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  1. baillon's crake WW D500 300mm 2.8_DSC0276.jpg

    baillon's crake WW D500 300mm 2.8_DSC0276.jpg

    This Baillon's Crake appeared at the local wetlands for a few days and then disappeared.
  2. Budgerigars Drinking 2

    Budgerigars Drinking 2

    More budgies at the waterhole
  3. Budgerigars drinking

    Budgerigars drinking

    Budgerigars drinking
  4. Red-winged Parrot

    Red-winged Parrot

    Red-winged Parrot - male
  5. Pacific Black Duck

    Pacific Black Duck

    Pacific Black Duck
  6. Willie Wagtail

    Willie Wagtail

    Willie Wagtail
  7. Black-fronted Dotterels

    Black-fronted Dotterels

    Adult Black-fronted Dotterel with 2 youngsters.
  8. Spotted Bowerbird

    Spotted Bowerbird

    Spotted Bowerbird
  9. White-winged Triller

    White-winged Triller

    Male Whit-winged Triller
  10. White-winged Triller

    White-winged Triller

    HWite-winged Triller female feeding youngster
  11. White-winged Triller

    White-winged Triller

    White-winged Triller - female
  12. Channel-billed cuckoo.jpeg

    Channel-billed cuckoo.jpeg

    Spotted in Ryde NSW in January 2021.
  13. Blue-Faced Honeyeater

    Blue-Faced Honeyeater

    My first time seeing this bird.
  14. Brown Thornbill

    Brown Thornbill

    Brown Thornbill
  15. Choir practice

    Choir practice

    Australian Magpies having a sing-along.
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    20200618-_MG_3872.jpg

    Australian Pelican
  17. DSC_5778-2.jpg

    DSC_5778-2.jpg

    Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  18. DSC_8423-2.jpg

    DSC_8423-2.jpg

    Yellow tailed black Cockatoo
  19. DSC_7757-2.jpg

    DSC_7757-2.jpg

    Swamp Harrier soaring over local lagoon.
  20. Little Black Cormorant

    Little Black Cormorant

    I was taken by this Little Black Cormorant's eye colour in Manley, NSW
  21. Masked Lapwing 'novaehollandiae'

    Masked Lapwing 'novaehollandiae'

    Taken with my trusty minicam in Summer Bay, NSW....yes, the home of Aussie soap Home and Away for those who watch it!
  22. Chestnut Teal (male)

    Chestnut Teal (male)

    Chestnut Teal
  23. Australasian Swamphen

    Australasian Swamphen

    These large gallinules are fairly common in wetland areas but we also saw them in open fields. Known in New Zealand as the Pukeko, the Australasian Swamphen has been split from the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) following Garcia-R. and Trewick (2015). Australasian Swamphen has a...
  24. Maned Duck

    Maned Duck

    This is an adult male. Our field guides called this bird the "Australian Wood Duck" but Clements and most other authorities use "Maned Duck." Males have a narrow black "mane" down the middle of their nape. Seeing these birds grazing reminded me of small geese. In...
  25. Laughing Kookaburra

    Laughing Kookaburra

    This largest of the world's largest kingfishers is endemic to eastern Australia where they are common and conspicuous in wooded habitats. In some areas their loud laughing cries make a nice morning alarm clock. The species has a social breeding strategy with auxiliary helpers for each dominant...
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