Wednesday 31 January 2024

Fungus at Cairns Botanic Gardens

This is a large Fungus in the Cairns Botanic Gardens.


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Tuesday 30 January 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

These are a collection of birds seen at Centenary Lakes ar the Botanic Gardens.  They are Royal Spoonbill, Australian white Ibis, Magpie goose and Magpie Lark.

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Monday 29 January 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

This is a Brush Turkey and I hope you can read the information below the shot.

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Sunday 28 January 2024

SUNDAY THOUGHT

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”


 This photograph was taken at Centenary Lakes at Cairns, Botanic Gardens, Australia.

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Saturday 27 January 2024

SATURDAY CRITTERS

I saw these crabs at the Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Friday 26 January 2024

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter D and Dark.  These DARK – bellied Brent geese have arrived from Arctic Canada and there are DOZENS of them.  Also in the DISTANCE are a lot of waders.  My final shot of a close up of the DARK – bellied  geese and their REFLECTION.



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Thursday 25 January 2024

GOOD FENCES

This is the pavilion at the Centenary Lake at Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Wednesday 24 January 2024

Australian Brush -turkey

This is an Australian Brush – turkey which unusually decided to climb high up into a tree and so was VERY difficult to photograph!  Seen at the Cairns Botanic Gardens 



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Tuesday 23 January 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

This is a video and photos of the Double –eyed Fig – Parrot seen high up on a tree.

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Monday 22 January 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

This is a video of the Orange –footed Scrubfowl and the mound is its nest.  The birds pair for life and this nest is 17 years old. 

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Sunday 21 January 2024

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


This photograph was taken at Centenary Lakes at Cairns, Botanic Gardens, Australia.

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Saturday 20 January 2024

SATURDAY CRITTERS

While out bird watching we came across this caterpillar of the Blackwing butterfly  Watch what happens on the video when you touch it.

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Friday 19 January 2024

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter C and Clouds.  CENTENARY Lakes is part of the Cairns Botanic Gardens.  The second shot is of Sydney Opera House lite up in blue with a REFLECTION.  My final shot is of CLOUDS in CULDAFF, Donegal.


 


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Thursday 18 January 2024

GOOD FENCES

While out bird watching at the Cairns Botanic Gardens I photographed this lovely home.

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Wednesday 17 January 2024

Flowers at the Cairns Botanic Gardens

These are some flower photographs taken at the Cairns Botanic Gardens.
 



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Tuesday 16 January 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

During my resent bird walk at the Cairns Botanic Gardens I saw 2 Rainbow Lorikeet high up in this tree at their nest.

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Monday 15 January 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

These are some photographs taken at the Cairns Botanic Gardens when the Cairns birders saw the Papuan Frogmouth (second shot but well disguised and looked like a tree!) as well as several Handkerchief trees.

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Sunday 14 January 2024

SUNDAY THOUGHT

But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.

Psalm 131:2



 This photograph was taken at Centenary Lakes at Cairns, Botanic Gardens, Australia.

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Saturday 13 January 2024

SATURDAY CRITTERS

I photographed this Muscovy duck Great Egret and Little Black Cormorant at Centenary Lake at the Cairns Botanic Gardens

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