Life Trove

19 November 2007

Sunday stroll at Deep Creek Reserve (Narrabeen)

Reflections
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White-faced heron .
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Male Splendid Fairy Wren courting his females

Azure kingfisher
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Willie Wagtail
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Eastern Whipbird (great new bird, despite poor photo)
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Place: Deep Creek Reserve off Wakehurst Parkway, Narrabeen

18 November 2007

Channel-billed cuckoo

We had a wonderful, relaxing Sunday afternoon at Brendan and Eva. Had a good swim at their backyard beach, enyoyed delicious barbecued ribs, played with adorable little Ella - and to top things off, saw a new bird species from their balcony - a channel billed cuckoo. In fact, we saw two mating. Very exciting. Thanks Eva and Brendan. That's what you call true hospitality!
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Canon EF 500 F4

This lens was my greatest ever extravagance. I lusted after it for months, reading all the reviews. I bought it in a massive rush of dopamine. It took sublime photos of birds, but was so bulky and heavy, I hardly used it. I ended up selling it to my photography friend, Craig, but obviously for less than I paid for it.

17 November 2007

Birding at Bicentennial Park with my new 500 mm F4 lens

I had a successful morning of birding at the Sydney Olympic Park. Some of the land has been reclaimed including Belverdere Lake (part of Bicentennial Park). I got to take some nice pictures (see below) and also saw three new bird species: Chestnut Teal, Brown Honeyeater and Red Whiskered Bulbul.

Baby Stilts doing the ballet (aren't they cute!)

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Adult Stilts (nice reflection!)
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Welcome Swallow (saying goodmorning)
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Splendid Fairy Wrens (Females).

Male Superb Fairywren
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Red Whiskered Bulbul (beautiful)
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Brown Honeyeater

.Silver Gull
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Little Pied Cormorant

Crested Pigeon

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Willie wagtail.
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The lake where I took the photos

Down the barrel of my lens.

Watching "Cocolat" at the Sydney Open Air Festival

We watched "Chocolat" under the stars at the Sydney Open Air Festival. What a great movie! Ally looked after baby Lucas the entire movie, much to mum Claudia's delight.

15 November 2007

Gratitude (2007)

Work

Merging with Blackglass and our new offices after Agency Fusion
Fabricmatcher creative experience
Fabricmatcher turned out ok

Photography

Getting my 300 and 500mm lenses

Home life

Brendan and Eva coming to Australia
Rugby world cup experience
Inspiration to get letters and journals typed up for the blog

14 November 2007

Progress (2007)

Life Trove

Had letters and journals typed and put on blog

11 November 2007

The belle of the ball

Kerry at a work function for the Melbourne Cup. Check out the fascinator in her hair. And notice how she stands out in red! Well done Kerry...
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Sunday at Royal National Park

I went to the Royal National Park to search for Lyrebird and Satin Bowerbird. Much to my excitement, I saw both! Unfortunately I did not get a photo of the Lyrebird. An excuse to go back. The Royal National Park, established in 1879, is the second oldest national park in the world after Yellowstone in the USA. It is enormous so I focused my attentions on the lush Wattle Forest, a beautiful tranquil belt of forest along the Hacking River.
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