Tag: satin bowerbird

In the garden

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Debbies One Word Sunday: Unexpected

I am playing with my wildlife camera again. I have had it on the bird baths.
I had an unsuccessful attempt at the Satin Bowerbirds bower in the garden,
about five metres from the front door, when I moved the camera tightening
the strap so the aim was not right on the bower.

I made a stand that was stable and put it in the garden bed where the
bower is. It worked well but was just a bit too close. Too hard to have any
where else that focuses on the bower.

On the first night I put it out, I think a Red-necked Wallaby came for a
sticky beak. That was unexpected.

The Satin Bowerbird came and inspected the camera. Of the around 160
photos, this is the only extreme close up. That was unexpected too.

The tree in focus in the background is where I put the camera originally.
That the view of the bower is side-on is the downside.

A garden surprise

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Don’t Hold Your Breath’s: Bird of the Week

I went to do a bit of a tidy up in a garden bed yesterday when I found a Satin Bowerbirds bower under the tangled branches of a Honey Gem Grevillea.

It was hard to get a good photo to show the shape. The Satin Bowerbird male places small sticks and grass stalks vertically and makes sure they bend inwards to form a “roof”. At the front, the male will sing and dance to attract a female, bobbing up and down, picking up treasures to show and hopping around.

This is an older photo to show you the shape and form of the bower

In front of the bower he places treasures, mainly blue coloured, collected from far and wide. None of the blue plastic pieces are from my place. The variegated leaves of a Duranta in a garden not far away are a favourite. The brown, perhaps called branchlets, of a Hoop Pine also decorate the dance floor.

I have no idea where this milk bottle top came from but with the nearest houses 300 metres from here imagine carrying that in your beak and flying.

The female Satin Bowerbird

Male Satin Bowerbird. They are so hard to get a good photo as their feathers shine and reflect changing colours from deep blue to dark purple

Quite a few years ago I set up my wildlife camera and caught a Satin Bowerbird destroying anothers bower and stealing that birds treasures

Breakfast in the garden

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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”

In the frame

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The Friendly Friday Challenge: Framing Your Subject

It’s a party

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Lens-Artists Challenge #177: Celebrating

Let’s get the celebrations started

Grab your sunnies

Make sure the decorations are up

What’s a celebration without bubbles

Everyone is here and are already having a good time

OK time to light the cake

Looks like the celebration is almost over

Look, there’s the fireworks so must be almost time to go home

There will always be a few leftovers in the morning

and a bit of deflation

Look like this bloke missed out again

It’s buildings – in many ways

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The Lens-Artists Challenge #173: Interesting Architecture

I have been thinking about this theme since I first read it way too early in the morning to have many cohesive thoughts. Here is a random mish mash of constructions with interesting architecture.

I’ve opted for a slideshow for a change. Enjoy your travels and hope that there are interesting architectural surprises along the way

Last on the Card – October 2021

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Last Photo for October 2021

I am glad you are all having fun with Last on the Card. I love seeing your photos and usually you’ll get a comment. I have been asked if I plan my last photos. Sorry to disappoint, but no I don’t. Like a lot of people I forget and am surprised at what was the last photo on the three devices I use to take photos. This month I went from –

  • one of the best flower photos using my phone camera. This was taken so I could text to show my bestie the flowers. That was taken on Tuesday.
  • a repeat of Hammad’s Weekend Sky last Saturday. Not too bad for a foggy morning and a point and shoot camera.
  • to a lot of focus. This would have be better to get the Satin Bower Bird having a snack clearer. Taken through the office door on Thursday morning.

So let’s see what you have for October 2021

The rules are simple:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 31st October.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Tag “The Last Photo”

Here’s mine

From my Samsung Galaxy S9

From my Canon PowerShot A1200

From my Canon PowerShot SX70HS