Zoe gets up close and personal with a fallow deer at the Chesterfield Farm back in 2016.
- Camera: Nexus 6P
- ISO: 60
Category: Fauna
Rowville Bin Chicken
A juvenile bin chicken otherwise known as the Australian white ibis, Threskiornis molucca, during a lunchtime walk in Rowville. They are nicknamed bin chickens because of their “opportunistic” feeding and scavanging, which often finds them ransacking rubbish bins.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 20
Rowville White-Faced Heron
A white-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae, during a lunchtime walk in Rowville.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 355
Great Egret in Flight
Apparently Great Egrets, Ardea alba, fly with their legs trailing behind them and their neck in an “S” shape.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 19
Rowville Great Egret
Another lunchtime walk at work in Rowville. This Great Egret was happy to stand still while I passed by, but as soon as I brought up my phone for a snap it was out of there.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 29
Mother and Baby
A surprise find on a dog walk the other night, a mother and baby possum out on the prowl. The colour was off as we were under a street light – but it works well in black and white.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 1317
Australian Wood Duck
An Australian Wood Duck close to the footpath around the Rowville lakes behind work. The duck was happy to try to stare me down rather than get out of my way. That is until I bent down to take a photo!
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 18mm
- ISO: 48
Passionfruit December 2025
Passionfruit hanging over someones back fence, ripening on the vine. In a few weeks time when they have changed to rich purple colour they will resemble a late hanging Christmas garland.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 24
Docklands Birds
The main part of Gillie and Marc’s Flight for Freedom in Melbourne’s Docklands, with a ring-in!
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 31
Flight for Freedom
Part of Gillie and Marc‘s Flight for Freedom in Melbourne’s Docklands. The big table in the background will feature tomorrow. This sculpture celebrates the role that birds play in the environment.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 19
Rooftop Bison
A bison, called Rawhide, on the trailer as part of The Night of the Horse, at the Royal Melbourne Show 2025. The rain had settled in, showing up as bright spots under the arena light. But that didn’t deter the crowd, even from a distance Rawhide was an impressive creature,
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000