The Perfect Present

Having cleaned his boat for the Christmas break my son ask if i would like to have an hour out on the river. Well with reports of Divers and Auks recently being seen i jumped at the chance. And within a few minutes i was watching a pair of Great Northern Divers. And it didn't take long for the Red Throated Divers to show. Although its never easy on the water with all the movement i was pleased with these shots. So after 60 mins i was back on dry land and feeling very pleased with the results. And to be honest properly the best gift you could get me. 

Short moment

As my weekly visit to the Ranges was finishing and I was making notes of  the birds I had seen on the day. It dawned on me that I only had one more chance to get out here before New year. Could anything else turn up?.  I drove up the track and as i approached the last cattle grid. I could see a large bird perched on the side of some Brambles. I looked through the binoculars and was greeted with this stunning Short-eared Owl. Hooray another species for the yearly list. And being I had dipped out on them at the start of the year a very pleasing meeting and a species I always enjoy photographing.