Author Koh Lin ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦
The dictionary interprets the word ‘reflection’ as
an instance of reflecting especially, (as in the return of light or sound waves from a surface); the production of an image by or as if by a mirror; the action of bending or folding back, as in a reflected part / fold.
…and as I sit here at my keyboard, reflecting on my life so far and the world at large, the turmoil of the past year and the unpredictable year to come, I can put those thoughts aside, and evoke a serenity by admiring the reflections of birds…
![Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/spiny-cheeked-honeyeater-202011021533-1024x762.jpg)
![Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/red-necked-avocet-dl-20150623-1204-1024x536.jpg)
![Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/zebra-finch-201902195122dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/black-necked-stilt-dl-20170701-0735-1024x762.jpg)
![Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/galah-eolophus-roseicapilla-202106060281dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Mulga Parrot (Psephotellus varius)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/mulga-parrot-202107040449dl-1024x762.jpg)
![White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/white-faced-heron-20160114_2633dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/crimson-chat-202106029370dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Willy Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/willy-wagtail-rhipidura-leucophrys-202106029898dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/crimson-chat-202106029575dl-sam-1024x762.jpg)
![Flock Bronzewing (Phaps histrionica), Central Australia](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flock-bronzewing-202105228738dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Painted Finch (Emblema pictum), Central Australia](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/painted-finch-emblema-pictum-20210515-8001dl-1024x741.jpg)
![Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/crested-pigeon-kunoth-bore-202107252644dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Mulga Parrot (Psephotellus varius)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/mulga-parrot-202108150219dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus), Kunoth Bore, NT](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cockatiel-nymphicus-hollandicus-202108150474B-dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera), Central Australia](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/common-bronzewing-202107110887dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/willie-wagtail-rhipidura-leucophrys-202106171618dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Red-necked Avocets (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/red-necked-avocet-202108140100dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/black-swan-202107191783dl-1024x762.jpg)
![Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)](https://ausemade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/budgerigar-melopsittacus-undulatus-202105037077dl-1024x536.jpg)
Many thanks to Dorothy L. for her photographs.