Peter Barnes

Hi, and welcome! I have two BlueSky accounts. This one is for my photos (and others') and other nice things. The other account, @infinite8horizon2.bsky.social, is for politics and not-so-nice things. Choose wisely, and check the auto-complete. Bio is the same (it's me!), link in profile. Enjoy.

Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnOneLeg Little egret, Dowse lagoon, joke in Alt. #photography #birds #egret #nature #wildlife #ECK

Holiday time... Porto bridges by night #Stunday #Archforma #transportation #Abstractia #pattern #photography #portugal #Porto #architecture #art #gift #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is: #FightingFeathers Here's the most uneven fight I've witnessed, two magpie-larks and a little friarbird against a bush-stone curlew. The curlew prevailed without leaving the ground. #photography #birds #curlew #nature #wildlife #ECK

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Juveniles, Alt is #Green Herewith some delinquents Nankeen night heron, Jacana, Chestnut-breasted mannikin, Little heron, Torresian crow, white-bellied sea-eagle #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #ECK

Good morning! In the Antipodes it's Spring - nesting time Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seasonal Ibis carrying twigs, er, *branches* to build the nest #photography #birds #ibis #nature #wildlife #Spring #nesting #gift #ECK

AB's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White Currawong alighting, Bald Knob #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #gift #ECK

Good morning! Bald Knob - waiting for breakfast Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleLegs, Alt theme is #Brown, any bird with a brown background. #photography #birds #BaldKnob #Scaly-breastedLorikeets #nature #wildlife #gift #ECK

There's something about this Great Blue Heron in a snag that keeps catching my eye as I look through my photos. #BirdOfTheDay #dusk #birds #GreatBlueHeron #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Alan's amanuensis says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflection Time for reflection #photography #birds #darter #nature #wildlife #ClassicMono #repost #ECK

Alan's amanuensis says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflection Love is a circle #photography #birds #eastern-great-egret #ClassicMono #nature #wildlife #repost #gift #ECK

Alan's amanuensis says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflection Just one egret #photography #birds #eastern-great-egret #nature #wildlife #repost #ECK

Alan's amanuensis says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflection Rainbow reflection #photography #birds #rainbow-bee-eater #nature #wildlife #repost #ECK

Alan's amanuensis says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflection Wagtail breakfast #photography #birds #willy-wagtail #nature #wildlife #ECK

#photography #nature #landscape #japanesegarden #pinkmon #coloraday #ECK

Good morning! Brisbane river dawn I don’t usually post videos, this one could be a still photo but for the birdsong. #photography #video #birds #dawn #birdsong #peaceful #gift #BlueSkyMonday #ECK

Time for #ForestFriday! This will be my last Friday co-hosting #ForestFriday as I am stepping down. Rest assured I will still be enjoying the wonderful posts from you! I love the energy and love of nature found in this hashtag. You are all awesome! #ECK #Hiking #Nature #Photography #Painting

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Dusk I've been off the air a while, so here is a catch-up... Australasian darter at sunset #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Dusk I've been off the air a while, so here is a catch-up... Ibis at sunset #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Dawn I've been off the air a while, so here is a catch-up... Three pelicans against the dawn sky #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Dawn I've been off the air a while, so here is a catch-up... Australian ibis flight in the dawn sky #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Dawn I've been off the air a while, so here is a catch-up... Kookaburra silhouette at dawn #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Dawn I've been off the air a while, so here is a catch-up... Willy-wagtail dawn breakfast in the water-lilies #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ECK

#photography #nature #seacape #blueskyartshow #weather #ECK

Those details.. #photography #nature #seacape #skyscape #scape #ECK #storm

#photography #nature #seascape #gift #madeira #pauldomar #ECK

Vale Margaret, yet another pioneering woman in a field that has sadly excluded women in later years. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Vale Richard... He was a lovely person, I knew him at Adelaide Uni when we were both undergraduates doing drama. A sad loss. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies Ibis and moon #photography #birds #ibis #moon #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies Golden hour lorikeets #photography #birds #lorikeet #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies Welcome swallow and crescent moon #photography #birds #swallow #moon #ECK

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #Black&Red Red-tailed black cockatoo taking off with a seed in its beak A repost, but perfect for the theme #photography #birds #Litchfield #NT #ECK

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #Black&Red, Alt theme is #LongBeak A twofer, Australian white ibis landing #photography #birds #ibis #SandyCamp #gift #ECK

Good Morning! Mooloolah Valley mist from Bald Knob #photography #landscape #sunrise #mist #Mooloolah #gift #ECK

#photography #nature #landscape #blueskymonday #mountainmonday #nepal #travelphotography #ECK

Helen Bennett 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CaptionThatBird "What do you mean, 'anthropomorphism'!!!?" #photography #birds #currawong #nature #wildlife #humour #ECK

Madeira, Portugal #photography #nature #landscape #fog #mist #stunday #ECK

#Photography #ECK #Scape #ForestFriday #Sunrise

scape #Scape #Photography #ECK #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #Lumix

“I would not call myself a philosopher of plants; perhaps I am simply a listener to them.” ― Suman Pokhrel off to see the wizard I hope I don't miss much😉🧡

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsWithBerries Botanists, look away, berries / fruit / achenes... Figbird succumbing to nominative determinism #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #ECK

#photography #nature #sunset #seascape #storm #ECK

TIL that a French idiom for dusk or twilight is "entre chien et loup", something my schoolboy French didn't include, and I'm entranced 🤩

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Silhouette Too many... #3 miscellany honeyeater, miner, wagtails, ibis, pelicans, magpie geese, crows, pigeon post #ClassicMono #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #gift #ECK

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Silhouette I have too many... #2 Other sunrise and sunset shots Australasian darter, ducks, white-bellied sea eagle, ibis #photography #birds #sunrise #nature #wildlife #gift #ECK