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It's Australian native bird. The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the peewee, peewit or mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The magpie-lark is of small to medium size, reaching 25 to 30 cm long when fully grown, or about the same size as a European common blackbird, and boldly pied in black and white; the weight range is 63.9 to 118 g for males, and 70 to 94.5 g for females. The magpie-lark is a much smaller than Currawong and more delicate bird with complex and very different banded black and white plumage. 57392
There are three birds in the center of this photo - smallest to largest they are a mudlark, a chicken hawk and a magpie.
The magpie had swooped down to ground level only some 30 metres in front of me, causing the chicken hawk to take flight from where it was hidden from my view.
What happened next was as if I was watching a WWI aerial dog fight as the mudlark proceeded to attack the chicken hawk in mid-air, then the magpie did likewise. After the mudlark and the magpie each attacked another two times, the chicken hawk had had enough and vacated the area,
Normally the mudlark will attack a magpie however, on this day it was a case of my enemy's enemy is my friend.
The Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the Peewee, Peewit or Mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The bird in this photo is a female, she was collecting food to carry back to two fledglings in a nest close to my home.
It's Australian native bird. The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the peewee, peewit or mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The magpie-lark is of small to medium size, reaching 25 to 30 cm long when fully grown, or about the same size as a European common blackbird, and boldly pied in black and white; the weight range is 63.9 to 118 g for males, and 70 to 94.5 g for females. The magpie-lark is a much smaller than Currawong and more delicate bird with complex and very different banded black and white plumage. 51024
It's Australian native bird. The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the peewee, peewit or mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The magpie-lark is of small to medium size, reaching 25 to 30 cm long when fully grown, or about the same size as a European common blackbird, and boldly pied in black and white; the weight range is 63.9 to 118 g for males, and 70 to 94.5 g for females. The magpie-lark is a much smaller than Currawong and more delicate bird with complex and very different banded black and white plumage. R_7659
This man is searching the shore for something valuable, but the thick mud disguises everything. Hence the rolled up trouser leg -but I'm not sure why it's only one! The traditional name for people doing this is 'mudlarks'.
Our regular female Magpie Lark, and all the other regular birds from our village would like to join me in wishing you all a wonderful happy Christmas and best wishes for the coming New Year!
Many thanks to all my flickr regular followers for tagging along for the ride through this year. All the best for 2022 everyone!
It's Australian native bird. The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the peewee, peewit or mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The magpie-lark is of small to medium size, reaching 25 to 30 cm long when fully grown, or about the same size as a European common blackbird, and boldly pied in black and white; the weight range is 63.9 to 118 g for males, and 70 to 94.5 g for females. The magpie-lark is a much smaller than Currawong and more delicate bird with complex and very different banded black and white plumage. 51033
I try to keep my neck flexible with a little daily movement to its limits, but this is stretching the friendship!
Happy Feathery Friday!
(Forgive the lack of anything new in recent days - suffering a few MS related health issues and they are keeping me off the streets. I will be hitting the archives for a little while. Hopefully normal service will resume soon!)
Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca
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Mum Mudlark arrives with a top up for her recently hatched young.
Mrs. Mudlark about to dive into the process of her daily bathing routine!
She wasn't really muddy - it is just a hot day here and I think she was enjoying a little cool water. She was also in one of her incredibly tame moods and was just four feet from me while I sat in the chair alongside the birdbath.
Background flowers are a mix of African daisies and Pansies.
Still struggling badly with internet speed - will definitely catch up with comments in a few days!
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax
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This one was working its way along a tree-lined creek.
It was in no hurry and for once at low level it wasn't being harassed by the local neighbourhood watch: Magpies, Mudlarks and Ravens
"I may be pretending to look up, but I've got my eyes on you!"
Another shot of Mrs Mudlark taken from my lounge room bird hide.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
A mudlark is a person scavenging for items of value or historical interest on river banks, preferably in the mud during low tide. Standing on the bridge over the River Alde in Snape, Suffolk, these guys here are lowering a magnet tied to a string into the mud. When this picture was taken, they had not yet found anything. A magnet of course restricts the options somehow. Using this method you would not find what the mud of the Thames River in London is known for: 18th century clay pipes, coins and brass buttons. Fuji X100F.
I have several pictures in the Black & White International Photography Exhibition which starts at the Art Square Gallery, New York, today 24 May - 27 July 2025,
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) male
Poor Mr. Muddie (they are often called Mud-larks) didn't look too impressed with the rainy day back in 2017 when I took this shot.
From the archives.
Mrs Mudlark posed nicely on the birdbath and looked great backlit by the sun when she was fluffed up. The backlit leaves on the right are from a Nandina plant.
Zoom in to get the full intensity of her inquisitive stare! Normally, I take the birdbath shots from inside the lounge-room, but today, I was outside and she could hear the shutter clicking away.
Danube is high for more than a month now, so i cant go search new ones, im cleaning my old finds, where sotred in boxes for years...
is gonna be the death of me. Lucky to walk away today with both my boots and my life. Getting too old for shenanigans.
It's Australian native bird. The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the peewee, peewit or mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The magpie-lark is of small to medium size, reaching 25 to 30 cm long when fully grown, or about the same size as a European common blackbird, and boldly pied in black and white; the weight range is 63.9 to 118 g for males, and 70 to 94.5 g for females. The magpie-lark is a much smaller than Currawong and more delicate bird with complex and very different banded black and white plumage. 62151
These go by many names - I always think of them as magpie larks or mudlarks. This one is a newcomer to our bath, and it must have looked like a plunge-pool as it took a great dive in!
For the record, it didn't really go "ouch". It was a graceful swoop in and out of the water!
A quick grab from inside my lounge room bird hide while seated at my computer desk.
I'm clearly not the only one to have fun playing in puddles! Here, Mr. Mudlark is getting right into the spirit of it.
It's no wonder I have to refill the bird bath three or four times a day!
Happy Wing Wednesday!
……Another look back at our Norfolk trip - the aptly named Mudlark taking centre stage in this one…
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Long exposure of the Thames foreshore near London Bridge
Sony A7rii with Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L ii
Hitech Firecrest Ultra 13 stop and 3 stop grad ND Filters
574 secs @ f/16 iso 100
Taken In Post Office Walk Hertford.
I love good cafes and this along with Mudlarks are my favourite cafes in Hertford. It always surprises me that you walk pass a building many times in your life but today the lovely colours made it very cinematic. I love the coffee I had today before I continued my day. If you ever visit and use the cafe's amenities there is an amazing small photograph in the toilets of a small scene in Venice which is beautiful.
The magpie-lark, also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit or mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. John Latham described the species in 1801. Wikipedia
Magpie-lark
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This Mudlark has been local in our street for a number of years.
I don't know for sure if he has a mate.
What is fascinating is he comes regularly in the evening, sits at the end of the roadway, just metres from a colourbond metal fence and calls.
The voice bounces of the fence and is amplified. It is a very narrow space, just a few metres wide.
I don't know if he does it for effect, but I can say, that the volume is impressive.
fun little piece of glass I found in the creek. I keep hoping to find some cool mammoth tooth or something but no luck. I think this looks a lot like an elephant.
Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. Mud sliding in the estuary mud is a popular children's pastime. Mum doesn't seem too bothered...
I'm not sure I can explain why this little lady appealed to me, but I thought she deserved a home. She was mudlarked (not by me). There's an explanation of mudlarking below for anyone who's interested.
The tiny doll, or more accurately part of a doll, is a mere 1¼" high. She's surrounded by various bits and pieces from broken watches and jewellery. Underneath everything are 3 vintage postcards from the 1900s.
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Mudlarking is an English word, which dates from the late 18th and 19th centuries. In those days the desperately poor - from young children to the elderly - would search the muddy foreshore of the River Thames in London for small pieces of coal, or iron, or anything else they could find to sell, so that they could get a little money to feed themselves. It was a dangerous occupation because the river was extremely polluted in those days and carried disease.
Mudlarking these days is a very different affair and has evolved into an interesting and rewarding hobby. Mudlarks, as they're known, are licensed by the Port of London Authority and have to report any objects they find that may be of potential archeological interest. Four thousand permits are granted, each for one year, and there's a waiting list for those who miss out. There have been some amazing finds over the years from Bronze Age swords to Roman jewellery and the skull of a Neolithic man, which is over 5,500 years old. There's also a huge amount of junk, of course. :)