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Australian Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus australis
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Sometimes you can sit for hours around a noisy reed bed and never get a sighting.
This one came out quite quickly, announced its presence and... was gone.
Australian Hobby
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Form the Great Christmas Day Carpark Caper.
They were only a day or so out of the nest and were still intrigued by each other
Australian Hobby
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These two Hobbys have been on the wing for just a few days.
While everyone on Christmas morning was opening presents, cooking food, and perhaps sleeping in, we left at sunup to go to the carpark.
Not a vehicle to be seen.
So we were able to enjoy a couple of hours with the young Hobbys in relative peace, in the empty carpark.
Here they were watching a Wattlebird sail overhead.
The one of the right seems to be larger already, so its pretty safe to assume it is female, and the smaller is a male.
Australian Hobby, Willie Wagtail
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Both birds have a family to protect.
This is ithe male of carpark family. Willies have a nest on a nearby tree.
So any threat to their family has to be dealt with.
I'm sure that falcons simply see this harassment as part of the costs of doing business.
Australian Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius
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With raindrops on the windscreen, I took the risk to walk to the water's edge.
There must have been a shoal of fish working in close on a high tide, and the birds were continually moving along the water to the next likely spot.
Australian Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus australis
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And then with a wing flick. It was all over.
This exquisite work of art known as the Mosaic Angel by Debora Halpern in 1985 stands on the banks of the River Yarra and stands at an height of 10 meters. The sculpture with a Picasso style exterior originally was on show in the moat at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Australian Magpie
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This lass in her fine mottled back feathers must be well advanced in nest building, as she is now seeking fine soft furnishing.
For non-Aussie viewers, Bunnings is a large hardware supply chain.
Australian Hobby
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From the Great Christmas Day Carpark Caper
So many calculations, speed, approach, one foot, then the other and you don't need someone already secure offering advice.
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Lake Mungo, NSW
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Australian Magpie
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Once the material is all sorted out, it's time to transport it to the nest site
Australian White Ibis
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Ibis in Australia get a really bad rap. Hardly their fault. Humans leave loads of waste food laying about and the Ibis have settled into cities for the easy pickings.
I grew up in irrigation country and was always fascinated by their feeding abilities among the wet paddocks.
This couple were working the shoreline and dropped down for an easy landing on the beach.
Australian Hobby
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This Hobby had been sitting quietly when a flock of Ravens seemed to bother it, and it shifted to the opposite side of the road.
Acrocephalus australis
The Australian Reed Warbler, a bird that is hard to see in the open or mostly never seen but heard very often
The old building needed to be replaced apparently; but a new one wasn't allowed to take more ground space. This is the result with a canilevered floor plan. --- --- --- www.archdaily.com/618303/denton-corker-marshall-completes...
Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen
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Looks like an uncomfortable way to begin a nest, but this female took quite awhile to select the right piece of boxthorn, and then to manipulate it on the ground for the best fit in the new nesting site.
My guess is it forms part of the foundation of the nest, and the prickly bits work in her favour to strengthen the construction.
The Australian pelican is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand. It is a predominantly white bird with black wings and a pink bill. It has been recorded as having the longest bill of any living bird. It mainly eats fish, but will also consume birds and scavenge for scraps if the opportunity arises.
One of the Australian Hobby Family that are in the trees on the walk behind the council depot.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
Australian Hobby
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The female came in with a meal for the young. First she needed to prepare it. She had tucked it in the Y of the branch and I couldn't move anywhere to get a clear shot of what it might have been.
I was very excited to be able to add this bird to my life list. I had no idea just how tiny these birds are until I saw them in person!
Australian Hobby
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The Hobby was resting on a fence post, when a Magpie decided to move it on.
Result: One very angry Hobby that harrassed the Magpie all the way back to the security of the trees.
Once again, an ID mystery! This very small, black and yellow bee, making its way along a dry grass stem, is very possibly a Fire-tailed Resin Bee. The only hitch is, I can only find images of bees which have orange-coloured abdomens. This one had a very definite golden-yellow tummy! I suspect the colour comes from the pollen that the little critter is carrying.
Western Australia - Tom Price - Gumtrees before thunderstorm
AUS0086.2.F
Nikon F3 / Kodachrome
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Tasmania, Australia. Shot under slightly difficult conditions, as the wind was blowing spray from the falls right at us. Still, I managed this, which was shot as a vertical panorama (stitched but then cropped later).