Wednesday 16 November 2011

Sydney Harbour, Botanic Gardens, wall

These birds were happy to pose for a photo on the sea wall that protects the Royal Botanic Gardens from Sydney Harbour, otherwise known as Port Jackson. The birds are Masked Lapwings or Spur-winged Plovers, which are native to Australia.

30 comments:

  1. Lapwings are beautiful against the blue...excellent photo!

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  2. Great shot! Birds can be so tricky to photograph well.
    Watery Wednesday, hmmmm - off I go to the archives!

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  3. ...a lovely harbour view; a long time since I've walked around there. Loved the botanic gardens

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  4. Your two little birds on the seawall look lie twins. They are posed perfectly for the photo. Nice capture. genie

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  5. Sydney Harbour is beautiful. Great shots of the birds and nice to know their real names.

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  6. This is a great photo. I've always wanted to travel to Australia.

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  7. I think the birds were thinking to themselves that the beautiful harbour belonged to them and that bloody human beings (with cameras) should be tolerated for as little time as possible.

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  8. A perfect watery Wednesday shot! At first I thought they were sea-gulls but no 2 lovely masked lapwings - beautiful!

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  9. Lovely shot and composition. The birds were posing for you :)

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  10. I thinks that is part of the rebuilt wall, looks new.

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  11. Two little birdies standing on a wall;
    One named Peter, one named Paul ...

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  12. A change from seagulls. Such a lovely part of the city.

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  13. Beautiful sea with two birds stand on the wall, nice!

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  14. What a beautiful harbor and gotta love those birds!

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  15. Look at the colour of that ocean! Beautiful.

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  16. Australia has such fascinating wildlife, some incredible birds, and very, very blue water!

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  17. Beautiful! Your photos and comments are always so interesting. Thank you for sharing.

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