Hi there Feathered and non- feathered friends, I hope that you're all well and capturing great images of some of Mother Earth's most amazing and magical, winged creatures.
My friend Cat and I have been house sitting on Lake Macquarie in NSW for the past couple of months, and although I have been absolutely flatout, creating children's books here @chocolatescorpi/an-educational-deep-dive-to-the-deepest-depths-to-educate-enlighten-delight-and-empower and building websites here https://chocolatescorpionpublishing.shop/ driving all over the countryside to sell and My Mum's Real Vintage as well as uploading all of her stuff onto eBay here https://www.ebay.com.au/usr/chocolatescorpi, I did manage to sit down and capture thousands of photos- mainly of the neighbourhood birds when we first got to the house sit.
Infact, it is in such a divine spot, looking down the gorgeously manicured lawn and landscaped gardens to the lakefront, we both found it hard to move from the balcony for the first couple of weeks and just sat in awe, listening to the myriad of songs and sounds, watching the constant movement of the birds in this true bird haven- oh, and taking thousands of photos of the birds, ofwhich I would like to show you a tiny selection here and enter this first photo into the 221st edition of the #SmaP - Show Me a Photo #contest.
I love all of these photos that I have included in this post because all of the Rainbow Lorikeets look like they're definitely looking straight at the camera (and maybe they were) but I was so far away, using my Nikon p950 mega zoom lens (which is a whole other story...), so how could they know that I was "Shooting" them- the ONLY WAY A BIRD (OR ANY ANIMAL) SHOULD BE SHOT- WITH A CAMERA too by the way!
So anyway, as I was saying......although I love the way that all of the birds look like they're peaking out at me and it is still such a hard choice, I've chosen this first photo for the contest as the dare devil bird is balancing on the very top branch, of the very top of this beautiful Grevillea flower and is just about to chomp into it too.
I also support a non- profit here in Melbourne https://www.birdrehomingservices.com.au/ that re-homes abandoned pet birds (and yes there are many of them),so I like to help them create awareness of birds and responsible bird ownership, as well as helping them make a bit of moula by creating and donating things like these Rubiks cubes to sell- like this one of the Kookaburras here too @chocolatescorpi/feathered-friends
So you too can help Nikky and the flock find furfeather homes for these guys by donating here as you guys all know, just how expensive birds are- especially if you have more than a handful!
Monetary donations are a huge help to any rehoming service. All money donated goes towards the health and wellbeing of all animals surrendered to us. This includes food, medical care and everyday expenses. If you wish to directly donate to our organisation, our bank details are below:
Bird Re-Homing Services Inc.
BSB: 633 000
Acc - 144 071 750 Bendigo Bank
And if you want your own Feathered Friend Rubiks cube, please let me know as I also have White Cockatoo's and the Scaly breasted Lorikeet too so far and every one bought, I will donate the full amount to the Bird Rehoming service.
The pet bird trade is a billion dollar industry worldwide. The number of unwanted and homeless companion birds continues to grow, driven by unregulated and needless breeding endemic to the pet trade.
It is estimated that the average captive bird will live in at least five homes before finding a permanent home or dying prematurely due to malnutrition, lack of medical treatment or household accidents including predation following escape. https://www.birdrehomingservices.com.au/about-us
Thanks so much to @nelinoeva and her flock for creating and curating this fantastic community and contest to share the love and lives of these incredible beings throughout the world.
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Thank you so much for reading my post, I really hope that you enjoyed it and look forward to your comments and thoughts.
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And unless otherwise stated- ALL photographs, all media, material and writings, are all my originals taken by me sometime in the past few decades or so somewhere in my travels and as such, ofcourse they are subject to all international IP and copyright laws and I may have already used them for my own commercial purposes here https://www.redbubble.com/people/CHOCOLATESCORPI/shop And here https://fineartamerica.com/art/chocolatescorpi, So please ask first if you want to use any of them as we wouldn't want you getting into trouble. Thank you 😊
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ChocolateScorpi is so incredibly grateful to the the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of this beautiful land that I call home and I thank you for caring for it for so long.
I pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging and offer our hand to all first nations hands in order to help heal all of our relationships to the earth on this truly magical and extraordinary island nation that we now all call home.
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