Rambling Rod (aka Rod Morrison)
is a local with an interest in all things local...
Here we look at three of Rod's interests:~
+ Ornithology - bird watching & photography
+ Visiting local landmarks - within walking distance
+ Civic Involvement - A Landmark Renewal
Rod's latest gallery - 122 images (named)
Birds are all labelled alphabetically
Sorry ~ In reverse order...
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Well done, Rod!
What is a birdwatcher?
Can anyone be a birdwatcher?
What do I need to be a birdwatcher?
What are some good local birdwatching sites?
What are some birds we might see in Fyansford?
And, it's free to register
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Rod does more than ramble
Where ornithology and Fyansford come together.....
Bird life around Fyansford
Following a request from Penney Touhy for details of bird life around GenFyansford estate, the Moorabool and Barwon Rivers (as far as Buckley Falls), and on the Moorabool river as far as the Ring Road bridge to the North West from the estate.
In this post, I have included a "few" photos that I have taken over the past 15 months we have lived in the GenFyansford estate. There are also a few other bird types that I missed.
Some of the photos of Male and Female Wrens as well as the finches and a few others were taken from behind the wire fence on Moorabool River side of the playground.
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Additional commentary.
I have an old Nikon SLR D5200.
I only have 2 lenses (both) Nikon. A 18 to 250 and 70 to 300 which I used for most of these photos.
Google Drive Gallery
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Hey!
What bird is that?
Living in Fyansford by the confluence of the Barwon and Moorabool rivers, adjacent to extensive parklands, flourishing rural properties and busy suburbia, we are, indeed, fortunate to be surrounded by varied habitats. If we do the right thing and look after our environment, birdlife will in time become wondrously abundant.
As a son of an avid bird fancier I was very familiar with dad's prized reference "What Bird Is That?"
Kookaburra
Magpie
Rod Morrison recently posted on Fyansford Community Noticeboard,
"Fyansford is a great place to live. We have quite a variety of bird life in and around the Moorabool River very close to the playground on Monier Way. Here a 'few' photographs that I have recently taken to share with you. Most likely you will have seen quite a few of these birds about".
Ivan the Ibis in flight over the Monier Way playground amongst yesterday's smoke haze from the Gippsland bushfires
To check the updated gallery of Rod Morrison's posted photos: Take me there...
Andrew Breach recently posted on Fyansford Community Noticeboard.
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It is great to see more beautiful photographs of our local birdlife.
Keep them coming Andrew.
Some of Rod's more recent posts (2020 - 21)
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