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The finale of fireworks put on today by my local council for Australia Day that celebrates the founding of a British colony in Australia in 1788. Not a day to celebrate for everyone. It is called Invasion Day by Australian Aboriginal people because it began the invasion of their lands and their dispossession from them.
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Australian Hobby
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Don't worry I'm not the target.
That is in the tree over my shoulder. Those tight folded wings are a bird at full speed.
It circled the tree line, climbed and then stooped straight into the tree line.
Hard to say what it took, as it went straight out of the tree on the far side.
Golden Wattle blooms taken at
Westgate Park last winter. Each bloom is about 1 cm in diameter.
Australia's national floral emblem is the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth).
When in flower, the golden wattle displays the national colours, green and gold.
As one species of a large genus of flora growing across Australia, the golden wattle is a symbol of unity.
Wattle is ideally suited to withstand Australia's droughts, winds and bushfires.
The resilience of wattle represents the spirit of the Australian people.
In recent times, the golden wattle has been used as a symbol of remembrance and reflection.
On national days of mourning, for example, Australians are invited to wear a sprig of wattle.
The golden wattle has been used in the design of Australian stamps and many awards in the Australian honours system.
A single wattle flower is the emblem of the Order of Australia.
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Peaceful Tuesday
When viewed in poor light, the Glossy Ibis appears anything but glossy. Its dark-brown plumage may appear blackish when seen from a distance, and the overall impression is one of a brad bird. However, in some lights, the plumage of the Glossy Ibis takes on an iridescent green-and-purple gloss (hence its name). Unlike other species of ibis in Australia, the Glossy Ibis is unlikely to be seen foraging in rubbish tips or on farmland, instead preferring to probe the mud of shallow terrestrial wetlands in pursuit of aquatic invertebrates.
Birdlife.....
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) searching for food in the mud. It's always nice to see these birds with their intricate patterns.
Australian Magpie
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Even though it had a big beakful it would stop, put down the collected insects, grab a new one, and then pick up the others and move on.
Try as I might, I couldn't work out exactly where the nest was located.
Australian Magpie
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It's time for young Magpies to leave the family territory.
It's not unusual for young Maggies to stay together as they have no home territory and are yet to find a mate.
The adults are relentless in driving them away. This was one of about 8 that had ventured into a territory tree and the adults arrived so fast and with such force that this young one took off taking a strip of bark with it.
Australian Hobby
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Seems like only a week or so since they fledged, and already they are 'securing the parking area' of unwanted ravens, doves and wattlebirds.
Mostly I suspect so they can gain experience of high speed manoeuvring
In between their rounds there is also time to practice the finer points of in-air capture.
Australian Hobby
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Recently fledged and still learning the skills.
I know Hobbys have a turn of speed, but trying to track them round a carpark brings a whole new meaning to supersonic.
Blink and they are gone.
Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides
Anatidae
www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/australian-shelduck
With a rich-chestnut breast contrasting with a white ring-neck and sooty-black head and body, the Australian Shelduck is a handsome waterfowl. Shelducks sometimes congregate in flocks of more than a thousand birds, especially when moulting, and usually occur at large or deep wetlands, or in grasslands, pasture or crops. Females can be distinguished from males by a white ring around the eye and the base of the bill, and they can be heard calling to one another, the male honking loudly, and the female answering with a buzzing call.
The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii) subspecies, is a semi aquatic agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland. There may be a small introduced population on the south-east coast of South Australia. The Gippsland water dragon is generally the more southern of the two subspecies and the more cold adapted and heat sensitive. Visually distinguishing the Gippsland water dragon from the Eastern water dragon is relatively easy, as long as their skin is reasonably clean and not stained from the water, as identification of the two subspecies depends largely on observable differences in colours and patterns.
Australian Spotted Crake, Porzana fluminea
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I don't regularly see these birds and mostly it's in the mud among the reeds.
I was quite suprised how readily it slipped into the water and paddled across the pond to the next feeding spot
Australian Magpie
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A Change of Shift.
Dad departs as Mum flies in with a welcome food topup.
Brisbane es la tercera ciudad más grande de Australia, una metrópoli moderna que ha conservado el ambiente de una ciudad colonial. Al lado de las palmeras se alzan orgullosamente las iglesias victorianas, los rascacielos están rodeados de vegetación abundante y en todo el territorio de la ciudad hay numerosos parques y patios.
Es la capital del estado de Queensland y es atravesada por el río navegable que le da nombre, el cual divide a la ciudad en una enorme "S".
A proud pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) at Russell Hinz Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Captured with a Niklon D810 with Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED AF-S VR lens.
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Sunrise over the Great Bight, 5km 4WD to get to the cliffs when it was pitch black. On arrival the blue hour was just about to begin. Beautiful sunrise over the area in the Nullarbor.
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis) on a paddock fence post in the evening summer light, Melbourne, Australia. The little fellow was quite obliging.
Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca
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These birds get such a bad rap for their habits of raiding the bins of messy humans.
When I grew up on the irrigation flats, they were a constant visitor and in their natural habit of feeding among the muddy edges.
I always am pleased to find them around the waterways.
Taken through the cage mesh at the Victoria Esplanade Aviary thanks to the technique demonstrated by Dominic Scott.
Rainbow Lorikeets are very social, playful and noisy. In Australia, wild lorikeets are often heard when they congregate in large roosting flocks.
Après la visite du musée de Darwin, nous sommes allés boire une bière dans un pub juste à coté, le temps commençait à se dégrader. Il faisait chaud et très humide !