Someone is watching

Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #2: Eyes

A White-banded Noctuid Moth
Brown Ringlet Butterfly

Green Fly eyes
A Water Dragon
Silver Gull
Figbird
Laughing Kookaburra
Australian Pelican
King Parrot
Black-necked Stork

Fungi eyes

A few F’s

Cee’s Mid-week Madness Challenge: April Alphabet – F at the beginning or end of a word

Fog

Begonia leaf

Fence

Figbird eating a Fig

Fighting ants

Leaf

Roof

Calf

In the frame

The Friendly Friday Challenge: Framing Your Subject

Having a look

Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Peep

There is the shy peep from the trees

The loud peep as someone is about to arrive with some food

The peep over the neighbours fence look

Or the sense that someone is peeking at you

The Mum says it’s alright but I’m not so sure peep from the pouch

Square Trees #28 – in my town

Becky’s Square Photo Challenge July: Square Tree

The nearest town to my place is Grafton. It hosts an annual floral festival, the oldest in Australia where the town spend ten days of purple madness and fun. Set when the Jacaranda Trees are in flower, this year from 29 October to 7 November, the town is awash in purple from the townsfolk dressed in purple to the magnificent trees showing all their glory.

Here is your song for today

The trees do look a treat

I love the purple of the trees against a grey sky, which seems to happen most years as it is also the start of our wet season.

The mass of flowers is great but they individual flowers look good as well.

While writing this post I also thought of a photo I posted many years ago. The building I was working in had a Jacaranda Tree close by. One day I noticed there was something in the tree. Sorry Becky, it’s not square.

F’en birds

The Bird Weekly Photo Challenge – Birds that begin with an “F”

I think I might find a few birds with an “F” start

Grey Fantail
Grey Fantail with lunch
Rufous Fantail
Figbird male
Figbird female
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Firetail Finch
Noisy Friarbird at lunch
Little Friarbird enjoying lunch too
Leaden Flycatcher male
Leaden Flycatcher female
Restless Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher
Tawny Frogmouth

Who has been eating the berries

Debbies Six Word Saturday

The Tuckaroo Tree has lovely berries and the tree is quite a show, not photographic but quite lovely with small yellow/orange berries. I noticed that there seemed to be a lot on the ground, a bit more than usual. Then it hit me. Yes a berry dropped onto my head. Now I know why.

A juvenile Figbird takes aim at another lot of berries

Early morning is for the birds

Early morning is for the birds
There is a place
to sit
enjoy
early morning
a cuppa
bird chatter
First rays
slowly lighten
appear
tree tops
a cuppa;
bird chatter…….

There is a place
to sit
enjoy
early morning
a tree
bird chatter
First rays
slowly lighten
birds appear
slowly
a tree;
birds chatter…..

There is a place
to sit
enjoy
early morning
a tree
bird chatter
First rays
slowly lighten
more birds
appear
a tree;
birds chatter…..

There is a place
to sit
high
early morning
a tree
bird chatter
First rays
slowly lighten
feeling warmth
feathers
a tree;
birds chatter…..

There is a place
to sit
among branches
early morning
a tree
bird chatter
First rays
slowly lighten
facing sun
appears
a tree;
birds chatter…..

There is a place
to sit
lower
early morning
a tree
bird chatter
First rays
lighten faster
in the bark
feeding
a tree;
birds chatter…..

There is a place
to sit
enjoy
early morning
a tree
bird chatter
First rays
cast shadows
looking about
gone
bird chatter;
a tree.

There is a place
to sit
enjoy
early morning
a cuppa
bird chatter
First rays
slowly lighten
appear
tree tops
a camera;
birds chatter…….

Sneaking into Debbies Six Word Saturday