WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

These photographs of the Spangled Drongo, Sacred Kingfisher and Stone Curlew were shot in the Cairns Botanical Gardens.

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THROUGH MY LENS

Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana, which occurs throughout tropical Africa. The so-called sausage tree grows a poisonous fruit that is up to 60 cm long, weighs about 7 kg, and resembles a sausage in a casing. 

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SUNDAY THOUGHT

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! 

Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

Mark 4:39

 Photographed in Scoltand.

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SATURDAY CRITTERS

This Orange-footed Scrubfowl, that I photographed at the Cairns Botanical Gardens, feeds on seeds, fallen fruit and terrestrial invertebrates. As with other megapodes, it nests in large mounds of sand, leaf litter and other debris where the heat generated by the decomposition of organic material serves to incubate the eggs. Construction and maintenance of the mounds, which may reach 4.5 m (15 ft) in height and 9 m (30 ft) in diameter, takes place throughout the year. The finale shot of the leaf mound has been used for the past 17 years.

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter D and Dull. During my visit to Australia, it nearly rained every day although there was also some sun but unlike Northern Ireland, the rain was warm!  However this first shot shows that it is a DULL DAY when I started my journey to Cairns Botanical Gardens. Then we have a hybrid Mallard and two sleeping Black DUCKS however you can see that is was raining from the last two shots as I had rain on my lens. I was with a Bird Group but the DULL DAMP weather DID not DAMPEN our spirits.  The final image is my REFLECTION shot.

 

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GOOD FENCES

This bush against this fence had lovely orange flowers.

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Lobby at hotel in Australia

This is a photograph taken in the lobby of a hotel in Australia.  The one that had the two unusual chairs in it that I showed you them last week.  The wooden chairs were not comfortable to sit on!

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WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

I photographed this Papuan Frogmouth in the Cairns Botanic Gardens, Australia.  It was very well disguised and difficult to see.  So these photographs are zoomed in.

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THROUGH MY LENS

My Daughter Judith and Jon my SIL took me at dusk for a walk on one of the lovely beaches near Cairns, Australia. You see in the distance a film crew getting the last shots in the can.

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SUNDAY THOUGHT

Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Luke 23:43

Photographed in Australia

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SATURDAY CRITTERS

 These are two photographs of a Long Haired Silver Tabby called Gatsby that belonged to Danny, one of my birders .  She sadly passed away recently.

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for WeekendReflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter C and Colourful.  These are COLOURFUL trees I photographed in CAIRNS, Queensland, Australia recently as is the big wheel,   I CLOSE this post with my STREET PHOTOGRAPHY of a COUPLE taking a  selfie including the big wheel.

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GOOD FENCES

 These were two unusual looking chairs I photographed in a hotel lobby in Australia recently. 

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Blooms at Cairns Botanic Gardens

These are photographs I took at the Cairns Botanic Gardens recently.

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WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

These are photographs I took of a Brush Turkey at the Cairns Botanic Gardens recently.

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THROUGH MY LENS

 These are photographs I took at the Cairns Botanic Gardens recently.

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SUNDAY THOUGHT 15 JANUARY

Jesus answered, 

“It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”

 Luke 4:8

Photographed in Australia

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