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♀ Nankeen Kestrel on a cliff face

Kestrel with feral pigeon for scale

Camera: FUJIFILM X-T50

Lens: XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR

Hallett Cove, South Australia

Hallett Cove cliffs, SA. Absolutely beautiful day.

They are such a tiny bird compared to how big I would have thought they were.

Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Adelaide-ish

ed: changed Botanical to Botanic

Australia

Hallett Cove, Adelaide

This morning. So cold.

Hallett Cove, SA

Black Pacific ducks in the morning sun

Australasian Grebe

Buff-banded Rail

Eurasian Coot chick

Eurasian Coot chick and parent bird

Wetlands with parrot nesting box.

Wetlands with tiny Grebe in the centre

Oaklands Wetlands and Reserve, Marion, Adelaide.

Taken today. Beautiful day but a bit cool in the morning.

Royal Spoonbill

Royal Spoonbill

3 Royal Spoonbills

Great Egret (really small, maybe juvenile)

Royal Spoonbill in flight

Great Egret

Pelicans

The street art and turtle sculpture was on the Sturt river walkway (Sturt River linear park) between Marion Rd and Sturt Rd. The indigenous mural and artworks are under the M2 overpass (?). The last picture is a placard by the Marion Council explaining why the concrete barriers were built.

I like Marvin the Martian, the mandalorian, Spy vs. Spy and the zombies but there are a lot of striking art works.

I'm not part of the scene, I just like walking along the concrete Sturt Rver and enjoy the art on the industrial walls as well as the beautiful trees and development by the Marion council. The Oakland Wetlands and reserve and the ‎⁨Warriparinga Wetlands⁩ are amazing natural reserves linked by the Sturt River linear park.

The indigenous mural at Warrriparinga says: Kaurna Miyurna Ngadlu ( Tampinthi). It's hard to tell because of the tag over it. I think the basic translation is on the mural, " We recognise the Kaurna People and their land." but If you want to look up the meaning google gives a slightly different translation.

There are lots more sculptures and random little peoples art works but I've run out space.

The art is great but Don't tag trees or the mural.

Little one with adults

Against the tide

Mum

Chick with adults

Chick bucking the trend

That look

I am getting better at finding them on a perch but I have yet to get one flying. They are so fast.

My favourite photo is the first one with the moustache, I did not know they had these.

All the photos were taken over the last couple of day in bad weather. Hallett Cove Conservation Park, Adelaide.

All puffed up in the cool wind and rain.

Hallett Cove Conservation Reserve

Hallett Cove Conservation reserve, Adelaide

Hallett Cove Conservation Park

Some of the art work on the outer M2 wall facing Warriparinga Reserve is pretty interesting but then on the other side of the path someone has tagged the trees. It's just dumb, please leave them alone.

The Warriparinga Reserve is a fantastic place full trees, birds and art. Pathways go through and around the reserve up to Marion Rd where the trees are.

The last photo of the bird was taken today in the reserve area - a male Darter maybe 100m away from the tagging. It looks so out of place to see trees being tagged after seeing so much bird life there.

Please give the trees a break.

Male (chestnut neck) Darter at Warriparinga Wetlands, Adelaide