Birds on a Street Light

One of the birds commonly seen in my city is the Hadeda, a member of the Ibis family. He's a large bird, and rather noisy, but I've learned to appreciate his presence because his diet includes a nasty creature commonly referred to as a Parktown Prawn - one of the few bugs that really frightens me.

In the past I've taken a few photos of these birds walking around on the ground, but recently I've become aware of their liking for perching on street lights, and I've been longing to get a photo of them up there.

Today the opportunity finally presented itself to me.

Once again, I've opted for a dark black and white edit.

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Linking up with Wordless Wednesdays and Wild Bird Wednesday.

Black Light

These dark images seem to have taken over this week. I guess the overall darkness does make the light stand out in this one.

Rhythm of Light

This isn't really the photo I'd hoped to use for a Sunday post, but after spending four hours without power this afternoon I just knew that I had to use a photo of light.

In purely selfish terms I was feeling really frustrated when it got close to 5:00 pm and we still didn't have power. It wouldn't be so serious in summer, but at this time of year it's almost dark by 5:30 and I really hate to be left in the dark.

But when things like this happen I try to remind myself that there are still poor people who never have access to power. Instead of thinking about my own minor problem, I should be thinking about all the homeless people who will be sleeping on the streets on this cold winter night.