Well, they make a lot of noise and pillage our fruit trees!!!

Well, we have very few mammalian dangerous animals.



Most of ours are reptilian or fish.



Birds and marsupials aren't dangerous at all.

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Like nothing I've ever seen before. Well done Brick.

Xie xie, sweetcheeks.



 

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Did you get a new camera. If you get new shins you might as well get a new camera too. You want the whole set.

My application for funding for a new camera was sadly rejected by the Ministry of Finance and Domestic Tranquility!!



I might try Go Fund Me next.

Despite the wailings of so called conservationists, the populations of native birds and animals in Australia are generally expanding thanks to legal protection, better land management and a more informed society that understands the need and means to protect our fauna.



One of the outcomes of this change is that the population of a number of bird species has exploded, and parallel to this population growth, they have assimiliated into urban areas with great enthusiasm. We are now seeing birds as common that many Australians, myself included, did not know existed until the last 10 years or so.



For example, the Major Mitchell cockatoo (the pink bird I posted above) was so rare very few Australians had ever seen one. Black cockatoos were similarly rarely seen.



Many of the birds I've photographed were sighted in urban areas, albeit in protected bushland or wetlands. Likewise, we see many more koalas than ever before.



Whilst some species remain in peril, I think Australia has done a very good job overall in protecting its native wildlife.

We first sighted it about 2 months ago in the bushland behind our house. But it was usually too far away, and always moving rapidly.



On Monday, I was returning from a shopping trip and as I pulled into the driveway it was hovering about 50 metres away. I dashed inside to grab my camera which was luckily already set up for birds, fully expecting the bird to have flown away before I could get out to photograph it, but it was still in reasonable proximity....about 70 metres away.



It graciously gave me about a minute of opportunity.

Thanks, Fash.



I really like this one as well as a shows a genuine bird of prey at work.

An Australian Black-shouldered kite on the hunt for dinner.

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-DjB

Awww...thanks for the love, guys.



Herman is 100% correct...I'm working these new knees and taking photographs along the way. All is well and recovery is exceeding expectations. Happy little puppy all round, really.



Here's a pic from a recent stroll...



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Grandparenting is also consuming some time, but I'm not complaining. I have great grandkids!!!



Take care and stay safe...