung up as there has been showers of rain over the last part of the month enough to keep the garden happy and for some plants to emerge.
I love finding water drops. My besties place has had much more rain than here.
These are the seed pods from an Eucalypt tree I found in Inverell.
I haven’t taken many photos of the Red-necked Wallabies that hang around my place. I caught this bloke with a mouth full of grass.
Late one afternoon at my besties, she called out to come over to where she was in the garden. She found a little Bandi Bandi going across a log heading for a safe place to spend the night.
There appears to be lots of Wanderer Butterflies about at the moment. Found this one flying around the lane-ways of Lismore.
Meanwhile there are Wanderers in my besties garden feeding on Echinacea flowers.
One day we decided to head to the coast for lunch at the Ballina Beach Surf Club. Afterwards, after watching whales from the window while eating, we wandered up to the headland and watched the Humpback Whales cruising past. I bit of blow usually let me know where they were.

I love it when they gave a wave.

Managed to get some tail shots.
but could never be focused on the right place when a Humpback breached
Now for a bit of weird. Walking down a lane in Lismore we always look to see if this window has changed. I think the hand and flag on the right have been added.