Away on a flying kangaroo and very fast stellar object.

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Pacific Black Duck diving for food..............

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.........and looking at some fish.

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Male Scarlet Honeyeater.
I think this must be my favourite photo as this guy never sat still for a moment. I managed to catch him by sheer luck as he looked up - camera was set on 1/4000 sec.

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Back view of Scarlet Honeyeater.

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Unidentified Honeyeater - I think White Cheeked.

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Fairy Martin.

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Scaly-breasted Lorikeet.

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To be continued.


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Unidentified but looks very much like our Common Moorhen.

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Australian Raven.

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Male Hardhead.

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Unidentified.

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Unidentified - Australian Guinea Fowl????

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Black Swan with chicks.

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Black Swan.

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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.

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Finally for wild and suburban birds an unidentified parrot/lorikeet in the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve.

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Next - aviary birds.


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Oooops - sorry some more wild and suburban birds.

Brush Turkey.

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Darter with supper.

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Black swan on take off.

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Blue-eyed Honeyeater.

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Brown Honeyeater.

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High flying Osprey.

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Pale-headed Rosella taken late evening.

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To be continued.


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Rainbow Lorikeet at its nest.

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You get these everywhere.

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Now we can get to aviary birds.

First at Australia Zoo.

Emerald Dove.

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Unidentified but looks very much like our Thicknee.

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Unidentified.

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Unidentified.

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Tawny Frogmouth.

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To be continued.


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Lots of pretty birds around there ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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steamtrainfan wrote:Grey Butcherbird.

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This is a magpie lark as you correctly stated in a later post \O


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steamtrainfan wrote:Unidentified.

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Yellow-throated miner \O


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steamtrainfan wrote:Unidentified.

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Green figbird :-)


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steamtrainfan wrote:?????? Dove.

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Spotted dove. :-)


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steamtrainfan wrote:????? Seagull - not a Silver Seagull as beak, feet and tips of wings different colour.

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It is a silver seagull - between juvie and immature. The juveniles don't have a grey back yet, but the pattern
that can be seen on the wing. And beak and legs are reddish-black. \O


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