It’s open

The Photo a Week Challenge: Open

Lesser Wanderer Butterfly

Frangipanni in my garden

Beautiful Blue Triangle Butterfly

Square-tailed Kite soaring over my place

Where is my dinner!!!!

You make me laugh

A few rectangles and squares

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rectangles and Squares
Some bricks180510_odd balls_bricks
Part of an old childs puzzle180328_toy blocks_named
The old fire door in an alley in Lismorefurnace door_named_lismore_march 2017
Lots of tiles180316_square march_tiled floor01
A door in Italy181020_blog challenge_door_genoa

The new footpath in Lismore
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A window in my house180331_square march_my window
The Square at the foot of the Spanish Steps – Piazza di Spagna – in Rome190711_blog_challenge_street_photography_rome1
And a Square-tailed Kite to finishsquare-tailed-kite01_named_home_nov-2016

Size

Here is Debbies One Word Sunday: Size
Some of the things I have been contemplating on contributing for OWS perhaps can also be some of my Favourite Things as Patti from Ragtag asked.
Perhaps some of the small things in my world should be a start. The feature photo is a Scarlet Honeyeater, the smallest honeyeater and a red jewel that flashes through my garden and the forest.

I love having Stingless Native Bees in my garden
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and of course Blue-banded Bees scrunching into flowersbee blue bum_crop_binna burran feb 2012
All of the tiny native flowers that abound on my placewisteria-native_named_home_aug-2016

native flower_purple_named_home_august 2017

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flower_native_yellow_small_named_home_nov 2018

I have to include some big things too. Kookaburras are always hunting in the garden and waking me with their morning song
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Overhead one of the Square-tailed Kite family soars square-tailed-kite01_named_home_nov-2016
While in the garden, a Red-necked Wallaby snacks on the Honey Gem Grevillea 171102_blog challenge_peek_wallaby04

The trees of the forest that surround are the big
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Now a warning for those who have a thing about spiders – there is one in the next image

 

 
Isn’t she a beauty. She lived in my laundry for a Summer and then came into the lounge and dining rooms for Winter last year. I think she became bored of my company and headed outside.170315_side view_huntsman_size

Courage

The Ragtag Daily Prompt Tuesday: Courage

The Wedged-tailed Eagle has his lunch, a Water Dragon, and is being harassed by a Magpie. It takes courage to fly near a Magpie nest
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A Square-tailed Kite soars above the forest much to the displeasure of a Noisy Friarbird. The shape to the left rear of the Kite is the Friarbird about to give the Kite a good kick.
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The courage of much smaller birds defending their territory against large birds of prey takes courage don’t you think?

Kite

The Ragtag Daily word prompt for Saturday: Kite

So many Kites around here, I’ll just have to post a few I guess

A Black-shouldered Kite
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A Whistling Kitewhistling kite_junction hill_named_sept 2014

A Brahminy Kite
brahminy kite_named_grafton_may 2014
A Black Kiteblack kite_named_lismore_july 2018
A Square-tailed Kitesquare-tailed-kite01_named_home_nov-2016
A Dog Kite180628_blog challenge_diagonal_kite

Birds Around My Neighbourhood

Two photo challenges caught my eye today.

Lens-artists: Around the Neighbourhood

Jenns: Feathered Friends

Come for a quick walk around my neighbourhood. There is my dead end gravel road which is about three kilometers long which has an intersection with another gravel road which is paved about sixteen kilometers from my place. It goes from the highway to a long way away, perhaps fifty kilometers.

Lets get going.

The Noisy Friarbird will often let others know we are about
noisy friarbird_tree_named_home_nov 2018
Listen for a chip chip and look at the tree trunks to see a White-throated Treecreeper scouring the bark for an insect or twowhite throated treecreeper_named_home_oct 2018

The lovely face of a Blue-faced Honeyeater
blue faced honeyeater_honey gem_grevillea_named_home_oct 2018

You might hear the wings of the Eastern Spinebill before you see one zoom past
eastern spinebill_grevillea_named_home_july 2018

The Pied Butcherbirds song will fill the forest as we walk along
pied butcher bird05_chain saw_named_home_july 2018

We may see a Jackie Winter sitting on a fence
jackie winter_named_home_june 2018
Lovely little Eastern Yellow Robins will be chip chip chipping seemingly endlesslynorthern yellow robin_named_home_june 2018

Of course the familiar sounds of Kookaburras will resound around the bush
kookaburra_named_home_oct 2017

Small Brown Honeyeaters will be silently having a snack on a Bottlebrush
brown honeyeater_named_home_august 2017

A flash of colour and a Spotted Pardelote will fly by
spotted pardalote_named_home_june 2017
A Forest Kingfisher, a sudden flash like a blue jewel, as he flies through the bushforest kingfisher_close_named_home_march 2017

The unmistakable squawking of Rainbow Lorikeets as they argue about whose branch it is will get your attention
rainbow-lorikeets_named_home_dec-2016

The beautiful song of a Rufous Whistler will kep you spell bound for ages
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A whistle, a flash of red, the smallest honeyeater is unmistakable in the bush
scarlet-honeyeater_singing_named_home_nov-2016

High in the tree, the resident Square-tailed Kite will keep an eye on you
square-tailed-kite01_nest_named_home_nov-2016

While overhead it’s mate will soarsquare-tailed-kite_flying_named_home_sept-2016
Up the road a bit, some Crimson Rosellas have a snack on the horses feedcrimson-rosellas_named_home_sept-2016

What’s that chatter chatter chatter? I hear you say. The Grey-crowned Babblers walk about the forest floor snacking on unsuspecting insects talking about their day
grey-crowned-babbler_named_home_aug-2016

More jewels in the sky as the Rainbow Bee-eaters gather
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Another remarkable song and bright yellow of the Golden Whistler will make you stop and listen
golden whistler01_named_home_may 2015

Musk Lorikeets can be seen as they feast on the nectar of Pink Euodias
musk lorikeet02_named_home_feb 2015
The largest bird of prey, a Wedged-tailed Eagle on the lookout for an unsuspecting wallaby or animal, will sit silent until we get to closewedged tailed eagle01_named_home_feb 2015

A bit more whistling heralds that we are near some King Parrots
king parrot_home_crop_named_dec 2013
A strange metallic sound draws our attention to the iridescent and distinctive tail shape of the wonderfully named Spangled Drongo spangled drongo_home_named_oct 2014

A Satin Bowerbird who is similarly coloured to a Drongo will be in the bush sometimes finding food
satin bowerbird_male_home_named_june 2016
or finding sticks or blue stuff to decorate and construct his Bowerthe-bower_named_home_feb-2017

Thanks for dropping by and having a bit of a walk around my neighbourhood. I hope you had a good time.

Up there. Look

Terris Sunday Stills: High #Flight

A Square-tailed kite soaring over my place.
square-tailed-kite_flying_named_home_sept-2016
The beauty of Sacred Ibis in flightibis_flying_named_lismore_july 2018
A Crested Tern on the hunt for a snackcommon tern_flying_named_ballina_june 2018

A Wedged-tailed Eagle being harassed by a Magpie
wedged tailed eagle10_named_ramornie_aug 2016

Flying ahead of a storm – A Wedged_tailed Eagle and clouds
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The Square-tailed Kite coming in for a closer look
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I thought that this song was most appropriate for my post. If you have time listen to the second live version