Jeff loves talking about my obsession with taking pictures of animals. Australia is proving to be a wonderland of interesting animals to serve as photo subjects. This of course annoys Jeff greatly, which only adds to my pleasure of snapping picture after picture.
These birds are all over Sydney. Their population is clearly being monitored, as they all had tags around their legs. I still need to figure out what kind of bird they are though.
Another Universal Constant: kids love chasing birds
So many times I have wished I had a zoom lense! These bats were incredible. They are the biggest bats I have ever seen in my life and they were all over the place. They are also referred to as "flying foxes". Don't worry, they aren't carnivorous.
They also made terrible sounds. They damage the trees and so the government is taking measures to eradicate them in some areas.
Pretty scary spider, huh? Apparently Australia has more animals that can kill you than any other place in the world. I'm not sure if these are amongst the deadly ones. I would think not though since they're everywhere.
Kind of looks like they're floating in air
Again wishing I had a zoom lense (hint, hint, mom!). The colors of these birds were spectacular.
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A zoom would be good, baby, but these are still great fun. The spider is bodacious! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGreat fauna on display! Why didn't you take a picture of Jeffrey beside the spider for effect? Can you imagine if you had a zoom lense? This trip would take more than one year to do! No zoom lense for you. As Marcia says these pictures are great. (I'm still waiting to see a picture of Magge had a little lamb from New Zealand.)
ReplyDeleteI knew I could count on you Lucie!
ReplyDeleteHave you found any tuffets {sp?) [a little Miss Muffet on the tuffet] for Jeff to sit on. I do have a camera with a BIG zoom and and additional lens. It is my Nikon, I can bring it but it takes up large amounts of space. It is an awesome camera. Marcia's new camera is small with a lens built in, but it is not cheap nor water proof. You have taken super pics and remember you can not get every shot unless you are willing to carry heavier camera. Regardless, you guys are great chroniclers. So there is a trade off -- size vs. zoom.
ReplyDeleteLucie, you make a good point regarding how long this trip might take if I had a better lense. Luckily, Lorena has a pretty awesome camera, so she will be the photographer over the next couple weeks for us. We should have some great pics! And you and mom will be happy because I am sure there will be many pictures of Jeff and me.
ReplyDeleteI will need to find my pictures of the sheep for you.
YAY! Animals:) Great shots Maggie! That spider kind of creeps me out. The bird at the top is called an Australian white ibis. Love you!
ReplyDeleteAnd the award goes to Kiersten! Yep, it is a white ibis ;-)
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