Many birds can swivel their heads across a much greater arc than we humans can.
This is good news for bird photographers; a “from behind” image does not always lack the relevant bird’s watchful gaze…
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Many birds can swivel their heads across a much greater arc than we humans can.
This is good news for bird photographers; a “from behind” image does not always lack the relevant bird’s watchful gaze…
Comments closedThis post is not a 2018 Melbourne Cup field update!
However, it will answer a question that you probably have never asked:
How does an echidna scratch itself?
Comments closedI am lucky enough to live in a city where it is utterly commonplace – even on a busy street – to encounter wattlebirds…and many other birds.
(the featured image’s wattlebird was photographed in Grant Street, Cottesloe. All photos copyright Doug Spencer)
Even inner-urban railway stations are quite busy “airports”.
Comments closedThis stilt (a banded stilt, I think) is one of many now active at Lake Claremont.
Many of Perth’s “natural” places are in a sad state, degrading.
Lake Claremont is a happy exception.
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