I came across this photo of a Spotted pardalote that I took many years ago. It was early days with me and a camera so not technically brilliant. But I don’t see this species often so it’s still a bit special to me.

Once in awhile, I get a real banger!

So a new species for me. I regularly see White-faced heron, but not this one. Always nice to tick another off. Taken near the desal plant at Wonthaggi.

I culled 650+ down to 40 images, won't bore the group with all of them, here's 3 more showing the striking mating colours. Slight editing for noise reduction, a touch of sharpening and a little highlight reduction to address a bit of blow out. No wonder they are the paparazzi favourite.

Naturally it started raining shortly after arriving at Lake Gwelup, but our little friends didn't seem to mind. Only a couple of pairs were out and about today, but managed to catch an RBE actually eating a bee, although at distance so not as sharp as I would hope. Mrs RBE didn't seem overly impressed with his hunting skills. Hope to salvage a few more from today's outing, but Rugby League World Cup is competing for my attention tonight. All shots with Canon R5MkII combined with RF 200-800, F9, 1/3200 auto ISO (12800 and higher)