Posted in Other creatures on Mar 31st, 2009
Occasionally when mothing, a Praying Mantis flies in to join the party and it’s comical to watch. It can only be described as akin to a small boy in a well stocked lolly shop. The sheet is always covered with small moths as well as a multitude of other small insects, and the mantis walks [...]
Posted in Birding on Mar 29th, 2009
There’s a Grey Butcherbird feeding in the garden, get the camera and start stalking. There it goes on to a fence post, keep hidden behind the ironbark and move closer, gradually ease out and focus, darn, right into the light, ease back and dial in +1 stop exposure compensation. Ease out again, it’s still there, [...]
A blog about the natural world of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Birds, insects, wildflowers, and anything else that poses for the camera.