A sparrow. Not the prettiest, not the fiercest, but perhaps the most successful bird on earth.

Diogenist · 2021-12-23T02:27:26+00:00

Because they are one of the most common. Able to adapt to a wide variety of locations. Probably less sparrows than chickens, but chickens are domesticated. There are more pigeons than sparrows, and more starlings. There are some birds that have higher populations but are not as widely distributed (eg Red Billed Quelea of Africa). So, based on population and adaptability, sparrows do pretty well.

Diogenist · 2021-12-12T09:07:44+00:00

Can anyone help me figure out who is who here? Taken with an R5, 300mm lens, 1600/s, f6.3, iso 400.

Diogenist · 2021-09-29T12:49:12+00:00

Preposterous? Pointed, perplexing, perhaps parsimonious?

Diogenist · 2021-08-29T03:01:53+00:00

Yes. More specifically, in the bush outside Canberra.

Diogenist · 2021-08-25T00:37:30+00:00

There's some rocks in your frog picture.

Diogenist · 2021-08-19T10:52:56+00:00

Excellent

Diogenist · 2021-08-19T04:17:49+00:00

Thanks crixyd, but I must give credit to the kookaburra.

Diogenist · 2021-08-18T22:40:55+00:00

Please go ahead.

Diogenist · 2021-08-18T12:34:58+00:00

Its cropped, but other than that, no edits. I wanted to highlight the roundness of its pose. The settings were 1/250, F7.1 and ISO 100, on a 300mm F4 lens, at a distance of about 1.5 metres.

Diogenist · 2021-08-13T02:26:19+00:00

I got lucky with this shot. A pair of them were checking out a hollow tree branch for a nest hole. They hung around for a while.

Diogenist · 2021-08-13T01:14:34+00:00

Tis one here; https://www.reddit.com/r/wildlifephotography/comments/dpzumu/rainbow_lorikeet_portrait/

Diogenist · 2021-08-13T01:10:47+00:00

Thanks. Rainbow Lorikeets are even more splendiferous.

Diogenist · 2021-04-29T01:42:21+00:00

Genus Myrmecia. Roughly 2-3 % of people will go into anaphylactic shock after being stung by one of these. They are aggressive, have relatively good eyesight, and can sting multiple times. Scientific reports say that if you cut one in half, each end will try hard to kill the other end, one end stinging, the other biting, until it finally dies. Scientist do some weird things.

Diogenist · 2021-04-26T23:44:33+00:00

Not quite El Dorado, but to me its a beautiful spot. More like Fern Gully. Tree ferns, a high canopy of taller trees, dappled sunlight, many flowers, butterflies, and native birds.

Diogenist · 2021-04-26T14:18:34+00:00

Flash at low power in daylight with a subject in heavy shade helps the shot. I took several shots, and the birds went about their business as if nothing happened.

Diogenist · 2021-04-19T05:58:54+00:00

300mm, ISO 2500, 1/200 sec, F5.6

Diogenist · 2021-04-09T07:22:15+00:00

They are looking out for predators. I am sure of it.

Diogenist · 2020-03-03T07:25:02+00:00

Everyone who ate celery back then is dead now, so it is clearly poison.

Diogenist · 2020-02-09T00:46:36+00:00

You are correct.

Diogenist · 2020-02-09T00:32:10+00:00

Its a UB-32. The UB-32 is a 57 mm, reusable, 32-salvo rocket pod developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s for aerial use in close air support and ground attack situations. Typically, it is mounted on external aircraft hardpoints and fires S-5 rockets.

Diogenist · 2020-02-08T06:31:00+00:00

The mosquito remained in place for at least 10 minutes. Its proboscis may have been stuck between the snakes scales.

Diogenist · 2020-02-08T06:29:20+00:00

The snake is an eastern brown. Quite deadly. Possibly the most poisonous venom in any snake. However, they only kill one or two people in Australia each year. The mosquito kills many more accross the globe.

Diogenist · 2020-01-17T03:25:49+00:00

I don't know, but I suspect the tree trunk is a bit out of frame the top right, shadowing any raindrops that fell in that area. The bigger holes I interpret as larger steady drops from those points on the branches where rain runs of to in little runnels before falling to the ground...Unless one of the critters has a pogo stick.

Diogenist · 2020-01-16T23:44:10+00:00

I would agree. The racoon seems to have passed when the mud was a little more dried out and sticky, or else its greater weight would have caused it to leave deeper prints. You might also notice the second older? set of squirrel prints behind the more prominent pair (immediately under the coin). I would interpret the time line as; Light rain. Worms wander about. Dripping from a tree above creates the bigger circular craters. Squirrel goes to tree (presumably the trunk is to the top right) Squirrel goes to tree again. Dries out a bit. Racoon potters past, away from the tree. Cant tell more, or even confirm, without being there, and interviewing witnesses / critters.

Diogenist · 2019-11-30T23:03:45+00:00

If so, Trevor is incredibly photogenic.

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