Sarah Durrant

@sarah-d

🇬🇧🇦🇺Live #Tasmania/lutruwita, on #LandForWildlife with diverse native fauna. MBE in a drawer along with past UK life. Retired & #weave #knit if #MS & chronic health allows. Reigned over by rescue Labrador. #wildlife #birding #wildoz #cameratrapping

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Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· 29d

Enjoying this right now - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, live album 4 Way Street - found it used on eBay but, conveniently, here in #Tasmania #NowPlaying #MusicSky #CSNY

Album cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, featuring several images of the 4 musicians.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 13

For @robcrank68.bsky.social theme of #ButtShotts for #BirdOfTheDay I’ve pulled out a trio of Superb fairy-wrens with perky bottoms. #Birds #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife 🪶 #SoTas #Tasmania

3 small birds, shades of brown in colour, with long slender tails, none of which are facing the camera.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 11

Spotted a #Tasmanian Wedge-tailed #eagle while walking the dog up the hill this morning. There's been one active in the area for the last couple of weeks, but I keep forgetting to take my camera - thus this crappy phone pic. #Birding #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife #SoTas #Raptor

A large, dead eucalyptus tree in the foreground, with a Wedge-tailed eagle sitting on one of the branches. In the rear can be seen a tree covered hill and a paddock

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 11

Giving a few of my cassette tapes a workout. Yep, I kept all my #music, in whatever format I’d originally bought, and continue to play them, on a myriad of devices strategically placed around the house! (Desire has to be one of my favourite #Dylan albums of all time.) #MusicSky #NowPlaying

An image of 4 music cassette tapes, from The Doors, Cream, Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 10

#BirdOfTheDay by @alan678.bsky.social is #Rocky. Pic 1: A bird & a pile of rocks Pic 2: The white-faced #Heron executes a lunge at Christmas lunch Pic3: I get the feeling it’s mocking me with the ready-to-eat skink wrapped around its beak. Pic 4: Lots of dinners on rocks #WildOz #Birds #wildlife

A grey bird with a long neck and white face, standing in front of a wheelie bin, and about to step on a pile of rocks

The grey bird with the long neck and white face is on the pile of rocks and is making a downward lunge

The grey bird with a long neck and white face has caught a skink in its beak, and the skink, perhaps still alive, is coiled around the bird’s beak.

A picture of the same pile of rocks on a different day, when several skinks can be seen getting warm in the sun

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 9

#BathTime is today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social & this sweet one is looking squeaky clean & fluffy after its ablutions. A Brown #thornbill (thought it may be a #Tasmanian at 1st but they wear white underpants). Hhmm. Has it even got underpants on? #Birds #WildOz #Wildlife #Nature

A small bird in rich shades of brown and tan, standing on the edge of a shallow blue dish of water, looking like it has just had a bath.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 9

Some similarities to this one in the bird bath?

A Tasmanian Pademelon standing up to drink water from a bird bath on a pedestal

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 6

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today, @alan678.bsky.social has chosen #Cutie as the theme.While every Superb Fairy-wren is a cutie, this one is particularly so. It looks like it’s had major regrets after having a dunking in the water, trying to slink away embarrassed, unseen. #Birds #WildOz #Wildlife

A small bird attempting to get out of a shallow water bowl. The bird is mostly browns, with a long, slender tail. It has, what could be described as, a painfully embarrassed look on its face.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jul 2

For #BirdOfTheDay theme @alan678.bsky.social has chosen #GentleReflection & this Superb Fairy-wren appears, head gently cocked, as if pondering the meaning of life, the universe & everything. #Birds #WildOz #Tasmania #SoTas #Nature #Wildlife

A small bird with a long slender tail that is blue tinted. Its upper parts are soft brown and grey, with paler underparts. Its head is gently cocked, as if deep in thought

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 27

For @robcrank68.bsky.social chosen #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Rotund I give you this #Tasmanian Native hen - a view of almost a perfect circle, but for a stubby tail! (But ye gads, these fellas, aka Turbo Chooks, can run fast!) #Birds #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife #SoTas

A rotund looking bird standing on the grass. It’s mostly greys and olives with a white flash. It has distinctive red eyes and a yellow beak.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 26

For today's #BirdOfTheDay by @alan678.bsky.social it’s a #GreyDay with this Black-faced cuckoo-shrike taken through the kitchen window. I’m not sure what plans it had for the piece of wattle foliage, but it looks pretty fond of it. #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Wildlife #Nature

A grey bird sits on a tree stump beside a water bowl; it has a piece of green foliage from a wattle tree in its beak.

A grey bird with wings and tail outstretched stands on a tree stump beside a small water bowl. It has a piece of wattle foliage in its beak.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 26

After a shitty couple of weeks, I find myself OD’ing on Crosby, Stills & Nash today. After a couple of play-throughs of Déjà Vu (which, of course, includes Young) I’ve run through various permutations of the CSN stable. Wonderful salve! #Music #MusicSky

Three Cd covers, being Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby & Nash, and the third is Stephen Stills. All feature images of the artists.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 22

A twofer for @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay themes of #BirdsInTheirElement or #Feathers&Light - a critically endangered Swift #Parrot, that breeds only in #Tasmania then migrates. The sun has caught its back showing a slick sheen as it forages among gum blossoms on Bruny Is. #swifties #WildOz

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 16

From Alan, the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #InFlight or the alt is #BlurBirds. How about both? Cos I’ve got some blurry birds in flight! Here’s a shot taken through the kitchen window of 5 Superb Fairy-wren girls, but heaven knows just what is going on in this pic! #Birds #Birding #WildOz #SoTas #Nature

A picture of 5 small brown birds with long slender tails. Three are sitting, either on a log or within a small concrete bird bath. The remaining two are in the air, perhaps thinking about landing in the water too.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 15

On my original cassette tapes bought in 1977. And I still play them.

Three cassette tapes by Emerson Lake & Palmer from 1977. Works Vol 1, tapes 1 &2 are in a plain black cover. Works Vol 2 is in a plain white cover with black framing.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 11

When the sale at the bedding store surpasses all expectations & you take just a wee bit more than you can safely get home. Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Nesting materials & here’s a pair of #Tasmanian endemic Strong-billed honeyeaters grabbing what they can. #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Nature #SoTas

A pair of Strong-billed honeyeaters gathering nesting material from a purpose-built dispenser set on the face of a wood and metal gate. One bird’s head is almost totally obscured by the amount of bedding/hair in front of it, whilst the second bird is carrying a pile of it in its beak.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 9

This lovely lady is here for Rob’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Robins A female Scarlet Robin, taken through the kitchen window, has her eye on something among the cobwebs on the roof of the wood pile. #Birds #Birding #WildOz #SoTas #ForJanet #Nature #Tasmania #Wildlife

A female Scarlet robin standing on a corrugated, but flat, metal roof. The bird is looking intently at something among the cobwebs at the edges of the metal. The robin has a brown head with a white spot above the beak, and her breast is a gentle wash of orangey red, that blends into a beige lower body.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 7

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BranchingOut here’s a Laughing Kookaburra on a branch in my backyard. Some view it as quintessentially Australian, but it‘s not native here in our island state of #Tasmania. Introduced to TAS early 1900s, it adversely impacts our #birds & #wildlife. #WildOz #Nature

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 6

I’m up for Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay challenge, but WITHOUT #birds Welcome Swallows should win a prize for the way they use our built structures as #BorrowedPlaces This nest, built on top of a porch light, uses the bulb as a base (& maybe to enhance incubation?). Smart birds.🪶 #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife

A beautifully constructed Welcome Swallows nest, that’s been built inside a lobby, right on top of a light bulb/globe that projects from the wall. It appears that the bulb has been incorporated into the design as the base of the nest extends far forwards,

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 5

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme I’ve shuffled through pics of those beautiful Beautiful Firetails. But what have I found? This guy looks more like a masked bandit with a potential anger issue. And it’s #LookingAtYou. #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife

A small bird surrounded by gravel and grass. The bird has a black mask-like face marking, beige head and back, with a striped body and red beak and tail.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 3

One picture taking in both themes for Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay :- #FoodInBeaks and #Green ! This Green Rosella, a #Tasmanian endemic, is clearly a bit of a messy eater. There’s more green than just its name - the green feathers on its back just aren’t visible! #Birds #Birding #parrots #WildOz #Nature

A parrot sitting in a tree eating seed capsules. The bird has a yellow front, blue wing edges, and has a red and a blue splodge on the front of the head and face.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· Jun 2

For Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #HiddenInplainSight I have a…. um….er…..hang on, I can’t see it! It’s there alright, looking straight to camera - one of the Black Currawongs that tries to get to my #Tasmanian Native Pepperberries each year before I can! #Birds #Birding 🪶 #WildOz #Nature

A picture of a Tasmanian native pepperberry tree, with green foliage, red stems and black pepperberries. There are to hoops across the tree ready for putting up bird netting. Hidden away, at the back of the tree, is a black coloured bird. It’s difficult to see, but the give away is a pair of yellow eyes looking straight at the camera.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 30

Lola’s absolutely exhausted herself after enduring the terror of our direct neighbour’s #fireworks display, that she’s almost comatose while another neighbour now conducts theirs. Small mercies, I guess, while this stupid #Tasmanian Cracker Night tradition continues. #SoTas

A white labrador dog straddled across two armchairs, with one leg dangling straight down between them. The dog looks exhausted.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 29

For Alan’s #NegativeSpace theme for #BirdOfTheDay here’s a Pallid #Cuckoo high up on a dead tree surrounded by just clear blue sky. So many shades of grey here, but with a dash of soft green lichen on the end of the branch. #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Nature 🪶 #Tasmania

A grey bird sitting on top of dead branch. The branch has a touch of green lichen on the end, and there is blue sky all around the image.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 26

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Anatidae we have a gorgeous Cape Barren Goose who wouldn’t look out of place at a drag queen contest, with those fab feathers, red stockings and dramatic facial features. 🪶 #Birds #Birding #WildOz

A large grey goose standing on sturdy red legs, with its head down in the grass eating. It has a beautiful array of feathers, that are patterned with circles, but all in shades of grey. Its beak is a bright yellow.

A close up of the goose, head to the ground, showing its coloured legs and yellow beak.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 25

Yes, this image of a #BirdOnAWire for Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay looks like it was taken by a drunk in a midnight choir (apologies to L Cohen) but to be fair, it was just an ID shot from 150m or so away. A Brown falcon, looking for dinner on the waterlogged paddocks beyond. 🪶 #Birds #Birding #WildOz

A brown bird sitting on power lines. To the right is a power pole, from which 3 different lines extend downwards to the left. On the highest wire, a Brown falcon, with its back towards the camera, looks out over wet, reed covered land that continues out of the frame.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 24

Two for the price of one for Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay - the #Tasmanian endemic #Yellow Wattlebird. And the guy on the L is also #StaringRightAtYou (Note: My bird guide describes their call as harsh, gutteral, like coughing/vomiting- it’s spot on, this is no sweet song bird.) 🪶 #Birds #Birding #WildOz

Two mainly grey birds with yellow wattles hanging from their cheeks. They are sitting on a bird bath, and one is looking directly at the camera.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 22

So Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadShots and I have one to suit that - a brash Yellow-tailed Black cockatoo caught in the act of devouring the garden, with a look on its face that’s saying “You just try and stop me!” (Alt theme is #Columbidae) 🪶 #Birds #Birding #Nature #WildOz #Tasmania #Parrots

The face of a parrot amongst shrubbery that it is feeding from. The bird has a black head with a patch of bright yellow near the ear, and has pink rings to the eye. Its beak is quite gnarly and strong.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 21

For Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay there’s just a tiny bit of #Grassland in view from the kitchen window, but just look at the stunning #Red of the so aptly named Beautiful Firetail. 🪶 #Birds #Birding #Nature #Tasmania #WildOz

A small bird moving across a narrow strip of grass on a gravel driveway. The bird has a brownish head and distinctive black mask around the eyes. Most of its plumage is fine black and white stripes, but it has a bright red beak, and stunning red feathers at its rump.

Sarah Durrant@sarah-d· May 20

Off Kaikoura, S Island NZ many years back. I think this is a young Southern black-backed gull (or kelp gull to us in Au) - and hopefully someone will tell me if it isn’t. It’s not really #WingsWideOpen, so I’m hoping it fits the bill of #Laridae #Birds #Birding