19 November 2012 - Elder Park Rotunda Shadows

 

Photos from the Rotunda in Elder Park, a popular venue for

public entertainments large and small.

 

The bird is local native, a Murray Magpie (Grallina cyanoleuca)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The construction in the background is going to be

Adelaide's new public hospital.

 

http://www.southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9000809

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie-lark

 

 

4 August 2012 - Fraying Towels, Fog Today, Native Birds

My old, super-soft, fluffy towels are sadly fraying,

I harvested the tatty bits to create a sun.

We had a foggy morning today, the second day in a row,

unusual for the Adelaide Plains but it's often foggy

up in the Adelaide Hills in winter.

Wood ducks in the Parklands didn't mind the damp morning

(Chenonetta jubata)

Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Sorry they are silhouetted against the sky

so you can't see their fabulous colours