birds from {16}

Here are a few of the bird photos I took the other day ...

The Lorikeets are so beautiful but so fast and so high up in the trees !



These birds were so amazing !

I was actually leaving the library parking lot (one of my favorite places to shoot bird and flower photos !) and heard these guys ... I pulled over and took these photos ! I took a little video too. The footage isn't that great but I wanted you to be able to hear them ...

I think these are Common Myna birds ...

They would just swoop in and sit on each other.



Look at the photo below ... see how they stood on each others heads ?!



They reminded me of kids ...



It was almost like they were after their mother's attention !



I never saw the mother but this little butcher bird ?? (above) watched for a bit ...



They were so noisy !

And they just kept getting up and then flying around, low to the ground, and then laying on each other again. Can you see how the bird in the top photo ... the one in the right hand corner is just laying there ... it's like they are playing ... I just couldn't stop watching ! It was fascinating !!

Eventually though, they flew away ! And I moved on to the beach, where I found this little guy.

I think he's a young Magpie ...



He stood there and posed for me !



Seriously ... he kept moving position and then standing still again !



Here's a few more photos of the Osprey ...

I love this one of him cleaning his feathers !



I showed a couple of these photos to the guy at the camera store the other day ...



he said he thinks this is a juvenile Osprey ...



how cool is that ??



I'd love to get a photo of one of these in flight one day !
Of course ... I'm going to need a bigger lens for that !



A beach day photo shoot of birds wouldn't be complete without a couple shots of seagulls ...



There ... Complete !!

PS ... This post is dedicated to my Mom who loves birds !

It's my blog. I can dedicate posts if I want to !!

:)

flowers from {16}

I took quite a few photos the other day when I went out for my morning shoot ... 250+ !!
Over the next few days, I'll share with you a few that I really love !!

I'll start with the flowers .....

One of my favorite places to take photo flowers is at my library !



I know, weird ... but they have great gardens and they are, more often than not, in bloom !



or partially in bloom !



some of them are so interesting to look at



and the colors ... oh, the colors !



i love these hibiscus ! this one is only partially opened ... they are huge when fully opened !!



and the bird of paradise.
GORGEOUS !

Seriously ... I can't look at these flower and not smile !
They are just so creatively created !



Let's move on ... to the flowers I took at the beach !



these are everywhere !



i loved these yellow flowers against the blue fence !



not so much a flower as a small part of a huge tree !




more yellow !



how gorgeous are these little pink flowers ?



still more yellow ...



can you see the ants ?
how about the spider ??



these pink flowers make me smile !



orange !!



so pretty !



such variety ... i love it !!