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#magpie #spaday #birdsofoz #gardensforwildlife #ballarat

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Two welcome swallows are sitting on some strange metal construction that looks like it could be a handle for a roof ladder, or… who knows? Corrugated metal roofing underneath, clear blue sky above. The birds have white bellies, orangey-brown faces and heads, black wings, as seen from below.

Two welcome swallows are sitting on some strange metal construction that looks like it could be a handle for a roof ladder, or… who knows? Corrugated metal roofing underneath, clear blue sky above. The birds have white bellies, orangey-brown faces and heads, black wings, as seen from below.

Very kind of the Queens Wharf Hotel to provide this little perch for welcome swallows.

#NewcastleAU #NewcastleNSW #BirdsOfOz

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The surf might have been really rough but a bird's gotta eat. This black shag didn't seem to be at all bothered by it, and I saw it swallow at least one crash l catch while I was there.

#NewcastleAU #NewcastleNSW #BirdsOfOz

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The surf might have been really rough but a bird's gotta eat. This black shag didn't seem to be at all bothered by it, and I saw it swallow at least one crash l catch while I was there.

#NewcastleAU #NewcastleNSW #BirdsOfOz

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Large white parrots with yellow crests are scrounging around on the ground under trees, munching on dropped cones (small round Afrocarpus cones). There's a large traffic sign facing away, showing only the bare metal back, across a footpath.

Large white parrots with yellow crests are scrounging around on the ground under trees, munching on dropped cones (small round Afrocarpus cones). There's a large traffic sign facing away, showing only the bare metal back, across a footpath.

Another group of large white parrots with yellow crests is happily ripping up the grass under casuarina trees next to a footpath. There's the bare metal back of another traffic sign, a wooden lamppost, and houses in the background.

Another group of large white parrots with yellow crests is happily ripping up the grass under casuarina trees next to a footpath. There's the bare metal back of another traffic sign, a wooden lamppost, and houses in the background.

Please excuse photographs from the back of a bus, but this is what the north-west corner of Lambton Road and Bridges Road, New Lambton NSW is like in Autumn: parrots. Lots of parrots.

There's a bunch of Afrocarpus trees there, and sulfur-crested cockatoos love […]

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Gray-crowned Babbler 'Pomatostomus temporalis' from the Rapid Creek foreshore

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia #birdsofoz

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Little Friarbird 'Philemon citreogularis' from the Nightcliff foreshore, Darwin #Australia

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Another handsome Red-tailed Black Cockatoo 'Calyptorhynchus banksii' from Darwin #Australia

#birdsofoz #BirdsSeenIn2026

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A swamp hen (NZ: pūkeko) and a smaller bird (maybe a juvenile swamp hen or moor hen?) grazing on the grass next to a footpath, while a greater egret stands on the pipe fence overlooking the stormwater drain. A stop sign, a left lane must turn left sign, traffic, and a petrol station in the background.

A swamp hen (NZ: pūkeko) and a smaller bird (maybe a juvenile swamp hen or moor hen?) grazing on the grass next to a footpath, while a greater egret stands on the pipe fence overlooking the stormwater drain. A stop sign, a left lane must turn left sign, traffic, and a petrol station in the background.

A closer look at the great egret on the pipe fence, overlooking the stormwater drain with bulrushes in it and a willow hanging down into it. By this stage the egret is starting to grumble (pretty sure it's telling us to fuck off!)

A closer look at the great egret on the pipe fence, overlooking the stormwater drain with bulrushes in it and a willow hanging down into it. By this stage the egret is starting to grumble (pretty sure it's telling us to fuck off!)

A swamp hen (NZ: pūkeko) grazing grass next to the road, while a little pied shag sits on the pipe fence overlooking a stormwater drain. In the drain you can see the back ends of two moor hens. Lots of bulrushes growing alongside the drain, and taro growing in it. Willows and other trees behind, a busy road to the left.

A swamp hen (NZ: pūkeko) grazing grass next to the road, while a little pied shag sits on the pipe fence overlooking a stormwater drain. In the drain you can see the back ends of two moor hens. Lots of bulrushes growing alongside the drain, and taro growing in it. Willows and other trees behind, a busy road to the left.

Walking back from Bibina to a bus stop, we came across this lovely bunch of birds around a storm water channel. Right next to the very busy Hillsborough Road.

"Birds of a feather", etc.

#LakeMacquarie #BirdsOfOz

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Little Black Cormorant 'Phalacrocorax sulcirostris' seen at Fog Dam #Australia earlier this year.

#birdsofoz #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Plumed Egret 'Ardea plumifera' from Fog Dam, NT, #Australia early last month

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Little Egret 'Egretta garzetta' another bird from Fog Dam, outside of Darwin #Australia early last month
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Spangled Drongo 'Dicrurus bracteatus' from East Point, Darwin, #Australia last month
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia #birdsofoz

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Great Egret 'Ardea alba' from The amazing Fog Dam, #Australia, in early February, when the dam overflows and many feasting birds can be seen
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Orange-footed Scrubfowl 'Megapodius reinwardt' seems well adapted to urban Darwin

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #Australia #birdsofoz

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Broad-billed Flycatcher 'Myiagra ruficollis ' another #BirdsSeenIn2026 and my second on #inaturalist. Caught it on my phone at #Nightcliff #Australia

#aves #wildoz #birdsofoz

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Grey-tailed Tattler 'Tringa brevipes' from Lee Point, Darwin Australia from earlier last month.

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo sitting on a Banksia bush

Female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo sitting on a Banksia bush

My Bluesky feed is full of horrors so it is time for a bird photo.

A regular visitor to my garden that kindly lends a hand with pruning.

#wildoz #birdsofoz #backyardbirds

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Several Rainbow lorikeets tucking into the scraps of a meal left on plate on a wooden table under cover. One is sitting on the back of a chair contemplating whether to return for more or leave with a full belly

Several Rainbow lorikeets tucking into the scraps of a meal left on plate on a wooden table under cover. One is sitting on the back of a chair contemplating whether to return for more or leave with a full belly

Lorikeets feeding on food scraps as in the previous image, from further away, showing the other tables and chairs under cover at the café

Lorikeets feeding on food scraps as in the previous image, from further away, showing the other tables and chairs under cover at the café

Lunch on the way home from Toowoomba at a lovely café at Highfields yesterday. Some of the locals were clearing up :)

#AustraliaBirds #Birds #BirdsOfOz #AustralianWildlife

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A water bird with a purple chest, black wings and head, a red beak, and huge pink feet stands on a rusty railway track. There's green grass and light brown casuarina trash between the tracks. Lush green bush behind.

A water bird with a purple chest, black wings and head, a red beak, and huge pink feet stands on a rusty railway track. There's green grass and light brown casuarina trash between the tracks. Lush green bush behind.

From Thursday's walk to get groceries: a swamp hen posing on an old railway track.

#LakeMacquarie #BirdsOfOz

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A large white-bellied sea eagle soaring high in a clear blue sky, above three smaller birds flying.

A large white-bellied sea eagle soaring high in a clear blue sky, above three smaller birds flying.

The classic V shape of a soaring eagle, in a clear blue sky above casuarina tree tops.

The classic V shape of a soaring eagle, in a clear blue sky above casuarina tree tops.

A pelican standing on the bar of a lamppost next to a busy roadway. Clouds low in a blue sky behind, casuarina trees below.

A pelican standing on the bar of a lamppost next to a busy roadway. Clouds low in a blue sky behind, casuarina trees below.

A closer shot of the pelican on the lamppost. It's attention is drawn to something outside the photograph – another two pelicans flying past. Blue sky with low clouds behind.

A closer shot of the pelican on the lamppost. It's attention is drawn to something outside the photograph – another two pelicans flying past. Blue sky with low clouds behind.

Five Islands Bridge bird report for yesterday:

Northwards, from the bus:

• swans swimming in the bay on the lake
• 2 pelicans loafing on lampposts
• 1 pelican standing on a lamppost

Southwards, walking:

• 1 pelican standing on a lamppost, scratching
• 1 […]

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I snuck up on this Great Crested Tern 'Thalasseus bergii' at Lee Point, Darwin #Australia

www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #birdsofoz

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Blue-winged Kookaburra 'Dacelo leachii' watching the sunset in Darwin #Australia

www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz #birdsofoz #inaturalist

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Silver-backed Butcherbird "Cracticus argenteus" from Charles Darwin National Park, Darwin, #Australia
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz #wildoz #aves

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Four tawny frogmouth birds lined up on the branch of the eucalypt. They are grey/brown in colour. It is difficult to tell which ones are the babies now as they have mostly lost their fluffy feathers.

Four tawny frogmouth birds lined up on the branch of the eucalypt. They are grey/brown in colour. It is difficult to tell which ones are the babies now as they have mostly lost their fluffy feathers.

Tawny frogger update. The baby tawny frogmouths are growing up!! The family together today. #birds #birdsofOz #birdlife

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Be the tree with Mama.
#birds #tawnyfrogmouth #birdsofoz

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Tawny frogger update. Beautiful family ! #birds #birdlife #birdsofoz

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Close up of Brown Goshawk head frowning while looking at the camera through some twigs

Close up of Brown Goshawk head frowning while looking at the camera through some twigs

Ambush Hunter

A Brown Goshawk ready to pounce.

I was once swooped by one of these guys. No idea why. I guess I was unwittingly near a nest. Or it took offence to my photography skills.

I promise you if you think being swooped by a Magpie is bad, these are a hell of a lot scarier.

#birdsofoz

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Rufous-banded Honeyeater 'Conopophila albogularis' another #BirdsSeenIn2026 this time from Darwin #Australia

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz
#birdsofoz

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Five Islands Bridge bird report:

· 2 pelicans sitting on the bar of 1 lamppost
· 1 pelican standing on the lamp of another, scratching
· 2 black swans in Cockle Creek

#LakeMacquarie #BirdsOfOz

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