Photography has always been a passion but it was not until I started Bird Watching in 2017 that I started to realise that taking photographs didn't need to be the primary focus when one is out and about with a camera. I found that the excitement of getting a great photo started to become secondary to being out in nature or seeing a new specimen for the first time. Or, observing a behavior that I hadn't seen before. There have been numerous instances when I have been out in nature and been transfixed watching birds being birds and just allowing myself the freedom to be caught up in the moment and enjoying observing something happening that, more often than not, I am the only one present and witnessing at that specific moment. And, not being particularly upset if I didn't get a photograph of that moment as I had been there and witnessed it first hand.

My photos of birds are purely taken as a personal record for me and a record of the various, and wonderful, species that I have been fortunate to see. The majority of birds within my photostream are Western Australian birds that were in the same place as I was for the 1-2 hours that I generally get to spend bird watching on a Sunday morning each week. This has also made me understand that you don't have to spend a lot of time bird watching, you just have to head out regularly and allow yourself to be patient and still. I am constantly surprised that if you wait in any particular spot, at some point in time, a bird will cross your path...and sometimes will linger long enough for one to photograph it.