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African Cheetah
Six week old
African Lion Cub
Pelican
Balyang Sanctuary
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bokeh
the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas
of a photographic image,
especially as rendered by a particular lens.
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Anchor chain
Parrot at Ballyang Sanctuary.
Lilac Breasted Roller
sighted in
Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
Also plentiful in South Africa’s
Kruger National Park.
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paddle
a short pole with a broad blade
at one or both ends,
used without a rowlock to move
a small boat or canoe
through the water.
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A paddleboard on Lake Lucerne
Paddling Lake Lucerne.
One bloke, four girls and guess who
is doing the work?
Maybe he’s just the ballast!
Paddling at the beach
An old stern-wheel paddle
Paddling at
Gibson Steps Beach
Large webbed feet and ducks paddle.
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So far this year we haven’t been inundated with cockatoos
‘aerating’ the front and back yards.
To date only two corella have paid us a visit.
Each one took two large bites from our soil
and haven’t been sighted since.
For some reason, this year,
our New Holland Honey Eater population
has swelled to the extent that they
are rather noisy as they go about the daily ritual
of depleting flowering trees of their nectar.
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Seagull,
Corio Bay
Geelong.
Seagulls,
Balyang Sanctuary,
Geelong
Spur Wing Plover,
Balyang Sanctuary,
Geelong
Seagull,
Balyang Sanctuary,
Geelong
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Just love pelicans coz their beaks
can hold more than their belly can.
Just in case you did not notice the first image.
There was a couple who were feeding the birds.
Regular bird feeders I would suggest
by the way said birds reacted.
I have been told this is the female of
the Superb Fairy Wren pair.
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Superb Fairy Wren
Male
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Weekend Black and White
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Balyang Sanctuary,
Geelong
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Lorikeet Parrot
Balyang Sanctuary
Geelong
Lesser Masked Weaver,
Botswana.
Grey Hornbill,
Botswana.
African Fish Eagle,
Botswana.
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Mirror, mirror, on the floor, who is….
A Balyang Sanctuary bath.
Percy Pelican with his
eye on the prize…
What a big beak I have..
Preening Percy.
Landing gear down.
Touchdown and lift off…
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Corio Bay mirror…
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Not far from the Geelong CBD…
…can be found, if you are lucky…
…Australia’s largest airborne bird,
the Wedge Tailed Eagle.
This vulture was rehabilitating in South Africa’s
Moholoholo Wildlife Centre.
In 2013 we were allowed to feed this magnificent bird.
Its eye are focussed on the next hand
to hold and feed it.
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