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  1. Green in the green

    Green in the green

    I've no idea how June managed to spot this frog, it really was much better camouflaged than my picture suggests!!! Cute isn't he.
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    • albany green frog lake seppings western australia
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    • Category: Amphibians
  2. Black

    Black

    Not far from yesterday's swallow a Little Black Cormorant was observing the action going on at the pond. Still the light was awkward, guess I could have done this image as a black and white one LOL
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    • 2019 albany australia lake seppings little black cormorant nikon coolpix p900 november phalacrocorax sulcirostris western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Shining

    Shining

    Another awkwardly lit species there, was this Australasian Grebe looking even more fluffy than normal LOL
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    • 2019 albany australasian grebe australia lake seppings nikon coolpix p900 november tachybaptus novaehollandiae western australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Back lit

    Back lit

    We walked along the path until we could see a bit out over the water. Saw this Welcome Swallow on a snag, unfortunately I couldn't do much about the direction of light.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia hirundo neoxena lake seppings nikon coolpix p900 october welcome swallow western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Where to park?

    Where to park?

    After lunch we headed back to Lake Seppings to explore it a little more. Just as we left the car I spotted this little female Western Whistler walking round the car park. Just seemed a bit strange LOL
    • delia todd
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    • albany female lake seppings pachycephala fuliginosa western australia western whistler
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Lunch spot

    Lunch spot

    Alex returned for us and we set off again, through Albany and back to Emu Point on Oyster Harbour. There's a really nice cafe there, where we had lunch... with not a bad view eh?
    • delia todd
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    • albany emu point oyster harbour western australia
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    • Category: Landscapes
  7. Ready for roasting?

    Ready for roasting?

    .... sorry, about that, but whenever I think of chestnuts, Bing Crosby's song comes to mind!!! Round another bend of the pond path, there were some rather attractive Chestnut Teal.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany anas castanea australia chestnut teal nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. A dabbler

    A dabbler

    Continuing our wander round these ponds we next came across a Pacific Black Duck. Like the Mallard these are one of the dabbling ducks, which have a bottoms up feeding action rather than diving.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany anas superciliosa australia nikon coolpix p900 november pacific black duck princess royal ponds western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Count 'em then

    Count 'em then

    We went out for lunch but first, Alex had some messages to run in town, so dropped June and me off at some lakes on the other side of the road from the harbour, with a railway line beyond it. So we had around an hour to explore. This is what first confronted us as we walked away from the car...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little black cormorant little pied cormorant microcarbo melanoleucos nikon coolpix p900 november phalacrocorax sulcirostris western australia
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Red-cap

    Red-cap

    And just along from where the honeyeater was one of the handsome Red-capped Parrots came in for a feed too. Nice-looking birds these.
    • delia todd
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    • albany male red-capped parrot western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Black and yellow

    Black and yellow

    I'd been struggling to get a picture of a New Holland Honeyeater since I'd arrived to stay with Alex and June... hopefully there's a better one than this to come. He was in the trees around the garden, so focusing was ummm... well not the best. Sorry.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove new holland honeyeater nikon coolpix p900 november phylidonyris novaehollandiae western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Those eyes again

    Those eyes again

    No view of the garden was complete without seeing one of these beautiful Silvereyes. I really couldn't get enough of them!!!
    • 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
  13. Twenty-eight rings

    Twenty-eight rings

    Back at home there was an Australian Ringneck on the feeder. This is the local subspecies known as the Twenty-eight Parrot. I can't count it as a Lifer, but waiting patiently for it to be split,when I can LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia australian ringneck barnardius zonarius little grove nikon coolpix p900 november semitorquatus twenty-eight western australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Winter sojourning

    Winter sojourning

    Ruddy Turnstone is another long distance traveller breeding in northern Eurasia, Greenland, Canada and Alaska. Either wintering in South America or, as this subspecies (interpres) as far south as Africa and around the coasts of Australia. Aren't birds amazing.
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    • 2019 albany arenaria interpres little grove november ruddy turnstone rushy point western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Sand lover

    Sand lover

    We'd seen distant Sand Plovers earlier in the week, but no chance of a picture. Didn't do too great a job on this one... the only image I got that morning. But at least it's recognisable in winter plumage.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia charadrius leschenaultii greater sand plover little grove nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point western australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Long distances

    Long distances

    Not quite so easy to pick out were a group of Red-necked Stints. These are long distance migrants, as they breed in the arctic, in north-eastern Siberia, and here they were in the south of Australia!!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia calidris ruficollis nikon coolpix p900 november red-necked stint rushy point western australia
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Anyone for a Pie?

    Anyone for a Pie?

    Another that had come up onto the beach while waiting for the tide to go out was this Little Pied Cormorant. I think this was possibly the closest I'd seen one.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little pied cormorant microcarbo melanoleucos nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Great but smaller

    Great but smaller

    ... well smaller than Caspian that is! It's nearly 10cm smaller. So this was the other main tern species found in harbour here.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia great crested tern little grove nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point thalasseus bergii western australia
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. At least

    At least

    .... he showed me a bit of his wing!!! He was sitting on the stump when I tried to take his picture, then the obvious happened. Actually this is a bit of a plumage info picture. White-breasted Robins have a white wing bar, but it's only visible in flight. The vaguely similar female Hooded...
    • delia todd
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    • albany eopsaltria georgiana porongurup national park saturday fun western australia white-breasted robin
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Big boys

    Big boys

    The next morning found June and me back down at the beach, but this time we didn't go into the hide as the tide was well in. Instead we went to Rushy Point just along a bit; this is a nature reserve where the area is protected for the wading birds. First to come into range of my camera was...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia caspian tern hydroprogne caspia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point western australia
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Precious?

    Precious?

    Back at home after that lovely trip round the Porongurups, there was this lovely Silvereye ensuring we got back safely. Two more Lifers added this day bringing the total to 223.
    • 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
  22. Tree'd

    Tree'd

    Another catch-up picture this one. I'd first seen a Tree Martin on my first day with Peter in Adelaide, but couldn't get a picture. So here was one, perched at eye level in the canopy of a tree (where else LOL). Quite handy being at the same height as the tree tops, isn't it. I'd never have...
    • delia todd
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    • albany bluff knoll porongurup national park tree martin western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. The dark side

    The dark side

    We then moved on to another view point at Bluff Knoll. There's a rather steep mountain there which some silly people like to climb!!! But the car park area is very attractively laid out and there's a visitor centre with lots of information. You fairly high so at canopy level and there I spotted...
    • delia todd
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    • albany bluff knoll porongurup national park scarlet robin western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. The wee one

    The wee one

    We drove around the Porongurups, stopping here and there for interesting spots, walks and views (of which there were many of all). At one place, overlooking Mount Barker, we had pulled up when this Little Eagle flew over. I just managed to catch him before he went out of sight!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia fight hieraaetus morphnoides little eagle nikon coolpix p900 november porongurup national park western australia
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. One of the specialities

    One of the specialities

    Hot on the heels of the pretty treecreeper, came this attractive White-breasted Robin; Porongurup NP is one of the few places it it found in Western Australia. And here he came to see what we were eating LOL. Apparently this is a typical view of them, clinging to the trunk of a tree. They're...
    • delia todd
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    • albany eopsaltria georgiana porongurup national park western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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