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(Geophaps plumifera)
Ormiston Gorge - Northern Territory
Austrália
And finally, the long-sought Spinifex Pigeons.
Four days earlier, we had driven 130 km (each way) to this spot to look for them, without success. Later, on our way back from Uluru, we took a 300 km detour to search for them at Kings Canyon, but again, no luck.
We had already accepted that we’d have to be happy with the beautiful but much more common Crested Pigeon when John gave us even better directions.
Such kindness/persistence couldn’t be ignored, so on the last day of our stay in Alice Springs, we decided to return to this location.
But after awhile, as I mentioned in the previous photo, we had already given up searching for them.
So we were on our way back to the car, but quite satisfied with having found both the Pink Cockatoo and the Splendid Fairywren and agreed the trip had been well worth it, when, suddenly, we saw two birds walking in our direction.
Wow, the Spinifex Pigeons!
Thanks jfmfennell for not letting us give up!
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Austrália (2024) (309)
- All the photos for this order COLUMBIFORMES (118)
- All the photos for this family Columbidae (Columbídeos) (119)
- All the photos for this species Geophaps plumifera (3)
- All the photos taken this day 2024/11/13 (11)
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MINOLTA TC-1, G-ROKKOR 28mm F3.5, 2023/02/12, FUJICOLOR 100, 現像：桜カメラ
MINOLTA TC-1と青海大橋と仙崎港と仙崎湾
仙崎まで車で行き、散歩した時に撮った写真だ。
青海島の仙崎を一望できる王子山公園まで歩いた後の帰りだ。青海大橋から仙崎湾を撮ったものだ。MINOLTA TC-1とFUJICOLOR 100の組み合わせが海の深い緑を美しく見せてくれる。遠方がもやっているのは、多分、PM2.5の影響だろう。青海大橋の手すりはあまり高さがなくて、近寄ると結構怖い思いをする。なだらかな上りだが風光明媚なので散歩にも向いている。この日は子供達が何度も坂の途中までダッシュしていたが謎だ。
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雨のち曇り。午後からカミサンと散歩。散歩というかゆめマートまで徒歩で買い物に行っただけという感じ。瓶詰めのみかんジュース4本は結構重かった。激しい雨で水流の増えた板持川で濁流となった堰のあたりやガスった山々と板持川をMINOLTA TC-1、FUJICOLOR 100で撮った。さすがに昨日の日帰りで疲れたのかダラダラ過ごしている。