Woohoo! My beloved tawny frogmouth wins at last!
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Here’s how the rankings broke down in the final vote:
Tawny frogmouth
Baudin’s black cockatoo
Gang-gang cockatoo
Willie wagtail
Bush stone-curlew - not on poster :-(
Laughing kookaburra
Southern emu-wren
Spotted pardalote
Wedge-tailed eagle
Little penguin
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Mottled grey feathers fluffed and gazing down a long sharp beak into the camera with soft brown eyes. Young magpies are delightfully engaging. Left me with a warble or two.
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Australian Magpie juvenile
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Still voting for Team #SpottedPardalote - with a couple setting up home on our back verandah, I have to be in their team for #AustralianBirdOfTheYear.
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Team #BushStoneCurlew
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Nominate your favourite #bird for #AustralianBirdOfTheYear. I've just nominated the spotted #pardalote, as a pair of them cheep away outside our back door. Their crucial ecological role as psyllid ('lerp') control matches their undeniable beauty. 🪶 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fifty birds. Two weeks. Only one winner.
#TeamIbis FTW @Wingtags #AustralianBirdOfTheYear www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interacti...