Ben J. (Proteros)

Beautiful! I love the lighting, how did you get such a dark background?

I am going to have to delay my first post. I am sorry, I have been very busy with my photography and horticulture studies, which are going very well.

I do promise you I am cooking up something I am sure you will enjoy very much, trust me on it. Quality always takes place over quantity!

Probably neither. Baby parrots have exactly 1 brain cell each, and sometimes it is not in use. This is probably one of those cases. 🤣🤣🤣

Either way, they are adorable little dinguses, and I love them very much. 💚

A handful of little green beans! 🥺

My apologies, everyone. I will be moving #ThreatenedSpeciesOfTheWeek to Mondays, so that each post is on the first day of the week, not the last.

Stay tuned, my first post will be of a very rare and lonely species, with the entire population descending from the first and ONLY individual ever found.

The goobers 🥺

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I look forward to sharing these facts with you. I hope to bring more awareness to the plight of threatened species all around the world so that we can help save them.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! 💚🌲🌵🪲🦎

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I will be researching and typing these facts out by myself, and sharing my image and information sources in the alt text captions.

Species across all kingdoms and phyla will be represented. I will try to have an even representation for all different kinds of taxa.

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Hello, everyone.

I am here to announce that I'll be starting a new series of posts tagged #ThreatenedSpeciesOfTheWeek!

Every Sunday, I will share a photo and facts about an #Endangered or #CriticallyEndangered species on the #IUCNRedList that I think deserves much more love and recognition.

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Wishing you all the best of luck!

Unfortunately, I cannot help as I'm all the way in New South Wales and I am currently very busy studying horticulture. However, this is the kind of work I aim to get myself involved in, whenever I have the time to.

Photograph from December 2015 of a male Australian King Parrot standing on a wooden railing. The bird is bright red and green, with distinctive yellow markings on his tail and the top of his head (though the marking on the head is difficult to see in this photo).

Photograph from February 2026 of the same bird perched on a tree branch in dappled sunlight looking much the same as he did 10 years ago.

Yellow Tail returned to our garden this week, marking a major milestone: I've been photographing this beautiful wild King Parrot for over 10 years now!!!

First photo: 21/12/2015
Latest photo: 09/02/2026
#birds

Beautiful photo! Red-tails are one of my favourite cockatoos simply because of how pretty they are! 🖤❤️

I think "Bugger off, ya c**t" is more appropriate for a rainbow lorikeet to say 😂😂😂

I take no 'sides' in war. The only 'side' I stand with is humanity.

I stand with *people* of all countries, races, religions and ages.

I stand against violence, terrorism, warfare and genocide, no matter who the victims and perpetrators are.

Because we are all human. 🌏☮️

#worldpeace #nomorewar

Both Hamas and the Israeli Defense Force need to back down, stop fighting and be held accountable for their war crimes.

Innocent civilians in #Israel and #Gaza should not be displaced, wounded or killed simply because those in power do not like each other.

Humanity is better than this.

#nomorewar

My take on the war in #Israel and #Palestine is that I simply wish for it to end.

People shouldn't be killing each other over trivial differences such as race and religion because we are all human. We all bleed red. Tears mean the same in every language.

#Nomorewar #Nomoregenocide. #worldpeace

daily dose of green in rain ... west coast Canada
#photography #nature #trees #canada #landscape #fujifilm #forest #rainforest #vancouver #fog #rain

In the meantime, I am very happy to say that now I will be studying horticulture! I hope to gain a lot more knowledge and experience in working with plants, and I hope to meet some wonderful new people as well. 🌿💚

My apologies for my lack of content lately. I have been very busy over the past couple of weeks.

I will be sharing some more of my photography here soon, and hopefully get around to posting all my recent nature photos as observations on iNaturalist and eBird.

Yothu Yindi - Djapana (Official Video) YouTube video by YothuYindiVEVO

Solidarity with Australia's First Nations Peoples, on a day of grieving & survival. A reminder to all, that that the oldest, continuous, living culture on Earth deserves an Australia Day that they can celebrate as well, that isn't #InvasionDay
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#ChangeTheDate
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Look at (and listen to) this ABSOLUTE UNIT!

In a world full of hatred and cruelty, be brave enough to be loving and kind.

Having a warm heart in a cold world is strength, not weakness. 💚🌏

Terrorizing innocent people who just want to live in peace and provide for themselves and their families is NOT "protecting the country from crime."

I stand in solidarity with all good people and communties who are affected by ICE and their brutal campaigns. ☮️ #FuckICE #AbolishICE #RacismNotWelcome

Nice! They're such adorable little tennis balls, aren't they?

Thank you! It's a photo I took of a male Red-rumped parrot, one of my favourite birds. I really like yours too. Is it an Elegant, Rock or Blue-winged parrot?

A photograph of a Laughing kookaburra, (Dacelo novaeguineae) a large Australian kingfisher, perched up high in a tree and in full focus, the leafy green background blurred. The word "kookaburra" derives from the Wiradjuri word "guuguubarra," in reference to the distinctive call the bird is well known for. Photo taken in Bulli, NSW in September 2025

A photograph of an Australasian or Purple swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) standing and bending down in shallow water, perhaps for a drink. It is a mostly black bird with a characteristic purplish-blue front and belly and a large, triangular red bill with a keratinous, red 'shield' on the forehead. This bird is also native to New Zealand, where it is known as the pūkeko. Photo taken in Campbelltown, NSW in May 2025

A photograph of a male Superb fairywren, (Malurus cyaneus) a tiny blue bird native to eastern Australia. He is perched on a thin stem of a weed and is in breeding plumage with luminous light blue feathers on the crown, nape and cheeks. The rest of the bird is brown, light grey and black. Like other fairy wrens, it has a long, erect tail, giving it a distinctive and easily identifiable shape. Photo taken in Campbelltown, NSW in November, 2025

A photograph of a Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) stretching itself upright to feed on the nectar of a bright red Grevillea inflorescence which contrasts greatly against the blurred green foliage of the background. Little wattlebirds are honeyeaters who are frequently seen around large flowering native trees and shrubs. They are mostly grey and patterned with white stripes like their larger, more well-known relative, the Red wattlebird. (Anthochaera carunculata) However, they lack the diagnostic yellow belly and red wattles. Photo taken in Bulli, NSW in September, 2025

Joining in on the #PortfolioDay trend, my name is Ben, but you can also call me Proteros.

I'm a photographer from Sydney who focuses mainly on flowers and birds, though I sometimes do other animals and landscapes. Here's just a few of my favourite bird pics from last year that I haven't yet shared:

Love it!!

"Generative" AI does not generate anything. In fact, it does the complete opposite; it steals a bunch of REAL images without people's consent and DEGENERATES them into an awful amalgamation of pixels.

Let us call it out for what it is, degenerative garbage

#aislop #fuckai #aiartisnotart #fuckaiart

Gotta love how AI-generated slop is exactly like an invasive species now; everywhere and nearly impossible to get rid of.

Literally, it is EVERYWHERE. Even in places you would least expect like antique shops, art competitions and artist conventions. Ugh.

#aislop #aiartisnotart #fuckaiart #fuckai