Cycling around Namadgi's settler huts - Namadgi National Park, ACT, November 2024
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by BirdsinCanberra
1M ago
There are a number of ways to enjoy getting out into nature. One way is on a bike. It is a wonderful way to cover more distance than on foot but still be travelling slow enough to hear and see nature around you. In the ACT, one of the nicest walks in Namdgi National Park is the Settlers Track, which goes through some lovely scenery, while linking up three basic huts the early European settlers in the region built. While it is a walking track parts of it follow fire trails, trails that provide access to the huts. The huts are rudimentary but are open to the public and provide a convenient place ..read more
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Macro in Canberra - November 2023 to March 2024
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by BirdsinCanberra
4M ago
Capturing the image of this wasp made my day. I had seen it flying around from leaf to leaf, and I was hoping that it would settle on one for a while. Eventually it did and I was able to take some photos. To me, the thing that draws your attention is the long, white-tipped tail, which is the ovipositor for this Gasteruptiid wasp female. She will use it to penetrate the cells of solitary bees and wasps, in order to lay her egg beside the host species egg protected in the cell. Her egg, however, will hatch first allowing her offspring to feast on the egg or larvae of the host species. It seems c ..read more
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Hiking the Brandy Flat Hut Track - Namadgi National Park, ACT, August 2024
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by BirdsinCanberra
5M ago
In late August I undertook the roughly 11 km Brandy Flat Hut Track from the northern end. This route is considered easier than the southern route because there is less climbing but it is still an interesting trail. The trailhead was easy to find and the trail route was mainly on a fire trail so it was easy to follow. I would recommend the trail, with the hut being the turnaround spot, and a convenient place to take a rest and a snack. There was also a lot wildlife to be seen on the day I did the walk, even if the season was winter ..read more
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Bird visitors to a garden - Narooma, NSW, 2024
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by BirdsinCanberra
6M ago
A garden can be a realm of nature that surrounds a house, however it is more than just a collection of plants. A thriving garden is also a thriving ecosystem where various interplays happen between a variety of organisms all living out their own life cycles. The rear garden of the house in Narooma is a green sanctuary that is not large but I can enjoy and wander around in. It is also a place that a variety of birds visit. We are lucky having a lush nature reserve behind us that birds visit our garden from. One visitor we had was an Eastern Yellow Robin. Fortunately, I was walking up the stairs ..read more
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Cycling to Central Tilba along the back roads - Narooma, June 2024
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by BirdsinCanberra
8M ago
The war memorial at the end of Tilba (Canon EOS 6D Mk II with a Canon EF40mm f2.8 STM [ISO 640, 40mm, f/16 and 1/100 SEC]) Central Tilba is small hamlet south-west from Narooma which can be reached along some beautiful and quiet gravel roads. Paved sections start and finish the ride but in between is wonderful, undulating gravel through a green and forested landscape. If you arrive early enough in the morning Tilba is still asleep so the main road is quiet, like you have it all to yourself. Cycling is a beautiful way to see this small part of the south coast of NSW.   A farm just outsid ..read more
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Macrophotography of some invertebrates on the South Coast - Summer 2023-24, South Coast NSW
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by BirdsinCanberra
9M ago
A Handmaiden moth (Amata nigriceps) appearing to getting to toss its head like a horse (Canon EOS 6D Mk II with a Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM [ISO 100, 100mm, f/18 and 1/180 SEC] with a Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Lens and Canon 430EX III-RT flash) The colouration of the Handmaiden moth (Amata nigriceps), and similarly coloured moths, used to confuse me when I was younger, as to whether they were dangerous or not. Now, I can appreciate the beauty of that simple colour combination. Fortunately, one of them flew into the garden at Narooma, where it landed on the wood of a raised garden bed ..read more
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Interesting little creatures in a garden - Narooma, NSW, October-December 2023
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by BirdsinCanberra
1y ago
Young Peron’s Tree Frog on the back steps of the garden (Canon EOS 6D Mk II with a Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM [ISO 640, 100mm, f/16 and 1/100 SEC] with Canon 430EX III-RT flash) Sometimes it is nice to pause and look at the little creatures that inhabit the same space as us in our garden. Initially, they can be hard to see but when we slow down and take a second look at the greenery do we notice the little creature. One evening, I walked out the back door of the house in Narooma to look for those little animals and was barely noticing the steps ahead of me. There were some leaves on th ..read more
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Egrets and Sea-eagles, some constants of Spring - Narooma, NSW, Spring 2023
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by BirdsinCanberra
1y ago
Great Egret catching a pipefish among the oyster lines (Canon EOS 6D Mk II with a Canon EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM [ISO 125, 400mm, f/9.0 and 1/500 SEC]) A Great Egret walked through the water, paralleling a row of damp, black oyster bags that sat across the water’s surface. The bird was advancing slowly until it jabbed forward with its yellow beak and one of its wings half-opened to balance it. Withdrawing its head from the water a pipefish wiggled hard, trying to escape. The egret climbed onto the oyster bags and carefully readjusted the pipefish in its beak through a couple of rapid o ..read more
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Winter around Narooma and beyond with ducks and snakes - Narooma, July 2023
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by BirdsinCanberra
1y ago
Chestnut Teal male swimming on the Clyde River at Batemans Bay (Canon EOS 6D Mk II with a Canon EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM [ISO 1600, 371mm, f/8.0 and 1/500 SEC]) Narooma continues to hold appeal, especially as a welcoming place to escape some of Canberra’s winter cold. Spending a week in Narooma meant that there was time explore around the area a bit more. One location worth exploring was on the way back to Canberra, at the Wray Street Oyster Shed right on the bank of the Clyde River at Batemans Bay. In the water beside the blue-painted shed there was a mixed group of ducks swimming not ..read more
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Birds and fur seals along the foreshore - Narooma, NSW, June 2023
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by BirdsinCanberra
1y ago
Australian Pelican with breeding face colouring resting on the sand flat (Canon EOS 6D Mk II with a Canon EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM [ISO 100, 400mm, f/9.0 and 1/400 SEC]) Australian Pelicans are stunning big birds with an appearance that is unmistakable. Since starting to photograph them I have really noticed the colours in their famously large bills. In the breeding season the colours change and become even more saturated, creating a rich palette on the birds bill. While I was photographing on an exposed sand flat at Narooma in June a lone pelican was resting there. I was able to appro ..read more
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