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Post by roger on Nov 22, 2006 9:22:08 GMT
Hi Grant, The use of the Search button was fully explained HERE in the Technical Support board in July 2005 but the topic is "stickied" to ensure it remains at the top of that board. There is little point in suggesting how many items to search for as it can change on a daily basis but the appropriate amount can always be determined by comparing the figure on the Stats Counter and comparing it to that on your previous visit. Roger |
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Post by grant on Nov 22, 2006 12:18:45 GMT
Hi Grant, The use of the Search button was fully explained HERE in the Technical Support board in July 2005 but the topic is "stickied" to ensure it remains at the top of that board. There is little point in suggesting how many items to search for as it can change on a daily basis but the appropriate amount can always be determined by comparing the figure on the Stats Counter and comparing it to that on your previous visit. Roger Thanks Roger Noted! Grant |
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Post by postscript on Nov 22, 2006 15:50:05 GMT
Hi Peter, I expect Grant means the total number of posts forumwide which appears in the Info Centre in which case, his method should be fairly reliable. Roger I knew you would jump in with the correct information if I was wrong!  From 'Still learning himself'!  By the by Grant. My apologies for seeming to discredit your initiative. On this one you are obviously way ahwead of me!  |
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Post by graemek on Nov 25, 2006 0:49:28 GMT
Hi Everybody. Speaking of posts, here's a flock of wild Corellas sitting on some.These birds are really entertaining to watch.Natural Comedians!! They're ground feeders. And these guys are Little Corellas.Its the beaks that are smaller...not the body size.They're tree feeders. They're having breakfast together one morning just up the road from our place. Who needs hands?Enjoy....Graemek |
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Post by Richard on Nov 25, 2006 8:31:00 GMT
Hello Graeme!  Thanks for sharing the photographs of those wonderful corellas! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI believe Max Bygraves now lives in Australia, but he won't be singing "You Need Hands" to those birds! Best Wishes from London, Richard |
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Post by Joe on Nov 26, 2006 1:25:04 GMT
Hi Graeme  What a lovely series of pictures! Those corellas are so colourful. Even the ivory ones are enjoying themselves! Thanks for sharing.. Joe |
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Post by Belinda on Nov 26, 2006 8:43:24 GMT
Hi Graeme,
Yes your pictures are fantastic and it is obvious you like your feathered friends .
Do you have Budgies/Canaries/Doves etc of your own.
You probably don't need any though ,There seem to be lots wild ones in your garden and neighbourhood.
Belinda NZ
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Post by fusilier23 on Nov 27, 2006 5:04:49 GMT
OK, a few more pieces, this time using smaller images: Scots Guards Colour Party  Coldstream Guards perform the Ceremony of the Keys  Coldstream Guards sentry and serjeant  The Scots Greys in the Crimea  Winston Churchill as a subaltern in the 21st Lancers, Battle of Omdurman.  Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans  French officer, Lord Kitchener, General Haig, and General Pershing  Patton and Rommel, the master tacticians  The Allied advance, paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne and British troops from the 3rd Infantry.  Days of the Raj, Indian officers  Flying Tigers and RAF pilots, admiring trophies of victory  The RUC on patrol.  I won't comment further on these pics, but if anyone wants a discussion, feel free to PM me. |
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Post by postscript on Nov 27, 2006 17:11:24 GMT
Hi Graemek.
Your picture of the two wild corellas having breakfast together is so superb I am going to share it with one or two friends under the title 'TOGETHERNESS'
Thank you. A lovely photograph.
Peter S.
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Post by graemek on Dec 10, 2006 5:35:02 GMT
Who's eating the plums? He's a Rainbow Lorikeet at the end of our garden. Snapped this morning. If Rainbow = ROYGBIV, colourwise he's accurately named!!
For larger files 1024 px wide click any pic. And this is Mother Rainbow having a rest midday today. Enjoy, Graemek...Thanks for the compliments everybody. Its very challenging & rewarding to do. Belinda I've loved birds for years but the thrill is to see them in the wild & them remaining still at some point so's I can snap them...sometimes its weeks before you get the shot you'd like. Thanks to Dig Phot. the huge failure rates of the photos don't matter too much. I think the Rainbow lorikeet would have the most beautiful plumage of any Australian Bird.
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Post by grant on Dec 10, 2006 12:56:35 GMT
Great pictures Graham! You are so lucky to have such colourful birds in your garden.
Grant
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Post by Richard on Dec 10, 2006 14:45:14 GMT
Fabulous photographs, Graeme! That second one wasn't there when I looked this morning, so thanks for adding it. You certainly have some wonderful feathered friends in your garden, but of course it is nearly summer in Australia. Winter has arrived in the UK, so the most colourful birds we're likely to see here are robins. Best Wishes, Richard  |
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Post by graemek on Dec 11, 2006 2:52:02 GMT
Hi Grant, & hi Richard. Yes I love them to come across to us. December is summer start here & so a lot of nests are being built. I've been able to watch New holland honeyeaters, Wagtails, Peewees go to the flying stage. All those nests are on our land & so I could guard them a bit too. Our doggies are no threat to them & we haven't got a cat so its been good. You do see however a lot of dead individual babies on the ground so there are certainly hazards for brooding birds. I sometimes think of Australia as the land of parrots as there are so many species of them from small to large. For example the Sulphur Crested cockatoo flies happily around here in flocks from 4-5 to up to ~50. Further inland I've seen a football ground about a third covered with a mix of Sulphur Crested cockatoos, Corellas & Galahs. Hayley would not have been able to hear herself sing....unless of course the birds suddenly found themselves like us...compelled to listen totally unable to resist !!! Bye for now & we both loved the "Sparkle" clip. As cute as...  Graeme.....Incidentally Richard: The double stacking of pics is fantastic...we'll have to teach grant how...if he hasn't found out already  |
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Post by Richard on Dec 11, 2006 9:40:34 GMT
Hello again Graeme! I'm pleased you've mastered the technique of linking from one picture to another, because it's a really useful function. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif I see you've now added a third photograph to your post. I'm pointing it out to everybody because edits don't show up as new posts, so they can easily be missed. It's the third picture on THIS POST. Best Wishes, Richard |
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Post by mariannek on Dec 11, 2006 10:00:51 GMT
And once more Thank You Richard.!!! I just did a backwards unwrap of your THIS POST & now I get the hang of hyperlinking too I think. Very good, i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifGraeme (oh not again...I'm logged in as marianne  ) |
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