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A gem (with honey)

Published on April 14, 2024 by bushboy24 Comments

FOWC: Gem

I have a shrub
a Honey Gem

Flowers
Lots of them

Tiny insects
against the stem

Sit tall
Look out for them

What a contrast
Noisy Friarbird and Honey Gem

First awake
sings the mornings anthem

Getting a snack here
is never a problem

The flowers
a real ecosystem

The sweet nectar
the Honey Gem

The flower and me
an item

A wonderful flower, Honey Gem
The end, this poem.

Breakfast in the garden

Published on February 24, 2023 by bushboy47 Comments

Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge: Patterns

This is what happened one day a while ago. Has been a thought for a post for a while. Finding Denzils challenge of patterns in nature, these photos fit the bill. Well there’s only a small amount of variation but I hope you’ll enjoy having breakfast with a female Satin Bowerbird and later, a Blue-faced Honeyeater comes along.

“Oh wow, I just love these Grevillea flowers for breakfast even if I have to get on tip-toes”

“You just have to get those early morning drops of sweetness”

“If I can get right in, there are new drops of nectar just waiting for me”

“A few more licks here and then I’m done”

“But I really should look under here and have a good check, just in case”

“Better make sure there’s nothing left on the top either”

“Hey! That looks really sweet and juicy over there. Mind if I join you?”

“Not at all. You can have the flowers on that side of the tree”

“I’ll stay over here and show off my patterns to everyone, one last time”

Monday Portrait – 9 January

Published on January 9, 2023January 8, 2023 by bushboy23 Comments

Monday Portrait is not hosted by anyone. It is for you to post a photo of any portrait you want. Creativity is up to you.

Lots of orange and green

Published on October 14, 2021 by bushboy25 Comments

Cee’s Mid-week Madness Challenge: October Colour – Oranges and or Light Green
Becky’s Square Photo Challenge: Past Squares
Life in Colour October: Orange

OK I lied I’m not going to post lots of photos, just a select few

#BrightSquares

Rainbow Lorikeet and Honey Gem Grevillea from #KindaSquare

Orange Palm Dart Butterfly

A native flower on my place

A Lesser Wanderer Butterfly

Leopard Lily flower with a bonus gold bummed ant in my garden

Eastern Spinebill in the Honey Gem Grevillea

One of my favourite Frangipannis

Wanderer Butterfly

Cumquats and water drops

Close in the garden

Published on September 24, 2021 by bushboy20 Comments

The Friendly Friday Blog Challenge: Close-ups and Macros

As this is a two week challenge, I’ll just pop in a close-up today with a Female Satin Bowerbird. Over the past week the Satin Bowerbirds have taken over the garden. The males are easily distinguished as they are a shiny blue/black. The Females and the juveniles have the same colouring and markings. The immatures stay much the same colouring for around four years when they start to change colour. By the seventh year the moult will produce the black feathers of a male. The males are promiscuous and their bower is an attractant to lure the females.

Here is the close-up of a female Satin Bowerbird in the Honey Gem Grevillea in my front yard. This photo was taken through my kitchen window.

Naturally gold

Published on September 19, 2021September 20, 2021 by bushboy27 Comments

Life in Colour September: Gold

Golden Lycra flowers

Golden Orb Weaver SPIDER

For those sensitive types

Honey Gem Grevillea

Fungi with the common name of Gold Top

A golden sunset

Also for Terri’s Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge: All that is #Gold

The battle for the Grevillea

Published on August 12, 2021 by bushboy16 Comments

The Ragtag daily Prompt Thursday: Pandemonium

Around this time every year pandemonium breaks out in the front yard.

For most of July the Blue-faced Honeyeaters are the boss of the Grevilleas, chasing all the smaller Honeyeaters – Yellow-faced Honeyeaters, Lewins Honeyeaters and the Eastern Spinebills, away from the flowers especially the Honey Gem Grevillea.

Then sometime in August, the Noisy Friarbirds arrive to set up camp, nesting and finding food. This leads to such a cacophony among the Grevilleas that one year I just had to record the Pandemonium. You will see that at times the Noisy Friarbird is carrying on and the Blue-faced Honeyeater doesn’t seem to care.

I hadn’t been using my camera for videos very much back then, so I apologise for the not so good video.

Silent Sunday 22 June

Published on June 21, 2020 by bushboy24 Comments

The Rule of Thirds

Published on April 26, 2019 by bushboy26 Comments

Nancy’s Photo a Week Challenge:The Rule of Thirds

When I photograph birds it is quite easy to get the photo within the rule of thirds. I always have the grid switched on so I can see where to place things. I use the rule of thirds to capture what the bird is looking at or doing perhaps.

Although what is it that gets the attention, the flowers or the bird?
A Figbird among Jacaranda flowers