LittleBrownBirdPhotography
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Photographs of birds, mostly from around Nyoongar country (Perth, Western Australia) but also other creatures and places as I find them. All images are my own, mostly taken with a Canon R5 (various lenses). I will block most AI content.
Birds are so romantic. Here a male Rainbow Bee-eater has caught a dragonfly and expended considerable effort to soften it (bashing it on the tree). He then gifts it to his lady love. #birds #birdphotography
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Birds are so romantic. Here a male Rainbow Bee-eater has caught a dragonfly and expended considerable effort to soften it (bashing it on the tree). He then gifts it to his lady love. #birds #birdphotography
One more Rainbow Bee-eater - love the mid-air twist! #birds #birdphotography
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
One more Rainbow Bee-eater - love the mid-air twist! #birds #birdphotography
Yet more Rainbow Bee-eater action. #birds #birdphotography
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yet more Rainbow Bee-eater action. #birds #birdphotography
My favourite flight shot from today - finally learnt how to use pre-capture on my Canon r7. #birds #birdphotography
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My favourite flight shot from today - finally learnt how to use pre-capture on my Canon r7. #birds #birdphotography
I did threaten to post many pictures of Rainbow Bee-eaters this Spring. Here's just one that I took today. #birds #birdphotography
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I did threaten to post many pictures of Rainbow Bee-eaters this Spring. Here's just one that I took today. #birds #birdphotography
An Australian Gannet with its catch. Must have missed it on the initial plummet only to chase it up to the surface and catch it there. Once caught they still need to get them into the right position to swallow - here risking losing the fish altogether #birds #birdphotogrpahy
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
An Australian Gannet with its catch. Must have missed it on the initial plummet only to chase it up to the surface and catch it there. Once caught they still need to get them into the right position to swallow - here risking losing the fish altogether #birds #birdphotogrpahy
Unlike my previous photo of a goshawk, this baby frogmouth is clearly up to no good, and doesn't really care if everyone knows it. (yes - he DID bite that tail feather and no the sibling didn't give a sufficiently aggrieved response. #birds #birdphotography
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Unlike my previous photo of a goshawk, this baby frogmouth is clearly up to no good, and doesn't really care if everyone knows it. (yes - he DID bite that tail feather and no the sibling didn't give a sufficiently aggrieved response. #birds #birdphotography
First rainbow bee-eater of the season for me. Only managed one presentable flight shot - so now I will have to go back again and again and again......😁 #birds #birdphotography
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
First rainbow bee-eater of the season for me. Only managed one presentable flight shot - so now I will have to go back again and again and again......😁 #birds #birdphotography
A totally innocent Brown Goshawk, who absolutely 100% has nothing to do with the disappearance of all those delicious little birds. #birds #birdphotography (apologies for the anthropomorphism)
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A totally innocent Brown Goshawk, who absolutely 100% has nothing to do with the disappearance of all those delicious little birds. #birds #birdphotography (apologies for the anthropomorphism)
Sometimes the bird comes to you and sits in a lovely patch of light and poses 😍. White Plumed Honeyeater in the Kennedy Ranges (West. Australia). #birds #birdphotography
October 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sometimes the bird comes to you and sits in a lovely patch of light and poses 😍. White Plumed Honeyeater in the Kennedy Ranges (West. Australia). #birds #birdphotography
And an upright view of the Spinifex Pigeon - you can see how well they blend in against the iron ore rich dirt and rocks of the West Australian desert regions #birds #birdphotography
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
And an upright view of the Spinifex Pigeon - you can see how well they blend in against the iron ore rich dirt and rocks of the West Australian desert regions #birds #birdphotography
A male Spinifex Pigeon displaying (and cooing) to his lady love. Normally the most I see of these guys is their little crest behind a rock, or worse their back end as they run away. #birds #birdphotography
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A male Spinifex Pigeon displaying (and cooing) to his lady love. Normally the most I see of these guys is their little crest behind a rock, or worse their back end as they run away. #birds #birdphotography
One more bright spot in a field of flowers. #birds #birdphotography
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One more bright spot in a field of flowers. #birds #birdphotography
A galah playing with a yellow everlasting flower at Coalseam Nature reserve #birds #birdphotography
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A galah playing with a yellow everlasting flower at Coalseam Nature reserve #birds #birdphotography
You have to twist your brain a little to understand this one 😆. An Australasian Gannet twists as it starts its dive to plummet into the water after a fish. #birds #birdphotography
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You have to twist your brain a little to understand this one 😆. An Australasian Gannet twists as it starts its dive to plummet into the water after a fish. #birds #birdphotography
Lifer no 2 for this trip. Rufous Fieldwren. Came and sang to us at our campsite at Quobba station. The background is the ocean #birds #birdphotography
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Lifer no 2 for this trip. Rufous Fieldwren. Came and sang to us at our campsite at Quobba station. The background is the ocean #birds #birdphotography
A new lifer! Black Tailed Tree Creeper at the back of the Kennedy Ranges. #birds #birdphotography
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A new lifer! Black Tailed Tree Creeper at the back of the Kennedy Ranges. #birds #birdphotography
Always something interesting happening in Spring. The Pink Eared Ducks were being particularly aggressive - as this Hard Head found out. Reason - the cutest little crop of duckling hidden away behind the action. #birds #birdphotography
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Always something interesting happening in Spring. The Pink Eared Ducks were being particularly aggressive - as this Hard Head found out. Reason - the cutest little crop of duckling hidden away behind the action. #birds #birdphotography
It is well and truly duckling season already. I love the sunshine twinkling on these little duckling bums as Mum leads them deeper into the safety of the swamp... #birds #birdphotography
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It is well and truly duckling season already. I love the sunshine twinkling on these little duckling bums as Mum leads them deeper into the safety of the swamp... #birds #birdphotography
Everyone is jostling for nesting positions at the moment. This Black Shouldered Kite picked the wrong branch to take a break on and was very firmly escorted from the premises by the resident galah #birds #birdphotography
September 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Everyone is jostling for nesting positions at the moment. This Black Shouldered Kite picked the wrong branch to take a break on and was very firmly escorted from the premises by the resident galah #birds #birdphotography
Crested Grebes are the supermodels of my local birding scene. Stunningly beautiful, gorgeously aloof, and with an unfailing knack of casually pausing in just that bit of perfect lighting. #birds #birdphotography
September 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Crested Grebes are the supermodels of my local birding scene. Stunningly beautiful, gorgeously aloof, and with an unfailing knack of casually pausing in just that bit of perfect lighting. #birds #birdphotography
In Djilba (sort of Spring to the Nyoongar people) the Crested Grebes return to the lake. And they dance. And they give each other gifts (pond weed). And eventually they will have little babies that ride on their backs and eat feathers. #birds #birdphotography
August 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In Djilba (sort of Spring to the Nyoongar people) the Crested Grebes return to the lake. And they dance. And they give each other gifts (pond weed). And eventually they will have little babies that ride on their backs and eat feathers. #birds #birdphotography
The Crested Grebes are back and they're already starting their "dancing". On a good day they exchange gifts of pond weed 🥰 #birds #birdphotography
August 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The Crested Grebes are back and they're already starting their "dancing". On a good day they exchange gifts of pond weed 🥰 #birds #birdphotography
It's not QUITE Spring here yet - but it's certainly coming. And there is definitely some avian love in the air. Here a male Grey Teal is showing off his moves to his lady love. #birds #birdphotography
August 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's not QUITE Spring here yet - but it's certainly coming. And there is definitely some avian love in the air. Here a male Grey Teal is showing off his moves to his lady love. #birds #birdphotography