Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Today's Backyard Safari!


Mr Magpie on a friendly visit

Our six youngest children had great fun making live "captures" in our backyard today, armed only with cameras.
They found beetles, caterpillars, strawberries, flowers, a lizard and more! All survived to live another day (yes, even the almost ripe strawberry).


Gotcha! Coriander flowers!

"Resident" blue-tongue lizard sunning itself......

....shot in the wild!

Bee captured by Master T

Stalking in the wilds of suburbia....

Some of their "captures" were excellent, they wielded their cameras well - and taught me a thing or two! 
All these captures are my own - click on the 3 links above to see some of their photos, you won't be disappointed.

What's lurking in your backyard?



20 comments:

Jill said...

What a fun idea. Great photos!

Reena said...

Great way to have your kids take a look at nature up close .... which is always fascinating!

Seraphinas Phantasie said...

Wow, great shots from your children ! Amazing are the animals in her beauty...

Gail Dixon said...

Fantastic fun for the kids. Lots of great photos here.

Marianne said...

Tolle Fotos und der Vogel wunderschön ♥

Unknown said...

That looks like the most fantastic thing to do with kids. I love it!

Tamar SB said...

So cool!! I love seeing kids' pictures and seeing what they see!

Unknown said...

great idea, I might have to try this!

One Photo said...

Beautiful bokeh in your magpie shot and your lizard capture is a lovely composition. My daughter has a little camera and loves to take photos. It is interesting to see what captures their eyes isn't it?

Scott said...

That looks like a great activity for the kids. Your resident lizard is very cool. We don't have anything like that around where I live.

Andrea said...

beautiful pictures of their children, good idea

Margaret said...

I love that your kids are getting into the hunt!! Very cool :)

Christina, Sweden said...

Oh, I'd like a Magpie visiting my garden!
Remember their interesting sound

Giga said...

Przyznam szczerze pomysł świetny, zdjęcia też. Pozdrawiam

Мъх said...

Great pictures from your children!
Bravo!!!

Unknown said...

Very cool shots!

Jill Franklin said...

This was a wonderful post...thank you! You're very creative & I'm inspired by you.

HK Badger said...

Great photos, I especially like the ones of the crow and of the lizard...It's a great idea to get your kids to take photo of things -what a great activity and a great creative outlet!

Shannon said...

great photo's esp love the first one!

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abeachcottage said...

Your pics look great! Thanks for adding your link to Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays.

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