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  1. David Berry

    Xanthorrhoea: strange plant with a strange name…

    Xanthorrhoea (grass tree) following a summer afternoon shower… Xanthorrhoea glauca Width of photo: ~1 metre Height above ground: ~3 metres I came across this mature grass tree after a late afternoon rain shower. This image is a detail of the plant's crown of greyish blue-green ('glauca')...
  2. David Berry

    Rainbow Lorikeets : Paired for Life

    Evening bonding… Rainbow Lorikeets : Trichoglossus moluccanus SE Queensland, Australia 5:20 pm (sunset 6:35 pm) AF: eye detect; 20 fps (electronic 1st curtain) Distance from camera: subject 5 m; background 20 m Rainbow Lorikeets are monogamous and pair for life. Male and female birds look...
  3. David Berry

    Paper Wasps (Look, don't touch!)

    Just leave us alone… Stick-nest Brown Paper Wasps : Ropalidia revolutionalis Body Length : 8–10 mm Today's weather was horrid with the digital mercury dithering around, trying to decide whether to be a degree above or below forty. Not pleasant: I stayed indoors until late afternoon before...
  4. David Berry

    Summer Visitor : Far Eastern Curlew

    Summer visitor… for a few more weeks. Moreton Bay Queensland, AU Far Eastern Curlew : Numenius madagascariensis In a few weeks it will be time for the Far Eastern Curlews to forsake Moreton Bay and fly north to the Philippines, China, Korea, Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula. My...
  5. David Berry

    Nothing Much Happening

    Lake Wivenhoe South East Queensland, AU The photo was taken facing directly north with the winter midday sun in the top section of the sky. (I chose to crop it out!)
  6. David Berry

    South Pacific Sunrise

    27º South; 153º East Moreton Bay, Queensland I hope the presence of a small coastal ship doesn't disqualify this image from being 'backcountry'. After scrambling down the cliff, and recuperating from the effort with the assistance of a flask of hot chocolate, I was able to walk across the...
  7. David Berry

    Pacific Golden-Plover

    Pacific Golden-Plover (non-breeding plumage) : Pluvialis fulva 
Moreton Bay, Queensland [Tide fully out in lower photo.] Conservation Status : Least Concern Also spending the boreal winter in Moreton Bay (links within BCG): Far Eastern Curlew Bar-tailed Godwit
  8. David Berry

    Far Eastern Curlew

    Far Eastern Curlew (female) : Numenius madagascariensis 
Moreton Bay, Queensland Conservation Status : Endangered About 12% of the species (perhaps ~35,000 individuals worldwide) spend the southern summer in Moreton Bay which, at 27ºS, can be thought of as Australia's equivalent of Tampa Bay...
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