While picking my way over slippery rocks, I happened to glance up and spot this laden Osprey heading straight for me. Luckily I was able to swing up the camera and gain focus on him before it was too late.

This cute red panda was also shot on a visit to the zoo. He was very active, doing laps of his enclosure on a regular basis.

The Red Panda is endemic to the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China, India, Laos, Nepal, and Burma. It is estimated that there are fewer than 2,500 Red Pandas left in the wild.

Taronga Zoo,
Sydney.

These guys are somewhat difficult to shoot in the wild, the closest I’ve gotten to the one near home is about 50m which is nowhere near close enough with this lens, thus the captive photograph.

I camped out with the camera on a tripod next to this fence for a good 10 to 15 minutes waiting for the tiny birds that were flitting about to land on it. The wait paid off when this grey fantail landed right there in front of me and stayed still long enough to fire off a couple of shots.

Japanese Garden,
Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens,
Brisbane,
Queensland.