Wild Bird Wednesday - Everyday Waterbirds

Spotted on the Murray River

Eurasian Coot

and a few more, there were over 50 of the little darlings

a couple of Pacific Black Ducks

and one giving me a big smile

as well as a family of Australian Wood Ducks and an

unavoidable seagull in the background.

Linking with Stewart's 

Wild Bird Wednesday

World Bird & Watery Wednesday ~ All at Sea

These were taken yesterday in Kingston, South Australia on

the shore of The Great Southern Ocean.

A soaring seagull . . .

the mighty Southern Ocean , look straight ahead over the edge

of the horizon and you can see the penguins tapping their feet on

Antarctica.

Stars in the sky, stars in my eye, and stars in the dark pool

of the deep blue sea.

Yesterday was your 53 anniversary, we celebrated with a

fresh from the sea two pound lobster on the eve and a

mountain of king prawns and wine in crystal glasses in the

park for lunch. The rest I may share with you another time.

Enlarge if you dare, the stars may blind you.

Have fun, click on both relevant Logos and fly the skies of dive into the waters

but whatever you do, enjoy!

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ Whetting Your Appetite

Two nights in this great pad with sunsets and moonsets

with friends waiting for me to come play on the beach just

down a little path

and marvellous me clicking away for all I was worth!

It was blissful . . . unfortunately I had to wake up much too soon.

All photos enlarge.

Thanks to HEY HARRIET for providing this venue for us to share our shadows.

Watery Wednesday ~ The Mighty Murray Brought Low

The mighty Murray River brought to its knees by drought and
excessive plundering of its water for irrigation and water supplies
to townships hundreds of miles away.
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Barely managing a ripple.
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A lonely seagull surveys the exposed sandbanks.
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You can tell its normal width by the trees on its banks. Now
it is so shallow you can walk across where paddle-steamers
once plied their trade. The lakes further down its course have
dried up and its mouth to the sea has been silted over for
many a year.
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Click to enlarge if you wish.
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