Tag Archives: birds

Cohabitants, Outdoor Plants, Plants

Cherry Guava by Night

7 April 2010 Carol McKay

cherry guava — cherry guava which the fruit bats LOVE to eat

there is a bat in this photo honest — there is a bat in this photo honest, /stealing the cherry guava/- claiming that which is rightfully theirs.

Maitland, Outdoor Plants, Places, Plants

Sunday afternoon

28 March 2010 Carol McKay

Maitland jazz festival and flowers at home.

old fashion street lamp

cleaning service — cleaning service courtesy of “the bird”

cleaning service — cleaning service courtesy of “the bird”

stand of bunya bunya trees

cassia flowers in our back yard

Blackall's Park, Places

Friday evening stroll

26 March 2010 Carol McKay

The Blackall’s Park of the suburb named after which.

sunset

pelican and boat house

ducks

one of three butcher birds

kookaburra

Croudace Bay, Places, Warners Bay

corellas, seagulls and plovers

25 March 2010 Carol McKay

Bird life at Warner’s Bay and Croudace Bay.

acrobatic corellas

corellas — what are YOU looking at?

bird couples — couples - seagulls and plovers

casurina tree

Newcastle, Places

A fairly typical outing in Newcastle

21 March 2010 Carol McKay

Strolling, and looking, and shopping, and eating, wOOOooOOO.

striped Newcastle skink

non-striped skink in our back yard

flowering paperbark tree

nom noms

health food shop (Carol's source of sheep's milk yoghurt) — health food shop (Carol’s source of sheep’s milk yoghurt)

second hand book shop (Ross' favourite shop in the whole wide world!) — second hand book shop (Ross’ favourite shop in the whole wide world!)

forground: art gallery; midground: laman street, civic park; background: city hall clock tower.

Is there a weekend in Newcastle when a wedding party ISN'T parking on Laman Street? — Is there a weekend in Newcastle when a wedding party ISN’T parking on Laman Street?

red berries

pretty red flowers (the golden arches an unhappy coincidence)

crows enjoying the Benjamina figs

Indian Grocer's Glebe Road, Adamstown — Indian Grocer’s Glebe Road, Adamstown

sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer's — sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer’s

sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer's — sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer’s

pretty lentils from the Indian grocer's — pretty lentils from the Indian grocer’s

soaps from the Thai grocer's (1st floral, 2nd herbal) and the Chinese grocer's (3rd rose, 4th sandlewood) — soaps from the Thai grocer’s (1st floral, 2nd herbal) and the Chinese grocer’s (3rd rose, 4th sandlewood)

soaps from the Thai grocer's and the Chinese grocer's — soaps from the Thai grocer’s (white floral & green herbal) and the Chinese grocer’s (pink rose & brown sandlewood)

Croudace Bay, Places, Warners Bay

Lunch at Halton Park, Croudace Bay

5 March 2010 Carol McKay

Lunch at Halton Park, Croudace Bay.

But first a stop of at The Esplanade, Warners Bay for hot potato chips.

Chippies!

A stroll around the block while we wait for the chips to cook

Park to the left of where we parked

Where we parked

Doggy has a ball

The path begins again?

water fowl and two eastern rosellas

Doggy wants to play too, but is being called away..

They really like their date palms

On the home stretch

We also saw a white heron, pigeons, and noisy miners but those piccies didn’t come out very good.

Newcastle fish markets walk around the Throsby Basin

27 February 2010 Carol McKay

Newcastle fish markets at 97 Hannell Street, Wickham.

Lunch time view

Lunch time view

Wonderful company

Fish co-op

Ferry and Marina

Cowper Street bridge to Carrington

History of ferries in Newcastle

Fishing in the shade

Tidal life forms

Seagull, Plover, Pelicans

History of Maryville

What’s that in the industrial area?

Nice walk way!

Newcastle rowers club

Modern and less modern housing

Development of wool stores

Development of wool stores part two

Magpie in the shade

Ibis, Mangrove walkway under repair

Ibis boy band?

Play sculpture

We crossed over stix creek bridge and we are on our way back on the other side of Throsby Basin.

Mangroves walk way (re-opening on the 15th of March after repairs)

One of the art pieces adding charm

crabs

crabs

Two black cormorants on the right hand sculpture

Grey heron on the mud flat

Three of the fabulous pelicans

Willy Wag Tail bird

The homes we walked past on the other side

Onebygamba “large mound” – Carrington

Onebygamba “large mound” – Carrington part two

Stairway to lookout and sculpture

Boat sculpture with a list of the ship wrecks, and various types of ballast stones.

The bridge we walk under on the way out, and over on the way back.

Our car was parked behind that ferry

Floating dock, Honeysuckle Precinct, Marina*

Flowering Umbrella tree

*Floating dock for ship repairs on the left, Honeysuckle Precinct office buildings at the end, Marina and fish cooperative on the right.

Lunch at the Toronto lions club park

26 February 2010 Carol McKay

Where is Toronto lions club park?

Toronto lions club park

very big grass — very big grass across the road from the entrance

flowering paperbark tree

fish

casurina leaning over the water

pelican

pelican

pelican — pelican - and back again

casurinas

black & white cormorant

main road bridge

main road bridge

toilets — toilets - very important you know

There was also a grey heron, but I couldn’t get a full picture of him.

Bug control patrol

26 February 2010 Carol McKay

Australian Minor

Photographs, Pressed

Mike Atkinson Bird Photography

24 February 2010 Carol McKay

Mike Atkinson Bird Photography.