Old Owl's photos

"Like a vision she dances ..."

White-faced heron. Mandjar Bay, Mandurah.

Nankeen heron (AKA Night heron). Stingray Wharf, Mandurah WA.

HBM to all. May your bottoms rest on comfortable benches and your day be calm and gentle. This is in the Wheatbelt town of Dowerin in WA. There are a number of benches along the main street, all of which are bright red. Note also the tin dog on the wall to the right. Again a number of dogs appear throughout the town, most of them with a front paw extended. This is Tin Dog country, named after Tin Dog Creek just outside the town where, according to folklore, miners on their trek from Perth to the Kalgoorlie goldfields (about 600 km) stopped to camp and eat on their journey, and where they left their empty corned beef tins. Just outside the town is a large statue of a tin dog ("Rusty") designed and built by students from the local high school in 2004. UPDATE WITH PiPs Three PiPs are in the top left edge of this picture: the first is of Rusty; the second is of Rosey, created in 2020 as a female companion for Rusty; the third is a tin dog affixed to a litter bin and doing what dogs do to such structures. These pictures were taken by She Who Must Be Obeyed and I give her much thanks for her permission to use them. Many thanks, too, to the delightful and caring Ecobird for helping me by telling me how to add PiPs. This was most necessary for I am an owl of very little brain ...

Mandjar Bay, Mandurah. HFF, everyone. Let your weekend bring you peace and joy (or at least a break from the daily grind). (Press Z to see it bigger.)

HWW to everyone. I hope your week is a good one. This is part of a sequence at the base of walls in Bridgetown, WA. This one is at the entrance to the post office.

Stingray Wharf, Mandurah. Not the best photo, I'm afraid. The scene was some distance from me and I was shaky having run/walked some distance on an increasingly hot morning, plus my iPhone skills are rather rudimentary. The bird on the right is, of course, an Australian pelican; the one on the left is, I think, a Nankeen heron (sometimes called a night heron in these parts). I took this and walked on ... They were all still there, in more or less the same positions when I passed by 45 minutes later on my return journey. Now THAT is patience. I hope they were all rewarded by a feed from the estuary waters. Gosh, I love this land.

HBM, everyone. I hope you're sitting comfortably. (For those of us of a certain age with an English heritage, that phrase about sitting comfortably may bring back memories. Nothing to do with this photo, of course; just whimsy on my part. Sorry.) This haven is in Balingup, a small settlement in Western Australia.

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Have a Happy and safe Fence Friday, everyone. Keep warm (if you're above the equator) or cool (if you're down here with me). These are Australian Ibises, commonly (and derogatorily) called Tip Turkeys or Bin Chickens after their penchant for scavenging food in waste bins. It's a shame really, as they are very useful in gardens and farms, using their long curved beaks to forage for grubs in the soil. We (Mrs Owl and I) are visited daily by one we have named Libby who fossicks around the bushes and plants in our garden.

From somewhere on the Merredin-Nungarin road in the WA Central Wheatbelt. Press Z for a wider view.

Busselton Jetty. Please press Z for a better view.

A Happy Fence Friday to all. Let us hope the weekend is calm, temperate and restful. Busselton Jetty, WA.

Happy Wall Wednesday to all. This Australian Shelduck a symbol for the small town of Dumbleyung in Western Australia. It appears in a number of places throughout the town, although I have no idea why this symbol is used here. The town has a population of about 300 and is famed as the place where Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on 31st December 1964, his boat "Bluebird" reaching 276.33 mph (444.71 km/h) on the nearby Lake Dumbleyung. He thus became the only person to break the land and water speed records in the same calendar year. The fine picture above was taken by Mrs Much Younger (and Far More Attractive) Owl, and has been used here with her permission

A beach at Busselton, WA.

Yagan Square, Perth. Late afternoon. (Best on black. Press Z, please.)

Pemberton, WA, next to the track of the tramway. Happy Fence Friday, everyone. I hope your day brings you satisfaction and your weekend brings you joy.