moonvoice (ravenari)

More lizards,
I really enjoyed these guys.

Like, it was humid and artificially WAY warmer than outside
and we were sweating in our warm clothing and it was gross,
and I still wanted to spend all the time here lol.


Merten's Water Monitor.



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The birds were being so spectacular,
and were wonderful models.

While I don't have the same devotion to birds that I used to
(I think it's spread more now over different animal families)
they still enamour me so very much.


Major Mitchell's Cockatoo



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The ostrich was with a couple of emus,
and honestly they seemed to get along really well.
But it made me wonder if the ostrich thought that emus were just
really weird ostriches.
And if the emus thought the ostrich,
was just a really weird emu...


Ostrich.



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The little (fairy) penguin was very active because we were there about
twenty five minutes before its scheduled feeding time and I just get a feeling,
not many people know that exhibit is there? We were the only ones around.

Glen found the little penguin adorable,
but I really liked the crested tern. Also freshwater crocodiles.
Very sleek and narrow.


When you want to swallow a fish whole but the angle isn't right and you have to take it to the water to make the angle right.



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In the past, I have found reptiles very difficult to photograph.
But honestly I just seemed to get lucky,
again and again this time.
I don't know why.
So many were awake. So many were posing.

A dugite yawned and it looked like a tiny enthusiastic scream...




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A lot of these were taken on maximum zoom,
through fences with small grilles, so it might not be my best work but
they're all really gorgeous birds, and are worth seeing I think.

I still find birds so captivating,
there's a part of me that will just enjoy them forever I think.


Common Bronzewing.



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I really love egrets.
And ibis.
And cape barren geese.

The cape barren goose male did a run and display at me while I was standing there with my camera, and I can't blame him, because he had a female and he was being all bold and protective. Thankfully there was a fence between us because those fuckers are a metre tall.


Cattle egret.



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I was sitting outside this morning,
enjoying a cool change and a smattering of rain
(I had almost forgotten what cool weather felt like),
when a group of about 20 juvenile Australian ravens flocked towards a tree behind our house.
They were far away, but I managed to catch these five flying.

Went to Caversham earlier in the week and took some photos.
I don't have names for every animal because I am exceptionally lazy
when it comes to paying attention to signs
or scrolling through animal identification books.
So if I didn't know it off-hand, I didn't put it in.


Black breasted buzzard.




( Black swan, black-breasted buzzard, red fox, leucistic kangaroos, and many mooooore. )

One of those days where the hatred of people overwhelms the love,
and I'm left wondering how anyone ever has the energy to fight back
against fat hate, against rape apologists, against the ignorant and the blind.
And I try and remember that I used to be ignorant and blind about a lot of things,
and I'm still ignorant and blind about a lot of things,
and I've changed my mind for - what I hope - is the better.
In the meantime, have a cockatoo.


Black Cockatoo at Sunset