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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸
@tarasmithson.bsky.social
Photographing nature is my happy place. 📸🌳🦉🪶🇦🇺🦘🐨🪃

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Feeling down? Go on a nature walk; you will feel 23% better. Be creative. Help someone else. (That's a good'n.) Talk to someone you can say anything to. Nothing stays the same forever, good or bad. You will get through it.

#mentahealth #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography
Happy New Year! 🥳🎆

I just got AI to cook up a happy place in my mind to start off 2026. 🧠✨ This is my nirvana. 🧘‍♀️🌸 Dream big.

#HNY
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one."

DOC BROWN - Back to The Future 3.

2026 is yours. ONWARD!

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #NYE #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Peck the halls with boughs of holly...🎄🎶

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the land down under. 🇦🇺🎄🎁

May your days be lorikeet and bright! 🦜✨

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #MerryChristmas #happyholidays
December 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Buff-banded rails have incredible colour and patterns. 🤩🎨 Those deep red eyes are the perfect accent to their high-end design feathers. 🔴✨

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
December 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I was asking Google a question about Buff-banded Rails as I was taking a break, and I looked up and one was before me. 🪄✨ Like magic.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #birdwatchers #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Canon #Australia #R5
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I snapped this photo today. 🦋📸 This Blue Triangle butterfly was enjoying some nectar from a Lantana flower. 🌸🌿

#butterfly #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #beauty #forest #photography #Australia #joy #butterflies #blue
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
How much 80s hair gel does this Red Whiskered BulBul use to get that crest so high?
🧴🦅

#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #BirdOfTheDay #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Canon
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This sulphur-Crested cockatoo likes to dine in at the Neighbour's Conifer Tree. 🍽
🌲 If they see me on the deck, they'll come over, strut around like they own the joint, then leave. 🦜

#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This male pied currawong flew in the air, caught a bug and fed its fledgling on my deck. 🐦🪶🦗 Nature up close and personal. 🌿👀

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I just caught this image of a Pied Currawong bringing food for its baby on the neighbors' TV antenna. 🐦📸 Earlier in the day, the adult landed on my deck and introduced me to its fledgling. 🏡

#currawong #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #wildlife
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Beautiful writing by AJ (Audrey). @audjde.bsky.social Sounds like a great place to be!
This one's for Tara @tarasmithson.bsky.social She light heartedly suggested I could write a poem about flying like a Peregrine. I put that aside. Suddenly words started forming last night. So here it is. Perhaps all bird lovers might like it. See ALT @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Another little Red-Browed Finch photo. I had to lie on my stomach; otherwise, they would fly away when I stood up. Why can't they just say "cheese"?

🤦 🐦📸🔎

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This small Red Whiskered BulBul was swaying around on this tiny branch as it was pretty windy when I captured the image. 🌳🌬️🐦

##BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
When a bird (or bird of prey) turns and looks right at you, do you ever wonder what its thinking?
🤔🦅

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #BirdsOfBlueSky #B&W #birdwatchers #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia 🇦🇺📸
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This peregrine falcon was flying around with its mate along the cliff yesterday. 🦅🏞️ They can reach speeds of up to 320 km (200 mph). 💨🚀

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I captured these two silver eyes yesterday afternoon. They are tiny birds in real life but striking. ✨ 👁👁

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia #BirdsOfBlueSky 🐦📸🌿
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Two Nankeen Kestrels were flinging around a local cliff. 🏞️🦅 They were pretty high in the sky, & even with a 600mm lens, I've had to do a hard crop. 📸 But it was fab to see.
✨🤩

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I love having a 600mm lens to capture the detail of birds - What we don't see with the naked eye. 📸🔭 Red browed finch. 🐦 Look at those deep red eyes. 👀

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Young Welcome Swallows are awaiting the return of their parents, who are currently out foraging for insects, which they skillfully catch in mid-flight to bring back as food. 🐦🦗👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #Canon
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo munching on the seed pods of a Banskia tree. 🌳🦜 Doesn't get more Aussie than that!
🇦🇺🦘

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
These Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos were in the middle of a preening session. 🦜🖤 I rarely see them so this was special. ✨😊

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Black-shouldered Kite was just hanging out near the car park and no noticed. 🦅🅿️ Everyone just walked past.
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #BirdOfTheDay
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM