Birds in our World with Keith Ireland
I have actually been asked on a variety of events if I have actually ever come face to face with a snake while I was going through the bush or when I have actually been being in my conceal.
There have actually been a couple of times when I have actually needed to freeze and stay completely still, hoping a snake would carry on in another instructions to where I was.
One example of this was when I was photographing the Spectacled Monarch envisioned here.
We were on vacations with family on the Sunshine Coast. Their property backed onto the bush which lead down to a creek. There were constantly birds calling out so I made a number of journeys checking out the bush location.
On this day, I found a set of Monarchs busily building their nest in a low fork of a tree.
I used up a position standing behind a thick tree a couple of meters back from the nest. I was relatively well covered and might rest the electronic camera versus the tree. The birds appeared to take no notification of me.
I remained there for about half an hour throughout which time I took some beautiful shots of the birds at work. Then the birds appeared to have actually stopped getting here which I believed was weird so I chose I’d go. Some impulse made me examine around.
About the exact same range as I was from the birds, however out to the side, I saw this big black snake a minimum of 2 meters long, enjoying me. I froze on the area.
I don’t understand for how long it had actually existed however for approximately 10 minutes which appeared like an eternity, neither people moved. Then the snake started however luckily, far from me, heading down towards the creek.
