Travel Birds Australia
One of our favourite things to do while beetling around in our VW T4 camper van is to observe and photograph birds. Apart from an interest in the technical aspects of digital photography, there is sheer joy in observing these wondrous creatures.
While we have had variety of cameras and lenses over the years, our favourite for birds in a Canon 77D with an EF 70-200 mm 1:2.8 L IS USM with a home-made sling. I have a x1.4 extender as my compromise when I would really like a longer lens. But I don't use it that much, I always come back to the 200 mm at f2.8 - speed is your friend when photographing birds. As well, I no longer consider lying for hours in a damp or rocky place with ants and other bitty things fun; instant gratification, that's me.
The main thing is to get out and about in this amazing country 'where time began'. Check the history, geography, geology of where you are - how lucky are we to be able to wander at will in this astounding place!
While we have had variety of cameras and lenses over the years, our favourite for birds in a Canon 77D with an EF 70-200 mm 1:2.8 L IS USM with a home-made sling. I have a x1.4 extender as my compromise when I would really like a longer lens. But I don't use it that much, I always come back to the 200 mm at f2.8 - speed is your friend when photographing birds. As well, I no longer consider lying for hours in a damp or rocky place with ants and other bitty things fun; instant gratification, that's me.
The main thing is to get out and about in this amazing country 'where time began'. Check the history, geography, geology of where you are - how lucky are we to be able to wander at will in this astounding place!
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| Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), Kangaroo Is, South Australia |
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| Superb Fairy-Wren (Malunus cyaneus), Kangaroo Is, South Australia |
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| Crested Tern (Sterna bergii), Kangaroo Is, South Australia |
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| Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), mum & dad feeding the brood |
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| Brown Falcon fledgling (Falco berigora) |
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| Brolga (Grus rubicunda) |
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| Wedge-tailed Eagle (Acquila audax) |
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| Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo Leachii) |
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| Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) |
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| Rufus (Nankeen) Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) |
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| White Tern (Gygis alba), Lord Howe Is |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) |
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| Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica), Lord Howe Is |
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| White Tern (Gygis alba), with chick, Lord Howe Is |
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| Lord Howe Island Woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) |
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| Black-necked Stork 'Jabiry' (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) |
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| Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscata), Lord Howe Is |
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| Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malarus coronatus) f. |
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| Sooty Tern, Black Noddy, Common Noddy, Lord Howe Is |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus v. rubitorquis), Northern Territory |
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| Black Noddy (Anous minutus), Lord Howe Is |
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| Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), Lord Howe Is |
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| Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea). Lord Howe Is |
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| Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea), Lord Howe Is |
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| White-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregatta grallania), Lord Howe Is |
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| Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), Kangaroo Is |
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| Lord Howe Island Woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) |
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| Flesh-footed Sheatwater (Puffinus pacificus), Balls' Pyramid, Lord Howe Is |
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| Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), Kangaroo Is |
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