Good Afternoon Everyone
I have just returned from a trip up to the middle of Cape York in a successful effort to photograph the Golden Shouldered Parrot as it had been my wish to do this since I saw a fantastic photo that Clifford Frith had taken a few years ago. With the generous help of Tom & Sue Shephard and my mate David Milson I was able to photograph a termite mound that had a nest in it with 5 Juveniles that were within days of leaving the nest and I was lucky enough to catch a shot of an adult male and Juvenile poking its head out of the hole in the mound. Before anyone gets on their hi-horse and says I should not have been near the nest I was at least 20 metres from it as I used the 800mm lens and only due to Sues ongoing research into these birds was I able to be shown the birds in the mound. What was also interesting about this nest was that the first pair of birds to arrive at the mound were an immature pair and at first I thought they were the parents and it wasn’t till a full adult male turned up about an hour later that I realised that the immature pair were only looking at the hole. I was also fortunate enough to meet Dave Stewart and his partner Sheena whom along with Lloyd Nielsen were also heading up to Musgrave but due to car troubles Sheena and Dave could not continue on past Mt Molloy and Lloyd and I spent 4 days camped up at Musgrave, I learnt so much from a man who has such vast knowledge of the birds up in that area. One of the highlights and there were many was of a Feather-tailed Glider landing right next to our camp one evening before scampering up a 1.5 metre gum and allowing us to take some photos using our head torches. I have just put up the first 16 shots from this trip as I photographed around Julatten, Musgrave and Pormpuraaw which is 210 klms west of Musgrave on the Gulf. ( and you can only take real soft drink! Into there as you are not allowed to have alcohol in your possession ) Here is the usual link http://www.barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup
Kindest Regards
Geoff Jones
Barraimaging
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