Eastern Rosella. We normally only get the Crimson ones around here, so it's nice to see one of these dudes for a change.

#easternrosella #australianbirds #canberrabirds

side profile of a red and green juvenile crimson rosella in front of a green leafy background

Top tip for taking bird photos: plant a tree that's full of seeds they like, then wait...

Juvenile crimson rosella nomming on our bookleaf pine tree.

📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 f4.5-6.3
ƒ/6.3 | 1/1000s | 400mm | ISO2500

#sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #crimsonrosella #australianbirds #canberrabirds

sulfur-crested cockatoo sitting in a tree nomming on a seed nut

Hullo, cockie!

📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 f4.5-6.3
f6.3 | 1/800s | 400mm | ISO 4000

#sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #australianbirds #sulphurcrestedcockatoo #canberrabirds

A close photo of a Royal Spoonbill, and very dramatic looking waterbird. It has a long completely black bill with a spoon shape. It feeds by swishing this through the water to filter food. The black of the bill continues up to its face where it has a yellow eyebrow and a bright red triangle on its forehead. The face and some of the neck are naked of feathers. The rest of the bird is covered in short, fluffy-looking white feathers. It also has a very long and swishy crest of straight white feathers draped behind its head. Behind it can be seen the surface of the pond. I walked down a path and the bird was less than ten feet away! It retreated a distance but when I stayed quiet and still, it gradually resumed feeding and wandering around in the pond. Bird watching is amazing.

This very pretty duck is a Hardhead and this is the male with a bright white eye and a white tip on the end of its black bill. Overall the duck is dark brown, with a richer, redder brown on its head. It has a little tuft of white feathers visible near its butt. It's swimming on fairly still pond water. There are a couple of reeds in the foreground one of which is over the duck's body, but not enough to obscure it entirely. I also got some nice clear shots of female Hardheads. This was a new duck to me, so that's exciting. Would anyone else think it's exciting? Hard to say. Duck joy is so subjective.

Another bird watching trip this morning, this time to the Gungahlin Valley Ponds. A new duck for my list and a lovely encounter with a very brave Royal Spoonbill. #photography #CanberraBirds

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#LetsGoBirding #LowCarbonBirding #nocmig #ornithology #birb #borb
#ausbird #australianbirds #canberrabirds #easternrosella #canonr7
#mulligansflat

Blue faced honey eater/electrician

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Three bush-stone curlews standing on the ground, in front of a shed in the evening

Close-up of a cartoon bush stone-curlew's face

Some drawings of bush stone-curlews from my ongoing Canberra Birds artwork series: www.stuartmcmillen.com/birds/bush-s... #CanberraBirds #BirdoftheYear

A bit of a different setting for this one (I’m not joining the priesthood yet) but it was a great honour to talk about my project at the #CanberraBirds meeting on Wednesday night. @sramellini.bsky.social also gave an awesome presentation on his fairywren sociality study!

📸 @franhckr.bsky.social

Crimson Rosella in our front yard this morning.

📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/30s, 400mm, ISO100

#spnyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #crimsonrosella #australianbirds #canberrabirds

Some more views of the Belconnen Penis Owl scene

#CanberraBirds #BelconnenPenisOwl #BelconnenOwl

Barn owl at the Belconnen Owl

From my #CanberraBirds artwork series #BelconnenPenisOwl #BelconnenOwl

A spotted pardalote sits on a brick window ledge. Its wings and the top of its head are black with lots of small white spots. Its breast is pale, with a bright orange patch under its chin.

Spotted Pardalote, our backyard, early October.

You buy just one big ol' zoom lens and all of a sudden you find yourself turning into a bird photographer...

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Some more views of the Superb fairywren scene
#CanberraBirds #SuperbFairywren #PaperbarkTreehouse

Superb fairywren at the Paperbark Treehouse, Canberra.

From my #CanberraBirds artwork series
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