Bird of the Week: 24th June - Winter Warmers

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Mon, 24/06/2013 - 15:55

Monica

Bird of the Week: 24th June - Winter Warmers

Hi everyone - please ignore this old post from 2013, a minor glitch from updating our login systems today :) Cheers, Monica

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Hi everyone,

Winter is definitely here and everyone in the Sydney office agrees that it is cold! I don't know how the weather is in your part of Australia, but it's wet here! So, the theme as suggested by the team in Sydney is "winter warmers" - birds keeping warm, birds in the rain or getting wet....interpret as you will!

Looking forward to your photos again,

-Monica

Mon, 24/06/2013 - 17:12

shoop

Pacific Black Duck and Eurasian Coot getting their heads wet.HardHead (Male) relaxing in the rain.Darter in soft rain.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Mon, 24/06/2013 - 17:21

shoop

Little Black Cormorants flying in to land Great Cormorant taking off Off he goes !!Great Egret -love all the raindrops caught on the trees -

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Wed, 26/06/2013 - 17:59

shoop

Wattlebird taking a dip.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 11:04

shoop

Black Swan preening in the morning sun.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 11:13

dna1972

You did extremely well to capture the wattlerbird taking a dip! Very well done!

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 12:00

shoop

Fluff up or snuggle up.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 12:07

shoop

dna1972 wrote:

You did extremely well to capture the wattlerbird taking a dip! Very well done!
Thanks dna, I was busy snapping shots of the ducks on the lake and then i noticed right beside me in the tree the Wattlebird having his morning dive. I had no idea if he was going to dive again or where on the water he would make his entry, so i crossed my fingers and kept my camera focussing on the water and waited. I was pleased with the shots too but they were pot luck !!!!!!

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 15:51

dna1972

shoop wrote:

so i crossed my fingers and kept my camera focussing on the water and waited. I was pleased with the shots too but they were pot luck !!!!!!

Yes, sometimes it is luck that favours the prepared. Excellent work!

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 17:13

#10

rawshorty

Nice shots, Snoop....I mean Shoop This week is looking like the Shoop theme of the week.

I will have to dig something up

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Thu, 27/06/2013 - 17:17

#11

shoop

rawshorty wrote:

Nice shots, Snoop....I mean Shoop This week is looking like the Shoop theme of the week.
I will have to dig something up
I know I am here all by myself ...where is everyone ???

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 17:46

#12

Araminta

I have been thinking about this topic for some time, sorry to say nothing really fits the topic. I would think a cup of hot soup would be a "winter warmer" , so all my photos about water or even rain would be beside the point, sorry to say, or am" I" missing the point here?

Back to my thinking pad