Backyard birds - are you counting?
When my brother was visiting with his very fancy camera and lots of long lenses, he took some awesome bird photos. I will share with you one of the awesome photos my brother took of a kookaburra when he was here... He said he was happy for me to share it here. Sometimes though it is not so much the equipment, it is what you have on hand. I captured this lovely rainbow on my phone camera on the way into work one morning, and now use it on my desktop. It makes me feel so peaceful. I dont have the equipment to be taking professional photos, but it got me a little bit interested in what all the birds in my neighbourhood are called. I was sitting watching my veggie garden grow last weekend - that is gardening too isnt it? The rainbow lorikeets make such a racket feasting on the berries high up in the neighbours garden, and then I suddenly noticed two large white birds sitting on a branch. From lots of running in and out with bird books, binoculars e...