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    Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"

    Now back three years ago My wife and I were being conveyed in a bus through Boston and when we stopped at the lights at Charles Street South, the driver told us to look to our right and we would see the bronze statue of Edger Allan Poe. A small section of the city is actually dubbed “Edgar Allan...
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    An Easter Mystery

    Why did the chicken cross the road at Easter? Take a look at what he saw on the other side.
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    A pure White Kookaburra

    A very rare white Kookaburra seen and photographed by a lucky person in Queensland. It is most probably the result of a condition called leucism Leucism, is an abnormal plumage condition caused by a genetic mutation that prevents pigment, particularly melanin, from being properly deposited on a...
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    A Nightingale was unlikely to sing in Berkely Square

    Eric Maschwitz wasn’t mistaken when he wrote about the nightingale. In fact he knew very well that Berkeley Square was the last place on earth you would expect to hear a nightingale. But the possibility of one doing this conjures up thoughts of Romantic and dangerous times. Vera Lynn, the blitz...
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    The Bandicoot and the Corella both want the seed tray

    This is our front yard in Perth, where we daily feed a pair of Corellas and a Bandicoot. The Bandicoot gets to have the seed tray after the day dims and the birds depart. But this morning for the first time the Bandicoot came to eat the bird's seed. The Corellas tried to scare him off with the...
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    A bird from the desert near Dubai

    On a trip to Dubai, we did a bus tour out into the desert to see the sun go down in the desert dunes. People sit on lounge chairs set up for that purpose. Being from Australia that wasn't that novel, so wandering around I came across this bird. I have looked at photos of many bird species that...
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    THE INCREDIBLE PSYCHOLOGICAL POWER OF THE COLLARED SPARROW HAWK

    The first and last thing many birds see is this sight in the sky. Where I live opposite a large park full of many species of birds I have noted times when the chatter of virtually twenty species comes to a dead stop. This is generally after an alarm call from a small bird, like Drrrrrrrrr. All...
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    MAN REVIVES A DROWNED KOOKABURRA.

    This seemingly appears to be a miracle. The man virtually bought the kookaburra back from the dead. Great save.
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    WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BLACK SWANS SURFING WITH THE PEOPLE

    How incredible it is to see these wild black swans surfing with the people. A Dad even has to lift his child up so the swan can surf by. Virtually a freshwater lake and river bird. How they got into saltwater ocean surfing is unimaginable.
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    BELOW THEM, THE WAVES

    I have just returned from cruising the Great Barrier Reef in the Royal Caribbean liner 'Quantum of the Seas'. Out there beyond the reef about three hundred miles is a marvelous bird habitat called Willis Island. Willis Island is the furthest weather station east of Australia and is inhabited all...
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    Raiders of the lost dog kibbles

    I have this pair of Australian Pied Butcher birds that have made my property their home. The old female on the right seems to be getting ready to lay eggs. Her male partner on the left seems much younger. Butcher birds have an incredible voice. They seem to almost turn themselves inside out when...
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    Saving a Mopoke Owl

    THE MOPOKE OWL Well, yesterday I heard all this noise of excited magpies over the road from our house and I went out to investigate. About half a dozen Magpies had a Mopoke owl cornered underneath a parked car. I was able to shoo the magpies away which allowed the Mopoke to make a break for it...
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    THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

    Queen of the Night jungle cactus. We have this fantastic plant in our garden called Queen of the Night. It is a night-blooming cactus with large, white, fragrant, spider-like flowers in a fantastic display. It is an epiphyte, meaning it grows on trees for support without harming them. It...
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    You don't use fly spray to kill lobsters

    SLATERS IN THE GARDEN Slaters are crustaceans and are related to crabs, lobsters and prawns. They are one of only two groups of crustaceans that left the water on a permanent basis and still need some moisture to survive. They have changed very little since they first moved on to land. To me...
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    Wandering albatross

    A wandering albatross spotted off the WA coast was the oldest in recorded Australian history at 46 years of age 6h ago This wandering albatross was recently spotted off WA's south coast with a tag visible on its leg. (Supplied: Nic Duncan/Naturaliste Charters)© Provided by ABC News (AU) The...
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    The battle for the bins

    Every day people in the cities of Australia have to battle the cockatoos and corellas for control of their wheeled rubbish bins. Because the bins have the swing lid so that the contents tip into the rubbish truck, latches can't be fitted and householders try putting bricks on the bin's top. So...
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    The Black Heron of Africa and its cloak and dagger operations

    How strange is evolution? There are many types of herons in the world. We have two here in Western Australia. The Blue/white-faced Heron and the Night Heron. But although all are waders and look the same, none of them learned how to hunt with this 'cloak and dagger' idiosyncrasy. When did they...
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    Surfing with Black Swans at an Australian beach

    We don't just have swans on lakes out here. We surf with them.
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    The Malibu Stork and its nest with three chicks. The Kangaroo returns momentarily due to public acclaim.

    Check our the chicks.
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    A trip to the real Australian outback and featuring the Fairy Martin

    This is the pictorial trip with photos I took myself. Some are of mud nesting receptacles in caves but I didn't take any nest photos nor is there copyright on the photos which I gladly share with the forum. I wanted to get this post done for the interest of members before I go. Here is the...
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    A true hero of the sky

    Christian Moullec from France rescues and hand raises orphan birds. He then teaches them to follow his micro-lite so they can learn safe migratory routes and go back home to nature. He is foremost a conservationist. Look at the bird interacting with the girl by letting her touch it...
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    Wild birds that have a close friend in another species

    Birds of a feather flock together they say. Well at our place in Perth we have a male pink and grey galah whose friend is a male speckled dove. They are seen eating together almost daily.
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    The Royal Albatross Centre of New Zealand

    If anyone ventures to New Zealand on a cruise liner most cruises if not all, go to the South Island. Now down there at the bottom of the world there is a city called Dunedin. Very beautiful and seems designed for cruise liners. When sailing away from Dunedin and rounding the Atago point to sail...
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    The Magellanic Penguin and the old man

    A Magellanic Penguin of South America befriends an old guy on a Brazillian Island
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    The White-breasted sea eagle of Oceana.

    An Aussie fishing with his best mate.
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