Blossom & Butterflies

We had a lovely drive on Sunday and here are a few photos I took while out and about in the Adelaide hills.  The weather was perfect and it really feels like spring is coming.

On the road in the hills near Palmer

The rocks which are a feature of the hills on the way to Mannum

The "dinosaur" rock

More rocks

Lovely old almond trees

Feathered Friends

 

 

Welcome to Around the Place, this time around I am showing you some photos of birds I have photographed here at home in the suburbs of Adelaide and also some taken on holidays in other parts of Australia.  Although I am not a "photographer" I enjoy photography and the challenge of finding the various birds on our travels.  I have tried to identify the birds in these photos but I may have got some of them wrong, so if you know their correct identity I would be happy for you to let me know.

There is a family of magpies that come in almost every morning, sometimes they even sit on the verandah and warble until we come out and feed them.  Its such a lovely "wake up" call and we enjoy watching them squabble over the food and have learnt a lot about their "pecking  order".  They are beautiful birds.




Time for a drink

Adelaide Rosella on our birdbath



Yellow winged Black Cockatoo eating pine cones at Cooma, NSW

Rainbow Lorikeet in our garden

 

 

 

 

Pelican at sunset, Streaky Bay, Sth Aust.

Pelicans at Pt Broughton, Sth Aust.

White plumed Honeyeater in our back yard

 






White Plumed Honeyeater in our backyard





 

 

 

 

 

Wedge tailed Eagle - love the trousers!

 

Wedge tailed Eagle taken in the Flinders Ranges, Sth Aus.



The Noisy Minors love our garden and when the magpies come down for a treat the Noisy Minors are never far away and after a while they start flying in and try to scare off the magpies, usually with no success.  The magpies leave when they are ready and not before.

 

Crimson Rosella - photo taken on our trip to Corryong, New South Wales



Female Scarlet Robin, taken at Nimitabel, NSW



 

 

These galahs are found in most areas of Australia and we have lots of them in Adelaide.

 



Galah at Burra Creek Gorge, Sth Aus.



Burra Creek Gorge, Sth Aust





Eastern Rosella in our Bottle Brush