Upward. A Black-chinned Honeyeater in various flight modes. Ararat Hills on July 23.

Receding water at Lake Lonsdale has allowed a closer approach to large dead trees and their bird life. This Eastern Rosella displays its vibrant underside as it jibes through the branches. April 12. #Birdphotography

Count the feathers! An Eastern Spinebill climbs toward the canopy at Langi Ghiran State Park. April 9. #Birdphotography

A Restless Flycatcher hunts above Warrayatkin Swamp in Western Victoria. April 2.
#birdphotography

A Restless Flycatcher has found enough food at Warrayatkin Swamp to stay a while. When the insects are swarming, he's hovering and chomping above the grasses; when they're absent he works the cobwebs on dead trees for trapped insects. Here, he sizes up a prospective perch. April 2.
#birdphotography

An Australian White Ibis about to gate crash. The red underarms are part of its breeding outfit. Green Hill Lake is at a perfect depth for birds of all types, so grab your cameras or binoculars and visit for a few days. March 1st. #bird photography

Here is the David Niven/Brad Pitt of local birds, the very dapper Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike whose every move is studied and elegant. This is part of a short flight between trees at a parched Langi Ghiran. November 26. A click will be worth it!

A Sacred Kingfisher heads for the nest at Langi Ghiran camp ground. November 26.

Morning at Green Hill Lake, Ararat.

A Peregrine Falcon was feeding a pair of newly fledged offspring at the top of a cliff. When feeding was done it would drop into the shadows then reappear soon after with more tucker. I raised my ISO so I could follow it down to its meat cache. November 19.

Up close, these are impressively large birds. This Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo dropped into the breeze from a high tree-top then curved upward passing perhaps 5 metres from the lens. Gulp! March 16 near Willaura.

My adrenaline spikes at the cry of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and March/April is YTBC time around Ararat. Here's one having brunch in Ararat. March 16.