a 366 photo challenge for 2012 - I have joined the friendly crowd at Elements Village on the web and have decided to start at 'A' and follow the 366 themes daily - I like the idea that I will need to take (or make) images that will stretch my skills and imagination - and if I throw in a few extras just for fun - forgive me - OK? Trying to stay focused for a whole year will be a challenge in itself - wish me luck and come and visit anytime...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
February 23 - Common
Common here may not be common somewhere else. Kangaroos are common on our property, as are these cute superb blue wrens - I think monarch butterflies are common in both the USA and Australia.
We have tons of monarchs here during the summer months...but no kangaroos or blue wrens...you better watch out, I may just be packing my suitcase to pay you and Ron a visit! :)
Happy to have visitors, just let me know when to open the wine :) Sometimes we have so many monarchs in the casuarina trees along the river they look like flowers covering the trees.
I am so in awe of your nature shots, are kangaroos aggressive? Yes, we have monarchs but not in great numbers. The way you described the tree full of them sounds amazing. Hope you get to post one of these some time.
Those are all lovely photos, but to me, the one of the wren is extraordinary. It's so well composed, and the blue just pops out of the homogenous white background.
They don't often come into the house yard, except for the big one I posted earlier in the year. There's lots to eat in the paddocks, so mostly they hang out down by the river or in a little valley at the back of our property. Ours are quite wild, so they are shy - when they have lots of exposure to humans in wildlife parks they get quite tame and you can walk up to them, but the males can be very dangerous in the wild, so we keep a respectable distance away.
I'd like to see the roos one day. When we lived in Minnesota we had monarchs on all the milkweed plants. Found the eggs and raised a few for science projects. There is a wintering site on the west coast...Pacific Grove...where they hang from trees like flowers.
They are very quick - I have lots here though, so have a few lovely images. I was lucky enough to photograph this boy near his nest, both parents were working hard feeding the babies. I was standing on the verandah to give me some height, shooting across to the shrub where the nest was located.
Screams Aussie, Aussie Aussie - Oy Oy Oy!.
ReplyDeleteWe have tons of monarchs here during the summer months...but no kangaroos or blue wrens...you better watch out, I may just be packing my suitcase to pay you and Ron a visit! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy to have visitors, just let me know when to open the wine :) Sometimes we have so many monarchs in the casuarina trees along the river they look like flowers covering the trees.
DeleteOK we dont get Roos or Blue wrens....but we do get Monarchs here I think
ReplyDeleteAmazing captures . . . no kangaroos or beautiful blue wrens, but the colorful Monarch does find its way here . . . but not in great numbers.
ReplyDeleteI am so in awe of your nature shots, are kangaroos aggressive? Yes, we have monarchs but not in great numbers. The way you described the tree full of them sounds amazing. Hope you get to post one of these some time.
ReplyDeleteThose are all lovely photos, but to me, the one of the wren is extraordinary. It's so well composed, and the blue just pops out of the homogenous white background.
ReplyDeleteLove your photos, especially the Blue Wren, I think we also get the Monarchs here, must be amazing to see a tree full of them.
ReplyDeleteI will try and find the photos - it was quite beautiful.
DeleteLucky you to have these be common, with Bobbie that wren image is outstanding! Do Kangaroos get pesty as in eating/ trampling plants you care for?
ReplyDeleteThey don't often come into the house yard, except for the big one I posted earlier in the year. There's lots to eat in the paddocks, so mostly they hang out down by the river or in a little valley at the back of our property. Ours are quite wild, so they are shy - when they have lots of exposure to humans in wildlife parks they get quite tame and you can walk up to them, but the males can be very dangerous in the wild, so we keep a respectable distance away.
DeleteI'd like to see the roos one day. When we lived in Minnesota we had monarchs on all the milkweed plants. Found the eggs and raised a few for science projects. There is a wintering site on the west coast...Pacific Grove...where they hang from trees like flowers.
ReplyDeleteThe wren is just gorgeous, I've tried and failed several times to capture one, they never seem to stay still for very long.
ReplyDeleteThey are very quick - I have lots here though, so have a few lovely images. I was lucky enough to photograph this boy near his nest, both parents were working hard feeding the babies. I was standing on the verandah to give me some height, shooting across to the shrub where the nest was located.
DeleteA first for me seeing a blue wren! Great!
ReplyDeleteYour "common" blue wren is so uncommon to me...he is very handsome and you've captured him so nicely!
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