These photos are from our last trip to the inland desert country
Click to enlarge to get a better view.
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater and young
White-plumed Honeyeater, Lichenostomus penicillarus
Inland Thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla
this is the teeniest weeniest tiniest little bird, seen
mainly in family groups of 10 to 12 and constantly chattering
this is as much as I could crop it
I have narrowed this one down to the Southern Whiteface,
Aphelacephala, leucopsis
again, it is a very small bird and if I have identified correctly,
a lifer for me.
another view.
These were taken well before the sun was up so clarity
is not the best.
Lastly, the terrain they make their home in.
This is one of the last shots my husband took before he no
longer could remember how a camera works.
As you may have noticed, I just love the desert country!
Linking with Stewart's
and Michelle's
Beautiful! I especially like those first two shots!
ReplyDeleteArija, wonderful birds found in your desert. Thanks for sharing their habitat too! Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteArija - I am sure I would love the desert country too if we had any here - I love your photographs.
ReplyDeleteWhat delightful birds. Thank you for sharing your trip with us.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of the birds and I like your husband's shot very much.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your desert birds.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting to see these desert birds!
ReplyDeletesweet birds! love the rough terrain, too.
ReplyDeleteLovely captures! Honeyeaters are such cute birds. I spent a lot of time in the desert when I was in Australia. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed that wildlife can survive and find food and water..it does have a different kind of beauty.. and I always appreciate your comments on my blog because I know they come from a place of love and caring.. Michelle
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your photos Arija, the birds are lovely and I enjoy the desert scenery. I don't get to the desert very often but I loved visiting it years ago. It has a whole lot of beauty out there.
ReplyDeleteDenise
An English Girl Rambles
I love the desert too! Wouldn't really want to live there but love visiting it. (I wish we could go every year.)
ReplyDeleteCan almost hear those little birds chattering.
I agree - the desert is beautiful and all those birds are great - someday I might get the chance to see some of them!
ReplyDeleteThe desert is a great place to go, Beautiful birds.
ReplyDeleteLovely birds!
ReplyDeleteAll are great Arija, and I so love visiting the desert too. The Singing Honeyeater is my fave in these shares, such lovely feathers. Take good care~
ReplyDeleteGreat post Arija! I love spending time in arid country as well - just don't do enough of it! Congratulations on the whiteface! I'm thinking the first pic may be of Spiny-cheeked honeyeater.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the desert myself - but birds rather thin on the ground - will have a look at the white face when I have more books at my disposal!
ReplyDeleteCheers and thanks for the link to WBW.
Stewart M
Lovely birds! I'm sure I will love the desert country when I will visit Australia... someday.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos - I love the desert country too. When I lived at Nectar Brook in the Flinders, my favourite walk was quite some distance from the homestead, to see the chirpy little finches in the wild - so noisy as they fought and scrambled in the scrubby thorny bushes around the waterhole - made so much noisier by the quietness of the place.
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty birds. I like the desert too, as long as it's not too hot...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your desert birds. I have never been to the desert.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting me too.
Beautiful collection of birds.
ReplyDeleteThe first and second pictures are my favorite.
Regards, Irma
Congratulations! Pilchard took one look at your Southern Whiteface pix and confirmed that's what they are!! Especially with your husband's fine photo of their habitat - that's exactly the kind of place we've seen them!! The coast has many attractions, but the desert is something special to which I shall always return!
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever with animals and in this post with birds specifically. Besides your photos are taken with great care.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit! Yes, I didn 't realize that the goat was the one and only not indigenous animal, but then again:goats do live everywhere!
Your photographer rebelled on you? Glad you kept him on task for so long as photos of these different species to what we see are so welcome. :-)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I too love the desert landscaping...I lived in the Sonoran Desert for a decade. Miss it a lot.
ReplyDeleteAs for your bird photo shares?!!! They're all amazing, such a wonderful array.
That desert scene reminds me of my surroundings in my former home in New Mexico.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of these interesting birds Arija. It's nice to see the habitat as well.
ReplyDeleteHi there - I'll go with the Southern Whiteface as well.
ReplyDeleteThis last week was not my first trip into Central Australia - but ti was the first with my own kids - its reasonable to say they were impressed!
Cheers - Stewart M