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  1. Singing

    Singing

    Do they sing? LOL. Well he looks pretty happy anyway. Another species in the line-up on the shingle. I still can't get over how big they are.
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    • 2019 albany australia australian pelican little grove nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. A crestie

    A crestie

    .... but a darn sight bigger than the 'crestie' we know and love in Scotland LOL Another tern hanging out on the beach were some Great Crested Terns. Nice looking guys aren't they.
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    • 2019 albany australia great crested tern little grove nikon coolpix p900 november thalasseus bergii western australia
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Togetherness

    Togetherness

    On the shingle bank just past the two swallows were a rather cosy looking pair.... A Great Cormorant and a Silver Gull. Social distancing hadn't arrived, or even been thought of in November!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia chroicocephalus novaehollandiae great cormorant little grove nikon coolpix p900 phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae silver gull western australia
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Who doesn't love...

    Who doesn't love...

    .... babies? We left the hide and followed the path to the shore, and there, on an old fence post sat these two adorable Welcome Swallow fledglings!! Adorable!
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    • albany fledglings hirundo neoxena welcome swallow western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. It'd been a few weeks

    It'd been a few weeks

    .... well a month actually, since I last saw a Caspian Tern, my last day with Ken when we went to Bribie Island on the 4th October! So I must say it was lovely to be reacquainted with them here. Terns are one of my favourite species.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia caspian tern hydroprogne caspia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. The chase is on

    The chase is on

    Out on the mud was a Greenshank being chased by a White-faced Heron. I don't really know what that was all about. The was the first Greenshank I'd seen in Australia, but not a Lifer of course, as they do breed up here in Scotland. I guess he would be migrating back north soon.
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    • 2019 albany australia common greenshank egretta novaehollandiae little grove nikon coolpix p900 november tringa nebularia western australia white-faced heron
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Spoonies

    Spoonies

    The next morning June and I were up early to go down to the hide. The tides in this harbour seemed to be really complex, not just an hour later than I'm used to LOL. For some reason I always had difficult focusing properly on birds out on the mud, which was really frustrating. However, one of...
    • delia todd
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    • albany western australia yellow-billed spoonbill
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Mystery

    Mystery

    Alex and June also had a Zebra Finch gracing their garden, but it's rather a mystery as to where it came from. They'd thought it must have escaped from a neighbour's aviary as the nearest wild populations are a few hundred kilometers away. He didn't have a ring on. A conversation with the...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november taeniopygia guttata western australia zebra finch
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Goblinette

    Goblinette

    .... or whatever the feminine term is for a Goblin LOL. Thanks to Jonno, who found that a Redcap is also a goblin from the Borders (Scotland/England... particularly Northumberland) folklore. She looks rather benign, really, not the described .... malevolent and murderous!!! I didn't see so...
    • delia todd
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    • albany female red-capped parrot western australia
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Ablaze

    Ablaze

    This is the father of the juvenile Red-eared Firetail I showed you yesterday. A lot more 'fire' about him, isn't there LOL
    • delia todd
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    • albany male red-eared firetail western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Happy

    Happy

    Another new species for me on our return. These Laughing Doves are one of two species which have been introduced to Australia; this one confined to Western Australia. It also completes a page in my guide book, so a bit of a milestone, all 6 of them!!! Rather pretty birds, aren't they.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia laughing dove little grove nikon coolpix p900 november streptopelia senegalensis western australia
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Military Police

    Military Police

    Back at home after our leg stretch, more joys awaited, the first of which was a Red-capped Parrot. Big, and colourful and wonderful and a joy to see throughout my stay with Alex and June. Re the caption: The Military Police here are nicknamed Redcaps as that is the colour of their berets. I...
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    • albany male red-capped parrot western australia
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Scavengers

    Scavengers

    A bit easier to see were these two Australian Ibis... they do rather stand out, don't they LOL
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    • 2019 albany australia australian ibis little grove nikon coolpix p900 november threskiornis molucca western australia
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Red-neck

    Red-neck

    The tide was well out when we got to the hide overlooking the Princess Royal Harbour... but at least we were stretching our legs! Out on the mud (where else do you find these?) were a few Red-necked Stints. Another strange coincidence, I'd seen these on my first day birding in Brisbane with...
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    • 2019 albany australia calidris ruficollis nikon coolpix p900 princess royal harbour red-necked stint rushy point western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Splendid

    Splendid

    After a welcome cuppie following a long day's travelling it was time for a little exercise, so June took me down to the bay. As we walked along the road, which was lined on both sides by wide grassy verges in front of the houses, there in the middle were a pair of the most beautiful Splendid...
    • delia todd
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    • albany male malurus splendens splendid fairywren western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. The 'eyes' have it

    The 'eyes' have it

    Alex and June have a really healthy population of birds in the garden, particularly the beautiful little Silvereyes. Not a Lifer, of course, as I'd seen my first one at in Brisbane, all those weeks ago with Ken. But previously I'd really only seen singletons, not groups such as this little bunch.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november silvereye western australia zosterops lateralis
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. On fire

    On fire

    The next morning I had to be at Adelaide airport check-in for about 5am for the 6am flight to Perth, so we were there just as dawn was breaking. What surprised me was that Peter and Adrienne were allowed to escort me right up to the departure lounge (thought you had to have tickets to get that...
    • delia todd
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    • albany juvenile red-eared firetail western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. What happened there?

    What happened there?

    .... is the look on this youngster's face I thought. He'd just had a bath and had water flying everywhere (I couldn't even see what bird it was); this was taken just as he stopped and was about to shake himself.
    • delia todd
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    • albany juvenile red-eared firetail saturday fun
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Australian Magpie

    Australian Magpie

    Adult Australian Magpie - Race - dorsalis
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    • albany australia magpie
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  20. Australian Magpie

    Australian Magpie

    Photographed at Albany Fort, Albany, Western Australia
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    • albany australia magpie
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