July 29, 2013

I have seen and photographed many spiders, but have never seen one like this before.

A fast mover with a body length of only about 7mm.

It has the typical two large forward facing eyes of a Jumping Spider 

Strangely, on this spider those eyes are the same colour as the body, while the smaller eyes are black.

Unfortunately it moved quite fast and I did not get the opportunity to take more photos.

July 28, 2013

A still fluffy juvenile Laughing Dove sat on the fence this morning and watched my every move. 

This is not an unusual sight - these birds have a very spread out breeding season

July 27, 2013

A Crested Barbet - smiling at the camera or cursing because I intruded?

Although the sun was very harsh, it created a beautiful natural Bokeh effect 

on the leaves in the background .