Yesterday I had a look around the Mullens picnic area. This is the closest part of the bay from where I live. The tide was good and high and there was almost no wind. It would have been a perfect day for a kayak. (Maybe sometime I will be able to get out there again!) The one thing I had forgotten was how bad the small biting insects are after some rain!
The sky was grey towards the east so the sea was also grey in that direction.
I went around to the boat ramp where the creek goes west and such a difference!
I hoped to see some birds in my own backyard but they were not around. I got up very early this morning hoping to catch some as they flew over at that time.
The light was beautiful and as the sun rose there were even more beautiful patterns on the palm leaves.
Unfortunately, this was one morning when the birds had decided to fly over elsewhere. The only ones I saw flocks of where Rainbow Lorikeets but they are too fast to get good in-flight photos I find. Some came down and roosted in the pine tree next door but I only got glimpses of the color up high.
This Kookaburra saved the morning for me. It sat up on the electricity wires and blinked at me but the early morning sun made its plumage very beautiful.
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Beautiful scenery Mick, and I love that Kookaburra!
ReplyDeleteOh yes a nice day for kayakking, there might be aligators there! And the kookaburra, i saw and heard its laughter the first time i went to Sydney. I thought it is a very colorful bird, when i saw it i say oh our kingfisher is more colorful. hehe
ReplyDeleteNice pics.The bird was looking at something.
ReplyDeleteHello Mick, the scenery is beautiful. You live in a lovely area. Cute peek at the Lorikeet and the Kookaburra is great too. Enjoy your day and the week ahead!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a great day for kayaking, with little or no wind!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful area and great photography ~ favorite is the little bird on the wire ~ thanks,
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy Week ~ ^_^
Beautiful area to live and lovely photographs
ReplyDeleteThe colour of Lorikeet in the foliage is quite beautiful. Yes, that soft morning light on the Kookaburra is lovely. I can see how there'd be a myriad of bitey insects in the waters there, but isn't it such a pretty area... perfect for kayaking as you say:D)
ReplyDeleteIts hard to believe you could have so much water and no birds, but I have to say the scenery is gorgious.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Gordon.
Belle série ;-)
ReplyDeleteCéline & Philippe
I hope it was not sand-flies biting you. They are terrible :(
ReplyDeleteLove to see the trees in the water :)
You have beautiful area there! The Kookaburra is cute.
ReplyDeleteI swear this post could have been about our part of Florida until it came to the last two pictures (the birds). Since our climate and bio area seem so much the same, I wonder why we don't get your kookaburras too ;))
ReplyDeleteBeautiful green scenery ...obviously I would love it there! Glad you got out.
are those mangroves growing in the water? they are nice to see if they are, where I use to live alot of them were taken out of the harbour as they were overtaking everything.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you were able to get out for a little while, hope all the little things that bite are gone before we come down again.
ReplyDelete"small biting insects" - thats a synonym for "hell on earth" I think! We had more than a dozen Rainbow L in the trees at the back of the garden today: very noisy.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Lovely shots.
ReplyDeleteAlways love the shots of your 'watery world'. So different to my local farmland.
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