Birds are one of my favourite things to photograph. Not only do they come in all sorts of different shapes, sizes and colours but they're also wonderful to catch on the wing.

This gallery is going to be for some of the better photos I've taken during the years of Birds, both domestic and wild.

Bird Life

There's a pair of Plovers who nest in the parkland near where I live, this is one of them

Plover on patrol

I love taking photos of the Cockatoos and Parrots that are part of the Australian landscape. This Galah was just having a relaxing time eating when I managed to snap them.

Galah at lunch

I was looking out my window one afternoon when this Swallow decided to have a break on the next door neighbours TV antennae. I grabbed my camera and took a couple of shots. It's slightly hazy because there is a fly screen in the window I was shooting through.

Swallow on a tv antennae

Caught this Plover strutting around the gutter on a roll about

Plover in the Gutter

They always look so grump with the white stripes above their eyes looking like angry eyebrows

Willy Wagtail getting his Grump on

This lump of mud and feathers is the home of a pair of Swallows that have been nesting and raising their chicks here.

It's been here for 12 months now? So this is the second Spring it will see new chicks and Swallows.

Swallow nest going into its second spring

Being close to a rivulet we get our fair share of Water Birds, and it's nice to see an Ibis that ISN'T hanging around a garbage bin or tip.

Ibis on a Sunday walk

Is it truly headless!?

Or has it just turned around for a scratch?

Who can know!!

The Headless Swallow!

I was very happy to be able to grab this shot. The Magpie looks so disinterested in what's going on while the Peewee is appears to be setting up for a vicious dive bombing run

Peewee vs Magpie

I was watching the local air show from our street when this visitor appeared and stopped for a rest. It appeared to be watching the escapades of the really noisy and smokey birds off in the distance.

It's the first time I've seen one of these birds.

Black Winged Kite

This white faced Heron was poking around in the puddles left by a flash flood caused by a massive storm the night before.

Just hours earlier, the grass the Heron was poking around in had been under three feet of water.

White faced Heron checking out post storm pickings

The sun was out after the storm and the Sparrows were out on the hunt.

House Sparrow surveys the world

There are a number of finches that live around our house. I managed to catch this one out of my office window. The "filter" is actually the fly screen on my window

Finch in the sunlight

Captured these two as they grazed on the grass over the road. They were part of a small flock that like to hang around the area

Grazing galahs

Came across this lonely individual. They were flitting from tree to tree, obviously on alert. Couldn't see any others around

A lonely noisy miner

It was almost like spring today and there were dozens of these little Wren like birds flitting around. This one was exploring the possible opportunities presented by bitumen, but wasn't getting very far

A little wren on a big road

There were a bunch of these little birds flying around when I went for a roll. I managed to catch this female as she looked off towards the rest of the flock in the distance

Road Robin

I love these little guys. They're the size of an apricot with an attitude the size of Sydney Harbour.

Wagtail surveys his domain

I'm pretty happy with this picture. Nice, crisp and clear and awesome amounts on detail

The Noble Robin

Living near a water source means that we get to see a wide range of bird life.

This Masked Lapwing was patrolling when I came by on a roll about. I took a couple of photos and then it turned to look directly at me and cocked its head as if to say "What are you doing?"

Masked Lapwing checks out the photographer

Decided to take a roll along a different route and came across a pond that had Swamp Hens and ducks.

Couldn't get a decent photo of the Swamp Hens, but I do like this photo of a duck paddling across the pond

Duck on a pond

Spring has definitely sprung around here. Here's a Willy Wagtail strutting along the footpath, just living their life

Willy wagtail strutting along

That is if Wally was a brightly coloured finch in a field of green ;)

Seeing more of these little birds around the place (probably doesn't hurt that we have a nest above our door)

Lets play wheres Wally?

This was one of a pair of Laplace's that were scouting potential nesting spots when I came across them.

I gave them a wide berth (been swooped by them before), but got a couple of snaps.

Winged Laplace on patrol

We have several pairs of Magpie-Larks around the area, and I came across this one nosing around looking for lunch.

Magpie-Lark on the hunt

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Some of the images that I've shared on Instagram and Pixelfed over the years.

Social Images

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An Ibis is walking along the grass next to a footpath. It's looking to the right of the image. In the foreground is a small branch partly obscuring the bird

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A swallow sits on a wire. Its wings are slightly out to balance itself and it has turned its head so that it can have a scratch. This gives it the appearance of having no head