Wild Bird Wednesday - Port Augusta Birds

I shot all these while drinking my hot chocolate

on the terrace of the 

Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Gardens

Unfortunately all were shot against the light

and had to be enhanced

Wattlebird

Singing Honeyeater on left and

White-Plumed Honeyeater on right

this one dead tree in front of the

picture windows of the cafe

was a perfect perch

with upwards of 4 birds at a time

Singing Honeyeater

White-Plumed Honeyeater

and, as everywhere near human habitation,

a European settler, the ordinary 

House Sparrow

Linking with Stewart's

Wild Bird Wednesday

God willing, next week some more colourful birds 

from the same location.

BIRDPHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY ~ 18 and WATERY WEDNESDAY ~ 10

Autumn at the Ovens River at Porepunka, Victoria



For best viewing, all photos can be enlarged.
A tiny Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis, thinking
about his morning ablutions in the cold river water.



and enjoying the unshine while it still lasts.



A common House Sparrow below posing on an autumn
tinted Birch twig



and a bridge over untroubled water, although rather
treacherously slippery and troublesome in itself, that
leads nowhere in particular, just making access through
the bush a little easier to the river further up stream.



The above photos were all taken on one of our autumn
interstate holidays.

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birds and waters around the world.

Thanks to Birdfreak and 2Sweetandsaxy for these two memes.