Blogs About Nature
Yesterday, I shared some images from Limeburners Point. It is a popular place for fishing and has a boat ramp. Naturally, this attracts the birds.
Those fishing will discard parts of fish, or fish that they can’t throw back, nearby. Patient birds can often scavenge a good meal here. Glenn and I had previously photographed an adult pacific gull eating a fish head here.… Read the rest
Yesterday, I went to Eastern Beach to photography the launch of the Geelong Christmas Tree. I got into town two hours early to check out my favourite haunts.
I was at Limeburners Point. I may have been hoping to get some more cormorant poop shots. Almost immediately, I saw this little pied cormorant eating a fish.… Read the rest
Another day, another series of Gannet photographs from Eastern Beach. I actually had started at Rippleside, following the exact same path that Seth and I had taken about a month earlier. I didn’t have much luck though. The tide was out and there was little more then the swans.
I walked to Limeburners point in search for the missing grebes.… Read the rest
I was at Eastern Beach. I was taking awesome photos of gannets. I saw some movement in front of me and looked done.
Woah.
There was a little pied cormorant attempting to eat a ginormous fish. I knew they could eat large animals, especially after seeing the cormorant attack the eel at Western Beach.… Read the rest
The warm weather has well and truly hit in Geelong. Naturally, that is an excuse to take an excitable 7 year old to the beach. The plan was to go with my mum as well, and head to the Geelong Botanical Gardens at 2pm to do a tour of the newly reopened fernery.… Read the rest