Friday, February 15, 2013

Launceston & Ross

Drove to Launceston and to Bridestowe to see the blooming Lavender, stopped by at Ross.

Those tiny dots on the surface are Black Swan Cygnus atratus, at 1.4 meters and a wing span of over 1.5 meters is unmistakable from afar.

 Picturesque landscape along the highway.
 Friendly ducks at the river bank near the bridge at Ross.
 A Cormorant sp. perch on a branch, too far for me to positively identify.
 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
This is likely a hybrid of Northern Mallard Anas platyrhynchos and Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
That is why the ducks are so friendly.
 House Sparrow Passer domesticus feeding on table of the Ross Village Bakery
  A Wallaby foraging at the ground of Cataract Gorge.
Cataract Gorge
Cataract Gorge
 
Bridestowe Lavender Farm in drizzle
Lavender 
A pair of Superb Fairy-Wren Malurus cyaneus
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Sorell and Richmond

Drove to Sorell to see and pluck some temperate fruits, later to Richmond. Saw some tame ducks and water birds beneath the Richmond bridge.

Signboard

Apricot
 Strawberry
 Cherry
 House Sparrow Passer domesticus on the roof
Tayberry
Jostaberry
Silvenberry
 Bales of hay
Wheat 
 Seven mile beach
 Duck hybrids
Tasmanian Native Hen Tribonyx mortierii
Photographing the ducks with my GF1 and kit lens.
Mallards Anas platyrhynchos , Pacific Black Ducks Anas superciliosa and hybrid ducks 
Mallard 
 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra and Pacific Black Duck
The oldest bridge in Tasmania, completed in 1825 by convicts.