There you go…
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
I’m sure there’s still a place in the world for cis photography.
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
I used to have a three developmental stages of Tawnys so when folks rang up I could work out if they were fledgings with the member of the public.
It is always so good to see them.
ms spock said:
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
I used to have a three developmental stages of Tawnys so when folks rang up I could work out if they were fledgings with the member of the public.
It is always so good to see them.
This one was just out of the nest, doing its ground time. It was in our Botanic Gardens over the road from our house. The gardener kept an eye on it, and when it sat on the ground (unsafe, with the local cats and dogs) he gently lifted it up onto a branch, as directed by the wildlife people. A parent bird was about, I heard it.
It thought I might feed it…
And it had the wrong camouflage for sitting on a fence…
Bogsnorkler said:
Awwwwwwwwwwwww!
Go raibh maith agat! (Thank you!)
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
Surprised look.
I’ve spent too much time looking at pictures on iNaturalist. I can name most of Boggy’s birds there…
buffy said:
ms spock said:
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
I used to have a three developmental stages of Tawnys so when folks rang up I could work out if they were fledgings with the member of the public.
It is always so good to see them.
This one was just out of the nest, doing its ground time. It was in our Botanic Gardens over the road from our house. The gardener kept an eye on it, and when it sat on the ground (unsafe, with the local cats and dogs) he gently lifted it up onto a branch, as directed by the wildlife people. A parent bird was about, I heard it.
It thought I might feed it…
And it had the wrong camouflage for sitting on a fence…
***Laughing with happiness to see the Tawny’s with the big mouth, and sitting on the wrong post***
How lovely that the gardener put the tawny in the tree as directed by the wildlife people. That really made me laugh in recognition a lot.
dv said:
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
I’m sure there’s still a place in the world for cis photography.
Can I screen shot this and send it to one of my trans friends? It will make them crack up completely?
Bogsnorkler said:
Very functional and much appreciated too.
I used to blog the birds (and bugs) in my backyard… but I forgot where I did that.
Arts said:
I used to blog the birds (and bugs) in my backyard… but I forgot where I did that.
That sounds great! I love seeing everyone’s birds and insects!
buffy said:
I’ll start. This is my baby Tawny Frogmouth from October.
But trans does much better bird photos than I do.
Match you with my tawny frogmouth feather from 1 Jan 2023.
From the nature strip in front of my house.
Bogsnorkler said:
Darn good collection!
mollwollfumble said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Darn good collection!
I have trouble keeping shallow dishes of water. They evaporate faster than I can keep them full. I tend to allow the birds to play in my sprinklers.
and then, they play with me.
The Southern Boobook, trying to get soome snooze time.
Couldn’t swear to it but I think these might be Australasian grebes? They are small and mostly dark with a grebey beak.
dv said:
Couldn’t swear to it but I think these might be Australasian grebes? They are small and mostly dark with a grebey beak.
Looks like it.
Ibises in the trees in the park at dusk
dv said:
Ibises in the trees in the park at dusk
That’s a lot of birds. Were they making a racket?
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Ibises in the trees in the park at dusk
That’s a lot of birds. Were they making a racket?
Not a lot, I suppose they are settling down. A few kookaburras were having a go.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Ibises in the trees in the park at dusk
That’s a lot of birds. Were they making a racket?
Not a lot, I suppose they are settling down. A few kookaburras were having a go.
ibis don’t really scream much in our experience
fsm said:
Perhaps it can call back its relatives from my apple tree…
:)
fsm said:
https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lorikeet-feeding-from-corymbia-flowers.jpg
Michael V said:
fsm said:
https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lorikeet-feeding-from-corymbia-flowers.jpg
Yes, they used my image.
fsm said:
Michael V said:
fsm said:
https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lorikeet-feeding-from-corymbia-flowers.jpg
Yes, they used my image.
With permission?
Michael V said:
fsm said:
Michael V said:https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lorikeet-feeding-from-corymbia-flowers.jpg
Yes, they used my image.
With permission?
Yes.
fsm said:
Michael V said:
fsm said:Yes, they used my image.
With permission?
Yes.
:)
Well done.
:)
fsm said:
Michael V said:
fsm said:Yes, they used my image.
With permission?
Yes.
:)
Here are a couple of more from that day…
fsm said:
Here are a couple of more from that day…
The colours are marvellous against the crimson of the Corymbia ficifolia.
Great exposures.
fsm said:
:)
fsm said:
Michael V said:
fsm said:
https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lorikeet-feeding-from-corymbia-flowers.jpg
Yes, they used my image.
Comhghairdeachas! (Congratulations!)
fsm said:
Here are a couple of more from that day…
:)))
taibhseach (Gorgeous!)
fsm said:
Here are a couple of more from that day…
Wow, colour burst.
fsm said:
Here are a couple of more from that day…
Lovely.
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Are you suitably amazed?
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Is there nothing grebes can’t do.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Is there nothing grebes can’t do.
Grebe is good
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Are you suitably amazed?
I just think it’s nice.
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Is there nothing grebes can’t do.
Grebe is good
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:Is there nothing grebes can’t do.
Grebe is good
Onya Swannie
Better late than never
Ian said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:Grebe is good
Onya Swannie
Better late than never
..um, that report was from 2011 :)
Bubblecar said:
Ian said:
Bubblecar said:Onya Swannie
Better late than never
..um, that report was from 2011 :)
Yeah sounded kinda old newsy
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Are you suitably amazed?
I just think it’s nice.
:) It is.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
roughbarked said:Are you suitably amazed?
I just think it’s nice.
:) It is.
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Wow! Is that one of the endangered or vulnerable grebes?
ms spock said:
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Wow! Is that one of the endangered or vulnerable grebes?
Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae). Very common.
dv said:
ms spock said:
dv said:
Turns out grebes build floating nests.
Wow! Is that one of the endangered or vulnerable grebes?
Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae). Very common.
Good news dv!
The Tasmanian nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) (palawa kani: piyura) (alternate spellings: Tasmanian native-hen or Tasmanian native hen) is a flightless rail and one of twelve species of birds endemic to the Australian island of Tasmania. Although many flightless birds have a history of extinction at the hands of humans, the species has actually benefited from the introduction of European-style agricultural practices in Tasmania. Its success may also be attributed to the recent extinction of its main predator, the thylacine.
Just the other day I was whinging that I don’t see parrots down the park any more.
Already this week we’ve seen red-tailed black cockatoos and now little corellas, so it’s nice to know the complaints management system works.
Also saw this egret:
And here are som Australian wood ducks which I see every day but they are still nice.
dv said:
Just the other day I was whinging that I don’t see parrots down the park any more.
Already this week we’ve seen red-tailed black cockatoos and now little corellas, so it’s nice to know the complaints management system works.
Also saw this egret:
And here are som Australian wood ducks which I see every day but they are still nice.
A pleasant place to perambulate.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Just the other day I was whinging that I don’t see parrots down the park any more.
Already this week we’ve seen red-tailed black cockatoos and now little corellas, so it’s nice to know the complaints management system works.
Also saw this egret:
And here are som Australian wood ducks which I see every day but they are still nice.
A pleasant place to perambulate.
Interesting we’d not previously thought of Recency Bias Frequency Illusion as a complaints management system.
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Just the other day I was whinging that I don’t see parrots down the park any more.
Already this week we’ve seen red-tailed black cockatoos and now little corellas, so it’s nice to know the complaints management system works.
Also saw this egret:
And here are som Australian wood ducks which I see every day but they are still nice.
A pleasant place to perambulate.
Interesting we’d not previously thought of Recency Bias Frequency Illusion as a complaints management system.
Well now you know
dv said:
Just the other day I was whinging that I don’t see parrots down the park any more.
Already this week we’ve seen red-tailed black cockatoos and now little corellas, so it’s nice to know the complaints management system works.
Also saw this egret:
And here are som Australian wood ducks which I see every day but they are still nice.
The birds heard it on the grapevine.
These Major Mitchells. Earlier this morning At my backyard.
roughbarked said:
These Major Mitchells. Earlier this morning At my backyard.
they noisy?
big mob galahs around town here at moment, they noisy especially when falcons whatever get airborne
transition said:
roughbarked said:
These Major Mitchells. Earlier this morning At my backyard.
they noisy?
big mob galahs around town here at moment, they noisy especially when falcons whatever get airborne
Probably the quietest of the larger parrots. A lovely chuckling sound rather than a screech.
roughbarked said:
These Major Mitchells. Earlier this morning At my backyard.
Nice. I’ve only seen them once, out in the Tanami Desert.
Bogsnorkler said:
gots little fantail and silver eye together, vewy coot
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
These Major Mitchells. Earlier this morning At my backyard.
Nice. I’ve only seen them once, out in the Tanami Desert.
Most of the year I only see a pair or a family on a daily basis but in the summer I get large flocks. Likely the young ones that have left the nest and banded together to find mates.
I saw one investigating a possible hollow for a nest. Now that would be a crowning achievement. To have a major mitchell nest in a tree that I planted.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
These Major Mitchells. Earlier this morning At my backyard.
Nice. I’ve only seen them once, out in the Tanami Desert.
Most of the year I only see a pair or a family on a daily basis but in the summer I get large flocks. Likely the young ones that have left the nest and banded together to find mates.
I saw one investigating a possible hollow for a nest. Now that would be a crowning achievement. To have a major mitchell nest in a tree that I planted.
One of the things I worry about and monitr is the fact that though this bird is protected, the increasing number of hectares of almond orchards seem to be in a large part of the territory of these endangered birds. I know that some farmers do shoot them.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Nice. I’ve only seen them once, out in the Tanami Desert.
Most of the year I only see a pair or a family on a daily basis but in the summer I get large flocks. Likely the young ones that have left the nest and banded together to find mates.
I saw one investigating a possible hollow for a nest. Now that would be a crowning achievement. To have a major mitchell nest in a tree that I planted.
One of the things I worry about and monitr is the fact that though this bird is protected, the increasing number of hectares of almond orchards seem to be in a large part of the territory of these endangered birds. I know that some farmers do shoot them.
I allow them free reign and as such, I get no almonds because I have only one tree. Between the rignecks and the Major Mitchells, papershell almonds are too easy. They also eat a lot of walnuts but I could still sell walnuts and make a profit if I cared to.
I saw a rufous night-heron doing his neck zoops.
Didn’t get a photo but I suppose you can imagine it
dv said:
Your photo?
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Your photo?
one of two sees hanging out in the yard today
transition said:
one of two sees hanging out in the yard today
Hobby?
roughbarked said:
transition said:
one of two sees hanging out in the yard today
Hobby?
kestrel
transition said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:
one of two sees hanging out in the yard today
Hobby?
kestrel
Ah. :)
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Your photo?
There is a family of black cockatoos only 50 metres away but they are so contre-jour that I can’t get a decent shot.
Diabhal na cockatoos dubha sin!
Damn those black cockatoos!
The verb comes first then the subject then the adjective. Irish is different.
transition said:
one of two sees hanging out in the yard today
Beautiful
Saw a galah…
dv said:
Saw a galah…
At least fifty here.
Just out and there was a kooka.
and more of the wee jugglers.
The acoustic power of a small number of little corellas is astounding.
dv said:
The acoustic power of a small number of little corellas is astounding.
Yes we get them in our neighbourhood, extremely noisy
dv said:
The acoustic power of a small number of little corellas is astounding.
One of my favourite posts this week.
The acoustic power of a small number of little corellas is astounding.
Sulphur crested cockatoos can apparently do screeches a jet level of noise. There was a parrot forum that had the comparisons on it. Hmm I will have to see if I can find that!
Birds
By Judith Wright
The Wagtail
So elegant he is and neat
from round black head to slim black feet!
He sways and flirts upon the fence,
his collar clean as innocence.
The city lady looks and cries
“Oh charming bird with dewdrop eyes,
how kind of you to sing that song!”
But what a pity—she is wrong.
“Sweet-pretty-creature”—yes, but who
is the one he sings it to?
Not me—not you.
The furry moth, the gnat perhaps,
on which his scissor-beak snip-snaps. (p 38)
Little corella rampant
Swans trying to sleep
Wee Jugglers on my back lawn.
and nibbling my nuts.
roughbarked said:
and nibbling my nuts.
They all have that look in their eyes that says “I could bite you at anytime whilst being friendly”
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:
and nibbling my nuts.
They all have that look in their eyes that says “I could bite you at anytime whilst being friendly”
It isn’t wise to put your finger near their beak. Like a pair of secateurs.
Collared Sparrowhawk.
All this stuff happens just metres from my back door.
roughbarked said:
Apostle birds?
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:
Apostle birds?
Spot on. Though some call them lousyjacks and I presume that to mean that when they are around, the place is lousy with them.
They basically live in my yard all day.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:
Apostle birds?
Spot on. Though some call them lousyjacks and I presume that to mean that when they are around, the place is lousy with them.
They basically live in my yard all day.
As I understand it, they carry quite a load of lice. Hence lousy.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:
Apostle birds?
Spot on. Though some call them lousyjacks and I presume that to mean that when they are around, the place is lousy with them.
They basically live in my yard all day.
I hope they don’t poo on your clean washing.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:Apostle birds?
Spot on. Though some call them lousyjacks and I presume that to mean that when they are around, the place is lousy with them.
They basically live in my yard all day.
I hope they don’t poo on your clean washing.
Yes. I’ll probably have to rewash that pair of shorts.
Mike Clarke posted this to Crap Bird Photography but I think it’s cool.
roughbarked said:
They are such beautifully natured parrots, with a good side of cheekiness.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
They are such beautifully natured parrots, with a good side of cheekiness.
Indeed they are and I have them in my backyard every day.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
They are such beautifully natured parrots, with a good side of cheekiness.
Indeed they are and I have them in my backyard every day.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
They are such beautifully natured parrots, with a good side of cheekiness.
Indeed they are and I have them in my backyard every day.
Wow! Iontach! (Wonderful!) Galanta (also in that range of expressions of wow and wonderful)
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:They are such beautifully natured parrots, with a good side of cheekiness.
Indeed they are and I have them in my backyard every day.
Chuckling here! All of roughbark’s friends hanging out in the tree. What a beautiful photo! What beautiful spirits of parrots!
As can be seen, she’s investigating nesting possibilities.
Cheered on by her friends.
roughbarked said:
As can be seen, she’s investigating nesting possibilities.
Cheered on by her friends.
All of this just 10m from my front door.
Morning pilgrims, nothing to report.
Over.
Butcher bird, outside this office a few weeks back.
Juvenile Bronze-Cuckoo with a severe headache. (It flew into our loungeroom door earlier today.) Anyone care to identify which species? (I suspect Shining Bronze-Cuckoo.)
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
As can be seen, she’s investigating nesting possibilities.
Cheered on by her friends.
All of this just 10m from my front door.
Iontach! (Wonderful!)
We dropped in to visit Mt Penang Gardens yesterday afternoon. The gardens contain a number of stepped ponds that attract a myriad of waterfowl and other birds.
fsm said:
We dropped in to visit Mt Penang Gardens yesterday afternoon. The gardens contain a number of stepped ponds that attract a myriad of waterfowl and other birds.
Nice shots.
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
It hasn’t got any stripes yet if it’s a bronz cuckoo, do you think it could be a black eyed cuckoo?
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
It hasn’t got any stripes yet if it’s a bronz cuckoo, do you think it could be a black eyed cuckoo?
Black-eared.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
It hasn’t got any stripes yet if it’s a bronz cuckoo, do you think it could be a black eyed cuckoo?
Black-eared.
I don’t think so. This bird had a shiny, almost iridescent green back.
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
I was looking a beak and thought that’s a dove beak, couldn’t reconcile cuckoo
transition said:
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
I was looking a beak and thought that’s a dove beak, couldn’t reconcile cuckoo
Yes the beak a lot more dove than cockoo.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:It hasn’t got any stripes yet if it’s a bronz cuckoo, do you think it could be a black eyed cuckoo?
Black-eared.
I don’t think so. This bird had a shiny, almost iridescent green back.
Did you guess the size or have a chance to measure?
transition said:
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
I was looking a beak and thought that’s a dove beak, couldn’t reconcile cuckoo
There are cuckoo doves.
Young birds can be almost unbarred and may appear similar to the grayer Black-eared Cuckoo.
https://ebird.org/species/hobcuc1?siteLanguage=en_AU
If this one then it isn’t a male or at least not showing gender yet. https://ebird.org/species/libcuc1?siteLanguage=en_AU
Then this for comparison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_bronze_cuckoo
roughbarked said:
transition said:
PermeateFree said:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
I was looking a beak and thought that’s a dove beak, couldn’t reconcile cuckoo
There are cuckoo doves.
only had very fleeting look but thought permeate was probably right on it
transition said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:I was looking a beak and thought that’s a dove beak, couldn’t reconcile cuckoo
There are cuckoo doves.
only had very fleeting look but thought permeate was probably right on it
Yeah he could well be.
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
Must have jumped over this post earlier. Yes. this looks more like what it is.
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
Well done, thanks!
What were the diagnostic features for you?
At about 17-18 cm, the bird in our yard was considerably shorter than that quoted in my book and various pages for Superb Fruit-Doves (22-24 cm). Also, it doesn’t have dark spots on the wing feathers, instead having central dark lines. Could this be a juvenile female?
Michael V said:
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
I have cropped all the photos of the immature Bronze-Cuckoo I took the other day. I still can’t work out which species it is. I’m hoping someone can identify it and let me know their reasons. The individual images can be opened in a new tab and expanded to show more detail:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
Well done, thanks!
What were the diagnostic features for you?
At about 17-18 cm, the bird in our yard was considerably shorter than that quoted in my book and various pages for Superb Fruit-Doves (22-24 cm). Also, it doesn’t have dark spots on the wing feathers, instead having central dark lines. Could this be a juvenile female?
Like most things once you determine the family, finding a species is much easier and your bird looked like a pigeon to me. The Superb Fruit-Dove has quite an extensive distribution and with its diet of fruit probably does not move large distances that often can generate minor differences, plus likely being a juvenile, you end up with a mini id puzzle.
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
PermeateFree said:
Superb Fruit-Dove – (Ptilinopus Superbus) – Female
The Superb Fruit-Dove is a small colourful pigeon of the tree canopy. It is a compact bird, with short rounded wings and a short tail. The male has a purple crown, an orange hindneck, a blue-black breastband that separates a grey upper breast from white underparts. These are partly barred green, and the rest of the body is green. The green tail has grey tips. The female is green, with a grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. This species is also called the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove or Pigeon, or the Superb Fruit-Pigeon.The Superb Fruit-Dove is found along the coast and nearby ranges of Queensland and New South Wales south to Moruya.
The Superb Fruit-Dove is found in rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, wooded stream-margins, and even isolated figs, lilly pillies and pittosporums.
The Superb Fruit-Dove may migrate to New Guinea in winter, but little is known of its movements, or the reasons for its sometimes southerly flights as far as Tasmania.
Superb Fruit-Doves are arboreal (living entirely in trees) and feed almost exclusively on fruit, mainly in large trees. They have a large gape, which allows them to swallow bulky items.
Superb Fruit-Doves build a flimsy platform nest of twigs in bushy trees from 5 m – 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
Well done, thanks!
What were the diagnostic features for you?
At about 17-18 cm, the bird in our yard was considerably shorter than that quoted in my book and various pages for Superb Fruit-Doves (22-24 cm). Also, it doesn’t have dark spots on the wing feathers, instead having central dark lines. Could this be a juvenile female?
Like most things once you determine the family, finding a species is much easier and your bird looked like a pigeon to me. The Superb Fruit-Dove has quite an extensive distribution and with its diet of fruit probably does not move large distances that often can generate minor differences, plus likely being a juvenile, you end up with a mini id puzzle.
Thank you.
What bits of the bird look like a pigeon? (I can determine a pigeon only after seeing it walking.)
Unfortunately, my bird book has its distribution in Australia from Cape York to around Townsville, occasionally straying southwards. I suppose I need a more modern book. I probably got it 45 years ago.
Michael V said:
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:Well done, thanks!
What were the diagnostic features for you?
At about 17-18 cm, the bird in our yard was considerably shorter than that quoted in my book and various pages for Superb Fruit-Doves (22-24 cm). Also, it doesn’t have dark spots on the wing feathers, instead having central dark lines. Could this be a juvenile female?
Like most things once you determine the family, finding a species is much easier and your bird looked like a pigeon to me. The Superb Fruit-Dove has quite an extensive distribution and with its diet of fruit probably does not move large distances that often can generate minor differences, plus likely being a juvenile, you end up with a mini id puzzle.
Thank you.
What bits of the bird look like a pigeon? (I can determine a pigeon only after seeing it walking.)
Unfortunately, my bird book has its distribution in Australia from Cape York to around Townsville, occasionally straying southwards. I suppose I need a more modern book. I probably got it 45 years ago.
The head, general shape, beak and eye. You have a great range of pigeons in Qld, some really large ones too.
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
PermeateFree said:Like most things once you determine the family, finding a species is much easier and your bird looked like a pigeon to me. The Superb Fruit-Dove has quite an extensive distribution and with its diet of fruit probably does not move large distances that often can generate minor differences, plus likely being a juvenile, you end up with a mini id puzzle.
Thank you.
What bits of the bird look like a pigeon? (I can determine a pigeon only after seeing it walking.)
Unfortunately, my bird book has its distribution in Australia from Cape York to around Townsville, occasionally straying southwards. I suppose I need a more modern book. I probably got it 45 years ago.
The head, general shape, beak and eye. You have a great range of pigeons in Qld, some really large ones too.
Thanks.
Around here, I’ve previously seen – Emerald Dove, Crested Pigeon, and the non-native Spotted Dove. And now, thanks to your ID – the Superb Fruit-Dove.
:)
Michael V said:
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:Thank you.
What bits of the bird look like a pigeon? (I can determine a pigeon only after seeing it walking.)
Unfortunately, my bird book has its distribution in Australia from Cape York to around Townsville, occasionally straying southwards. I suppose I need a more modern book. I probably got it 45 years ago.
The head, general shape, beak and eye. You have a great range of pigeons in Qld, some really large ones too.
Thanks.
Around here, I’ve previously seen – Emerald Dove, Crested Pigeon, and the non-native Spotted Dove. And now, thanks to your ID – the Superb Fruit-Dove.
:)
https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Ptilinopus-superbus#:~:text=The%20Superb%20Fruit-Dove%20may%20migrate%20to
Not really so bonny but they have been furtive and quiet so I don’t mind that. Their general raucousness was painful when I didn’t have hearing aids. It would definitley be worse with hearing aids.
Dull day.
There are the bonny birds of the night that I hear and apart from the southern boobook, I also hear this harsh scratchy noise flying about at night.
There’s also this one of which you can hear many sounds, here
New Holland Honeyeaters at Norah Head last evening.
fsm said:
New Holland Honeyeaters at Norah Head last evening.
Buiscuit tin lid quality shots.
Top marks.
fsm said:
New Holland Honeyeaters at Norah Head last evening.
Nice!
:)
fsm said:
New Holland Honeyeaters at Norah Head last evening.
They like their Banksias. (I started looking for the place to ID the Banksia. I may be doing too much iNaturalist lately)
Swan Lake.
fsm said:
Swan Lake.
Like that.
fsm said:
Swan Lake.
that nice picture
They get the ungainly common name of lousyjack. I prefer the Apostle bird nomenclature.
Mrs rb says of these and the choughs, “they are not my favourite bird”. As if to imply that I could do better, attract more favourable birds.
roughbarked said:
They get the ungainly common name of lousyjack. I prefer the Apostle bird nomenclature.
Mrs rb says of these and the choughs, “they are not my favourite bird”. As if to imply that I could do better, attract more favourable birds.
The lousy name is because they’re often louse-infested.
But they’re also known as “happy jacks” and “happy families” due to their gregarious family lifestyle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostlebird
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
They get the ungainly common name of lousyjack. I prefer the Apostle bird nomenclature.
Mrs rb says of these and the choughs, “they are not my favourite bird”. As if to imply that I could do better, attract more favourable birds.
The lousy name is because they’re often louse-infested.
But they’re also known as “happy jacks” and “happy families” due to their gregarious family lifestyle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostlebird
I’ll dispute the tale about them being lousy. I prefer to think that it is because whenever they are around, the place is lousy with them. I’ll not dispute that starlings are lousy and for this reason you should not allow them to nest in your roof.
Scarlet honeyeaters we spotted out on Bombi Moor.
fsm said:
Scarlet honeyeaters we spotted out on Bombi Moor.
Certainly scarlet, well done.
fsm said:
Scarlet honeyeaters we spotted out on Bombi Moor.
Yep, they are definitely scarlet!
fsm said:
Scarlet honeyeaters we spotted out on Bombi Moor.
Wow, absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never seen one of those birds.
Michael V said:
fsm said:
Scarlet honeyeaters we spotted out on Bombi Moor.
Wow, absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never seen one of those birds.
They should be in this area.
After listening to sound recordings, I have definitely heard them (infrequently, but usually for a few days at a time) in this back yard. I may well have seen females.
A cuppla birdies from our walk this afternoon.
fsm said:
A cuppla birdies from our walk this afternoon.
good
fsm said:
Scarlet honeyeaters we spotted out on Bombi Moor.
Gorgeous shots.
Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
White-cheeked honeyeaters.
fsm said:
White-cheeked honeyeaters.
Nice!
:)
fsm said:
White-cheeked honeyeaters.
Very nice action shot.
dv said:
Meep! Meep!
dv said:
Roadrunners are amazing to watch; they behave much like the cartoons (except for the meep-meep).
Michael V said:
dv said:
Roadrunners are amazing to watch; they behave much like the cartoons (except for the meep-meep).
First time I saw one (California, 1993) I laughed heartily, because it was so obvious what it was. They really do run fast down the road, then head bush suddenly.
Mrs V thinks she saw a Noisy Pitta on her afternoon walk today. Very colourful.
It is a bit drab by comparison but maybe these also fit in here.
but maybe so could these.
roughbarked said:
It is a bit drab by comparison but maybe these also fit in here.
Whit winged choughs.
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:
It is a bit drab by comparison but maybe these also fit in here.
Whit winged choughs.
That’s them yah.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:
It is a bit drab by comparison but maybe these also fit in here.
Whit winged choughs.
That’s them yah.
and the plants are all mine. ie; done by me.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:Whit winged choughs.
That’s them yah.
and the plants are all mine. ie; done by me.
and that includes the ones that look dead, which they are.
dv said:
No point, No fingers see.
Not sure what the photographer has done to these curlews but it has not been forgotten.
dv said:
Not sure what the photographer has done to these curlews but it has not been forgotten.
:)
dv said:
Not sure what the photographer has done to these curlews but it has not been forgotten.
they cool birds
transition said:
dv said:
Not sure what the photographer has done to these curlews but it has not been forgotten.
they cool birds
They make spooky noises at night sometimes
dv said:
transition said:
dv said:
Not sure what the photographer has done to these curlews but it has not been forgotten.
they cool birds
They make spooky noises at night sometimes
All the above.
dv said:
transition said:
dv said:
Not sure what the photographer has done to these curlews but it has not been forgotten.
they cool birds
They make spooky noises at night sometimes
Really, really, weird, blood-curdling calls
https://www.facebook.com/reel/274930204994717?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz
Wrens
White cheeked honeyeaters at Bombi Moor.
fsm said:
White cheeked honeyeaters at Bombi Moor.
Bloody t’riffic shots.
We went for a wander around Terrigal today and encountered these bonny birds.
fsm said:
We went for a wander around Terrigal today and encountered these bonny birds.
Lovely portraits, ta.
fsm said:
We went for a wander around Terrigal today and encountered these bonny birds.
Great shots
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
Bubblecar said:
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
cute, one my favorite birds
Bubblecar said:
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
I found the first easily, is the second just left of centre?
transition said:
Bubblecar said:
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
cute, one my favorite birds
Count the tails.
roughbarked said:
transition said:
Bubblecar said:
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
cute, one my favorite birds
Count the tails.
I reckon there are at least three of them in the top picture.
Who knows how many more are hiding away somewhere.
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:cute, one my favorite birds
Count the tails.
I reckon there are at least three of them in the top picture.
Who knows how many more are hiding away somewhere.
I think you’re right. Two snuggled together on the right and one left of centre.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
I found the first easily, is the second just left of centre?
Yes, but the first one is actually two. I don’t think my sister noticed.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Pair of tawny frogmouths in an elm at my older sister’s place, South Hobart.
I found the first easily, is the second just left of centre?
Yes, but the first one is actually two. I don’t think my sister noticed.
I thought I saw two tails!
We ventured out on a bird walk and talk at Ourimbah hosted by Central Coast Community Environment Network yesterday morning. The little birds were not terribly co-operative, darting among the foliage whenever a camera was pointed in their direction.
fsm said:
We ventured out on a bird walk and talk at Ourimbah hosted by Central Coast Community Environment Network yesterday morning. The little birds were not terribly co-operative, darting among the foliage whenever a camera was pointed in their direction.
:)
Love that yellow one. A honeyeater I assume.
Bubblecar said:
fsm said:
We ventured out on a bird walk and talk at Ourimbah hosted by Central Coast Community Environment Network yesterday morning. The little birds were not terribly co-operative, darting among the foliage whenever a camera was pointed in their direction.
:)
Love that yellow one. A honeyeater I assume.
The yellow one is an Eastern yellow robin.
fsm said:
Bubblecar said:
fsm said:
We ventured out on a bird walk and talk at Ourimbah hosted by Central Coast Community Environment Network yesterday morning. The little birds were not terribly co-operative, darting among the foliage whenever a camera was pointed in their direction.
:)
Love that yellow one. A honeyeater I assume.
The yellow one is an Eastern yellow robin.
Ah.
fsm said:
Bubblecar said:
fsm said:
We ventured out on a bird walk and talk at Ourimbah hosted by Central Coast Community Environment Network yesterday morning. The little birds were not terribly co-operative, darting among the foliage whenever a camera was pointed in their direction.
:)
Love that yellow one. A honeyeater I assume.
The yellow one is an Eastern yellow robin.
We have them at the bush block. They are quite inquisitive. They turn up when we sit down at the shed to eat our sammiches for lunch.
buffy said:
fsm said:
Bubblecar said::)
Love that yellow one. A honeyeater I assume.
The yellow one is an Eastern yellow robin.
We have them at the bush block. They are quite inquisitive. They turn up when we sit down at the shed to eat our sammiches for lunch.
buffy said:
fsm said:
Bubblecar said::)
Love that yellow one. A honeyeater I assume.
The yellow one is an Eastern yellow robin.
We have them at the bush block. They are quite inquisitive. They turn up when we sit down at the shed to eat our sammiches for lunch.
I think this one was eyeing off the morning tea.
fsm said:
buffy said:
fsm said:The yellow one is an Eastern yellow robin.
We have them at the bush block. They are quite inquisitive. They turn up when we sit down at the shed to eat our sammiches for lunch.
I think this one was eyeing off the morning tea.
yellow robins beautiful birds, east one has lot yellow, here SA lot less, and WA hardly any yellow as recall, without looking it up
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
good evening folks
fsm said:
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
Nice
today at the zoo I watched as a kookaburra pushed a rainbow lorikeet out of its nest… the tiny bird hadn’t fledged yet and was not going to make it back home…
bonny birds are bastards
fsm said:
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
Nice!
:)
fsm said:
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
Swallows aren’t easy to photograph on the wind. Well done.
buffy said:
fsm said:
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
Swallows aren’t easy to photograph on the wind. Well done.
wind=wing. But it’s not a bad typo really.
buffy said:
fsm said:
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
Swallows aren’t easy to photograph on the wind. Well done.
If anyone needs any blurry pictures of swallows, I have plenty.
fsm said:
buffy said:
fsm said:
Some of the bonny birds that were around Norah Head this afternoon.
Swallows aren’t easy to photograph on the wind. Well done.
If anyone needs any blurry pictures of swallows, I have plenty.
I deleted mine. Even though the pair at our front gate will happily fly around you, the point and shoot camera (and my reaction times) make photographs very difficult. I had a couple that I could tell they were swallows because I knew what they were. I didn’t even keep those ones.
A cute pair of blue wrens spent some time grooming each other at Terrigal. The strong winds had messed up their styling I think….
Kingy said:
What bird is that Kingy? Interesting colours
we call it a ringneck but sometimes a 28… it’s a subspecies of the Barnardius zonarius.
Arts said:
we call it a ringneck but sometimes a 28… it’s a subspecies of the Barnardius zonarius.
always a 28 around these parts.
Arts said:
we call it a ringneck but sometimes a 28… it’s a subspecies of the Barnardius zonarius.
Thanks Arts. It’s got quite a range. A very bonny bird
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
we call it a ringneck but sometimes a 28… it’s a subspecies of the Barnardius zonarius.
always a 28 around these parts.
A No 28.. it’s a bird not a fkn buss.
Ian said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
we call it a ringneck but sometimes a 28… it’s a subspecies of the Barnardius zonarius.
always a 28 around these parts.
A No 28.. it’s a bird not a fkn buss.
just a 28, no No. in front. and it is bus. a buss is a kiss. htfh.
ChrispenEvan said:
Ian said:
ChrispenEvan said:always a 28 around these parts.
A No 28.. it’s a bird not a fkn buss.
just a 28, no No. in front. and it is bus. a buss is a kiss. htfh.
No 2
Ian said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
we call it a ringneck but sometimes a 28… it’s a subspecies of the Barnardius zonarius.
always a 28 around these parts.
A No 28.. it’s a bird not a fkn buss.
they are called 28s because their call sounds vaguely like they are saying that number.
party_pants said:
Ian said:
ChrispenEvan said:always a 28 around these parts.
A No 28.. it’s a bird not a fkn buss.
they are called 28s because their call sounds vaguely like they are saying that number.
So somebody said. ;)
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:
Ian said:A No 28.. it’s a bird not a fkn buss.
they are called 28s because their call sounds vaguely like they are saying that number.
So somebody said. ;)
that’s what we tell the children around here. I was told as a child.
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:they are called 28s because their call sounds vaguely like they are saying that number.
So somebody said. ;)
that’s what we tell the children around here. I was told as a child.
Yeah. Have you read Gould’s book?
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
The Twenty-eight and Port Lincoln parrots and the wheatbelt hybrid are all very similar in coloration and are easily confused.
I have the same black headed hybrid here and they don’t say 28.
Read Goulf’s descriptions of burd calls and you’ll probably raise your eyebrows qite a gfew times.
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sample-play.php?d=294%20Twenty-eight%20Parrot&s=1479751278
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sample-play.php?d=294%20Port%20Lincoln%20Ringneck&s=1467912133
But why is it called a 28?
Some theories include it takes 28 parrots to make a pie, or that the Noongar names for the bird sounds like 28.
However, the accepted theory is its moniker actually comes from the French.
Birdlife Australia’s woodland birds program’s manager Tegan Douglas said the species was first described by French biologists.
Dr Douglas said the main theory was the French for 28 is “vingt huit” — pronounced vun tweet, which the botanist believed the bird call sounded like.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/wa-parrot-28-named-after-a-number-french/102394176
ChrispenEvan said:
But why is it called a 28?Some theories include it takes 28 parrots to make a pie, or that the Noongar names for the bird sounds like 28.
However, the accepted theory is its moniker actually comes from the French.
Birdlife Australia’s woodland birds program’s manager Tegan Douglas said the species was first described by French biologists.
Dr Douglas said the main theory was the French for 28 is “vingt huit” — pronounced vun tweet, which the botanist believed the bird call sounded like.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/wa-parrot-28-named-after-a-number-french/102394176
Yes but all the ringnecks make the same sound and none of the others have the stupid French name.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sample-play.php?d=294%20Twenty-eight%20Parrot&s=1479751278
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sample-play.php?d=294%20Port%20Lincoln%20Ringneck&s=1467912133
must admit they have never sounded like it is 28. just noisy squawks when perched and a different call when in alarm flight.
ChrispenEvan said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sample-play.php?d=294%20Twenty-eight%20Parrot&s=1479751278
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sample-play.php?d=294%20Port%20Lincoln%20Ringneck&s=1467912133must admit they have never sounded like it is 28. just noisy squawks when perched and a different call when in alarm flight.
Yeah. The French just like everything to sound smooth and flowing.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
But why is it called a 28?Some theories include it takes 28 parrots to make a pie, or that the Noongar names for the bird sounds like 28.
However, the accepted theory is its moniker actually comes from the French.
Birdlife Australia’s woodland birds program’s manager Tegan Douglas said the species was first described by French biologists.
Dr Douglas said the main theory was the French for 28 is “vingt huit” — pronounced vun tweet, which the botanist believed the bird call sounded like.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/wa-parrot-28-named-after-a-number-french/102394176
Yes but all the ringnecks make the same sound and none of the others have the stupid French name.
that is why common names are no substitute for the latin.
ChrispenEvan said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
But why is it called a 28?Some theories include it takes 28 parrots to make a pie, or that the Noongar names for the bird sounds like 28.
However, the accepted theory is its moniker actually comes from the French.
Birdlife Australia’s woodland birds program’s manager Tegan Douglas said the species was first described by French biologists.
Dr Douglas said the main theory was the French for 28 is “vingt huit” — pronounced vun tweet, which the botanist believed the bird call sounded like.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/wa-parrot-28-named-after-a-number-french/102394176
Yes but all the ringnecks make the same sound and none of the others have the stupid French name.
that is why common names are no substitute for the latin.
Correct.
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:So somebody said. ;)
that’s what we tell the children around here. I was told as a child.
Yeah. Have you read Gould’s book?
Hell no.
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:that’s what we tell the children around here. I was told as a child.
Yeah. Have you read Gould’s book?
Hell no.
jim richety scratchit. and other sounds that sound nothing like the birds.
Can’t make the sounds into human language. Try the painted honeyeater, I’ve never heard it say ‘joey’.
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
That means they are the same species. Different subspecies.
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)That means they are the same species. Different subspecies.
My we are on the ball tonight.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)That means they are the same species. Different subspecies.
My we are on the ball tonight.
Can get much past me
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)That means they are the same species. Different subspecies.
My we are on the ball tonight.
Can get much past me
Can I?
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:Yeah. Have you read Gould’s book?
Hell no.
jim richety scratchit. and other sounds that sound nothing like the birds.
Can’t make the sounds into human language. Try the painted honeyeater, I’ve never heard it say ‘joey’.
Many of the local language names for birds here relate in some way to the noise they make. The most obvious one is our raven, for which the local language name is Waa. Maggies are Kuuruuk.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:Hell no.
jim richety scratchit. and other sounds that sound nothing like the birds.
Can’t make the sounds into human language. Try the painted honeyeater, I’ve never heard it say ‘joey’.
Many of the local language names for birds here relate in some way to the noise they make. The most obvious one is our raven, for which the local language name is Waa. Maggies are Kuuruuk.
Maggies also call for Carol a lot.
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
TIL the 28 is the same beast as the Cloncurry parrot which you’ll see around Mt Isa.
same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)That means they are the same species. Different subspecies.
yes. i wrote the first bit then double checked the scientific names and corrected them without correcting the first bit.
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:same genus. different species.
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
Twenty-Eight Parrots, also known as Yellow-collared Parrots, (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
plus the cloncurry one has no black head and is paler overall.
(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi)
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)That means they are the same species. Different subspecies.
yes. i wrote the first bit then double checked the scientific names and corrected them without correcting the first bit.
We’ll forgive you this time.
ruby said:
A cute pair of blue wrens spent some time grooming each other at Terrigal. The strong winds had messed up their styling I think….
Very cute.
Some more white cheeked honeyeaters at Bombi Moor this afternoon.
fsm said:
Some more white cheeked honeyeaters at Bombi Moor this afternoon.
Lovely.
fsm said:
Some more white cheeked honeyeaters at Bombi Moor this afternoon.
Good birds
An egret at Crap Bird Photography
one brown-goshawk head, one from 5th of this month didn’t use, which the server nicely converted PNG to JPG, I just has preview that see how much damage it did, not too bad, wasn’t great to start with
dv said:
An egret at Crap Bird Photography
Nice one!
:)
dv said:
An egret at Crap Bird Photography
It’s informative for those who didn’t realise they can bend their necks like that.
transition said:
one brown-goshawk head, one from 5th of this month didn’t use, which the server nicely converted PNG to JPG, I just has preview that see how much damage it did, not too bad, wasn’t great to start with
Awesome shot.
Today’s bonny birds around Norah Head lighthouse.
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds around Norah Head lighthouse.
Absolutely awesome shots there mate.
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds around Norah Head lighthouse.
very awesomeric.
Very nice. Makes my point and shoot photos of red rump parrots this morning look a bit pathetic. But that’s my fault for not getting better equipment, I suppose.
:)
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds around Norah Head lighthouse.
Some nicely captured interactions there, well done.
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds around Norah Head lighthouse.
some new hollands bathing, while scrolling through unused pictures looking for something else, banged them together
transition said:
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds around Norah Head lighthouse.
some new hollands bathing, while scrolling through unused pictures looking for something else, banged them together
and local ringneck, 22, whatever goes by name of tuna city also, taken today, banged together, to compare with WA
It’s duckling season down at the park
dv said:
It’s duckling season down at the park
bit cute, the family
dv said:
It’s duckling season down at the park
Heh. Wonder if she can count them or just thinks, “many”.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
It’s duckling season down at the park
Heh. Wonder if she can count them or just thinks, “many”.
IDK whether they count them as we understand it but they seem to know when one is missing.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
It’s duckling season down at the park
Heh. Wonder if she can count them or just thinks, “many”.
Watched a black dick waot for all her ducklings to drop from the nest some 20 metres up a deodar. The last one to get on it’s feet took some time because it had hit a branch on the way down and landed on its back. The mother waited for a few minutes for it to come to and struggle to its wobbly feet before she waddled off trailing ducklings towards the main canal, stopping big trucks in their tracks without even raising a wing.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
It’s duckling season down at the park
Heh. Wonder if she can count them or just thinks, “many”.
Watched a black dick waot for all her ducklings to drop from the nest some 20 metres up a deodar. The last one to get on it’s feet took some time because it had hit a branch on the way down and landed on its back. The mother waited for a few minutes for it to come to and struggle to its wobbly feet before she waddled off trailing ducklings towards the main canal, stopping big trucks in their tracks without even raising a wing.
duck wait.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:Heh. Wonder if she can count them or just thinks, “many”.
Watched a black dick waot for all her ducklings to drop from the nest some 20 metres up a deodar. The last one to get on it’s feet took some time because it had hit a branch on the way down and landed on its back. The mother waited for a few minutes for it to come to and struggle to its wobbly feet before she waddled off trailing ducklings towards the main canal, stopping big trucks in their tracks without even raising a wing.
duck wait.
:)
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
It’s duckling season down at the park
Heh. Wonder if she can count them or just thinks, “many”.
Watched a black dick waot for all her ducklings to drop from the nest some 20 metres up a deodar. The last one to get on it’s feet took some time because it had hit a branch on the way down and landed on its back. The mother waited for a few minutes for it to come to and struggle to its wobbly feet before she waddled off trailing ducklings towards the main canal, stopping big trucks in their tracks without even raising a wing.
Well we’re not here to judge your preferences
Some of today’s bonny birds.
fsm said:
Some of today’s bonny birds.
A couple of them are “noisy” birds…
fsm said:
Some of today’s bonny birds.
:)
Bubblecar said:
fsm said:
Some of today’s bonny birds.
:)
Very nice photos.
Ducks at dusk.
fsm said:
Ducks at dusk.
Lovely.
:)
Michael V said:
fsm said:
Ducks at dusk.
Lovely.
:)
But, but…shouldn’t it be three, in a line going up?
;)
buffy said:
Michael V said:
fsm said:
Ducks at dusk.
Lovely.
:)
But, but…shouldn’t it be three, in a line going up?
;)
Ha!
King vulture looks like something a shitty AI would come up with
dv said:
King vulture looks like something a shitty AI would come up with
Stretching the term “bonny” a bit there.
dv said:
King vulture looks like something a shitty AI would come up with
Who are you to question the chaos theory?
Bonny birds in the sunset this evening.
fsm said:
Bonny birds in the sunset this evening.
I like the swimming ducks in silhouette.
fsm said:
Bonny birds in the sunset this evening.
Farmers call all them pests.
buffy said:
fsm said:
Bonny birds in the sunset this evening.
I like the swimming ducks in silhouette.
They are all great images.
buffy said:
fsm said:
Bonny birds in the sunset this evening.
I like the swimming ducks in silhouette.
They’re good on the wall in hallway.
I went out for a lovely ramble to Winnie Bay yesterday, and this cute couple of rainbow lorikeets were spotted checking out the local real estate-
ruby said:
I went out for a lovely ramble to Winnie Bay yesterday, and this cute couple of rainbow lorikeets were spotted checking out the local real estate-
:)
I was told to bring my camera when visiting a friend yesterday. Every year she gets a willy wagtail pair nesting near her house. This year they are feet away from her verandah in an old Magnolia stellata. They kept building as it got dark last night too.
They look like they use cobwebs to glue things together. They fly in with a beak load, apply it, then go from the base upwards weaving everything together. And then hop onto the fence and chatter proudly.
ruby said:
I was told to bring my camera when visiting a friend yesterday. Every year she gets a willy wagtail pair nesting near her house. This year they are feet away from her verandah in an old Magnolia stellata. They kept building as it got dark last night too.
They look like they use cobwebs to glue things together. They fly in with a beak load, apply it, then go from the base upwards weaving everything together. And then hop onto the fence and chatter proudly.
:)
ruby said:
I was told to bring my camera when visiting a friend yesterday. Every year she gets a willy wagtail pair nesting near her house. This year they are feet away from her verandah in an old Magnolia stellata. They kept building as it got dark last night too.
They look like they use cobwebs to glue things together. They fly in with a beak load, apply it, then go from the base upwards weaving everything together. And then hop onto the fence and chatter proudly.
Is that last photo “testing for size”…(I’m still missing a question mark key on this lappy. I prised up the key and there wasn’t anything under it. Must just be a dodgy key)
buffy said:
ruby said:
I was told to bring my camera when visiting a friend yesterday. Every year she gets a willy wagtail pair nesting near her house. This year they are feet away from her verandah in an old Magnolia stellata. They kept building as it got dark last night too.
They look like they use cobwebs to glue things together. They fly in with a beak load, apply it, then go from the base upwards weaving everything together. And then hop onto the fence and chatter proudly.
Is that last photo “testing for size”…(I’m still missing a question mark key on this lappy. I prised up the key and there wasn’t anything under it. Must just be a dodgy key)
I rather think they do ‘test for size’ as they go.
There is also a blue wren nest in a hanging basket plant a few metres away from the wagtail nest. But that just looks like a tangled blob. Not very photogenic and wasn’t being visited yesterday by the potential parents
Swallow silhouettes in the sunset tonight.
fsm said:
Swallow silhouettes in the sunset tonight.
Lovely studies, ta.
fsm said:
Swallow silhouettes in the sunset tonight.
Are they swallow tails.
Peak Warming Man said:
fsm said:
Swallow silhouettes in the sunset tonight.
Are they swallow tails.
They are Welcome swallows.
fsm said:
Peak Warming Man said:
fsm said:
Swallow silhouettes in the sunset tonight.
Are they swallow tails.
They are Welcome swallows.
Ta.
Hey fsm,
Them there’s some nice piccys that are not too hard to swallow.
fsm said:
Peak Warming Man said:
fsm said:
Swallow silhouettes in the sunset tonight.
Are they swallow tails.
They are Welcome swallows.
They are wldome as long as they don’t build their nest in the carport and shit on your car.
roughbarked said:
fsm said:
Peak Warming Man said:Are they swallow tails.
They are Welcome swallows.
They are wldome as long as they don’t build their nest in the carport and shit on your car.
This morning, swallows are persistently checking out my carport, as it is that season again. I was onto them a few years back, and meshed over all possible nesting sites.
:)
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
fsm said:They are Welcome swallows.
They are wldome as long as they don’t build their nest in the carport and shit on your car.
This morning, swallows are persistently checking out my carport, as it is that season again. I was onto them a few years back, and meshed over all possible nesting sites.
:)
Ironic that I stuffed up typing welcome. ;)
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
fsm said:They are Welcome swallows.
They are wldome as long as they don’t build their nest in the carport and shit on your car.
This morning, swallows are persistently checking out my carport, as it is that season again. I was onto them a few years back, and meshed over all possible nesting sites.
:)
esselte said:
Belongs in the Bushfire thread.
fsm said:
Nice shots.
fsm said:
very bonny indeed :)
fsm said:
Nice ones. Mine was more sedentary today, just sitting up there chucking gumnuts at me.
……
fsm said:
All good photos, but the gull shot is something special.
dv said:
Wonderful photo.
dv said:
Shopped
Ian said:
dv said:
Shopped
And it’s got 3 heads.
dv said:
The wings look like Big Birds wearing sunglasses.
Cerbirdus
dv said:
Cerbirdus
:)
dv said:
I’d say that this photo was taken by a remote camera planted at a spot known for the bird landing.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
They look well fed.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
They look well fed.
The buggers eat all the seeds I plant and the ones I was growing to save.
Shoebill storks can be up to 1.52 metres tall, which is the height of Dolly Parton or Kylie Minogue.
dv said:
Shoebill storks can be up to 1.52 metres tall, which is the height of Dolly Parton or Kylie Minogue.
Dolly Parton lying down on her back?
dv said:
Shoebill storks can be up to 1.52 metres tall, which is the height of Dolly Parton or Kylie Minogue.
But they are all beak and have little on the breast front.
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
fsm said:
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
:)
fsm said:
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
black-shouldered kites make good photographing, young one there
fsm said:
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
Gosh, there’s a hawk.
transition said:
black-shouldered kites make good photographing, young one there
There were about 10 of them, all hovering and hunting.
fsm said:
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
Not just bird photos, but an insight into their daily lives. Impressed.
fsm said:
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
That’s a pretty good camera and camera person.
PermeateFree said:
fsm said:
Cheetham Wetlands between Altona Beach and Point Cook, on the western side of Port Phillip Bay.
Not just bird photos, but an insight into their daily lives. Impressed.
So am I.
few from last couple days, not really been looking, weather was awful today
fsm said:
Nice but is that chamomile under their feet?
roughbarked said:
fsm said:
Nice but is that chamomile under their feet?
Lawn daisy (Bellis perennis) I would think.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
fsm said:
Nice but is that chamomile under their feet?
Lawn daisy (Bellis perennis) I would think.
Ah. OK.
Shag
strich
I posted up some pictures of willy wagtails building a nest at a friend’s place a little while back.
She said last Saturday that I better get over to her place as she could see little heads popping up over the edge of the nest.
I made my way over thinking I’d be photographing extra cute teeny baby birds peeping for their dinner.
Instead I was faced with little alien heads…..
Three days later they were starting to look a little better. The parents were being run ragged keeping the food up to them.
ruby said:
Three days later they were starting to look a little better. The parents were being run ragged keeping the food up to them.
They aren’t really cute, are they.
buffy said:
ruby said:
Three days later they were starting to look a little better. The parents were being run ragged keeping the food up to them.
They aren’t really cute, are they.
Today’s babies are much more appealing. Just watering the garden then I’ll get them up. It is surprising the difference in one week.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:
Three days later they were starting to look a little better. The parents were being run ragged keeping the food up to them.
They aren’t really cute, are they.
Today’s babies are much more appealing. Just watering the garden then I’ll get them up. It is surprising the difference in one week.
It is decades since I had a wagtail nest in my yard.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:
Three days later they were starting to look a little better. The parents were being run ragged keeping the food up to them.
They aren’t really cute, are they.
Today’s babies are much more appealing. Just watering the garden then I’ll get them up. It is surprising the difference in one week.
That looks a secure little nest.
I’m finding dead chicks under the eaves nest of the blackbirds again. They’re not very good at choosing secure sites.
Bubblecar said:
That looks a secure little nest.
It’s a very secure nest, it has been through two lots of gale force winds in the last couple of weeks. I think the babies are now so big that they can wedge themselves into the nest if needed. But not long until one of them pops out I think
Two more shots from today, they have changed so much! No longer featherless freaks, one looks almost like an adult. Until the parent arrives and they all go back to the ‘feed me, we’re helpless little babies’ routine
ruby said:
Two more shots from today, they have changed so much! No longer featherless freaks, one looks almost like an adult. Until the parent arrives and they all go back to the ‘feed me, we’re helpless little babies’ routine
:)
ruby said:
Two more shots from today, they have changed so much! No longer featherless freaks, one looks almost like an adult. Until the parent arrives and they all go back to the ‘feed me, we’re helpless little babies’ routine
:)
Three in that tiny nest!
Michael V said:
ruby said:
Two more shots from today, they have changed so much! No longer featherless freaks, one looks almost like an adult. Until the parent arrives and they all go back to the ‘feed me, we’re helpless little babies’ routine
:)
Three in that tiny nest!
I love how they can squinch themselves down into the nest if they want to. Once they hop up higher you can see how big they are. Amazing how big they have grown in one week
ruby said:
Two more shots from today, they have changed so much! No longer featherless freaks, one looks almost like an adult. Until the parent arrives and they all go back to the ‘feed me, we’re helpless little babies’ routine
nice pictures, hungry youngsters
ruby said:
Bubblecar said:That looks a secure little nest.
It’s a very secure nest, it has been through two lots of gale force winds in the last couple of weeks. I think the babies are now so big that they can wedge themselves into the nest if needed. But not long until one of them pops out I think
and it is just grass bound with spider web.
Today’s bonny birds from Mt Penang Gardens.
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds from Mt Penang Gardens.
Looks like a blue tit.
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds from Mt Penang Gardens.
Very fine studies again, ta.
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds from Mt Penang Gardens.
Thats a nice one of the kingrubber
fsm said:
Today’s bonny birds from Mt Penang Gardens.
The blue wren boys are really going for it with the plumage this year.
:)
I saw a glossy ibis.
Didn’t get a picture but it was pretty cool.
dv said:
I saw a glossy ibis.Didn’t get a picture but it was pretty cool.
A colourful one?
This one didn’t have its wings up like that so mostly just black and brown looking
dv said:
This one didn’t have its wings up like that so mostly just black and brown looking
They don’t have to have their wings up, If the light is right. They are far from black and brown.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
This one didn’t have its wings up like that so mostly just black and brown looking
They don’t have to have their wings up, If the light is right. They are far from black and brown.
Hmm…Birds in Backyards description mostly features the word brown…
https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Plegadis-falcinellus
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:
This one didn’t have its wings up like that so mostly just black and brown looking
They don’t have to have their wings up, If the light is right. They are far from black and brown.
Hmm…Birds in Backyards description mostly features the word brown…
https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Plegadis-falcinellus
Also Perth Zoo pretty much says black and brown from a distance.
https://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/animal/glossy-ibis
buffy said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:They don’t have to have their wings up, If the light is right. They are far from black and brown.
Hmm…Birds in Backyards description mostly features the word brown…
https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Plegadis-falcinellus
Also Perth Zoo pretty much says black and brown from a distance.
https://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/animal/glossy-ibis
:) I was looking at a crested pigeon about 10 metres away and asked my mate who had the binoculars, is that a bronzewing? It looks brown rather than the grey. He said no it is a crested, I can see the crest.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
buffy said:Hmm…Birds in Backyards description mostly features the word brown…
https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Plegadis-falcinellus
Also Perth Zoo pretty much says black and brown from a distance.
https://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/animal/glossy-ibis
:) I was looking at a crested pigeon about 10 metres away and asked my mate who had the binoculars, is that a bronzewing? It looks brown rather than the grey. He said no it is a crested, I can see the crest.
It is a trick of the light.
dv said:
Won’t that confuse the Peregrines.
Cluster of ducklings at the park
dv said:
Cluster of ducklings at the park
:)
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Cluster of ducklings at the park
:)
Apparently, according to the interwebs, a group like that is a badeling/paddling when they are floating around together like a raft.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Cluster of ducklings at the park
:)
Apparently, according to the interwebs, a group like that is a badeling/paddling when they are floating around together like a raft.
These are ashore though so I guess that’s a waddling.
dv said:
buffy said:
Bubblecar said::)
Apparently, according to the interwebs, a group like that is a badeling/paddling when they are floating around together like a raft.
These are ashore though so I guess that’s a waddling.
But they are seated, so I suppose that’s a settling.
dv said:
Cluster of ducklings at the park
cuties.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Cluster of ducklings at the park
:)
Apparently, according to the interwebs, a group like that is a badeling/paddling when they are floating around together like a raft.
Saved me looking it up.
dv said:
buffy said:
Bubblecar said::)
Apparently, according to the interwebs, a group like that is a badeling/paddling when they are floating around together like a raft.
These are ashore though so I guess that’s a waddling.
It looks more like cuddling or snuggling.
Michael V said:
dv said:
buffy said:Apparently, according to the interwebs, a group like that is a badeling/paddling when they are floating around together like a raft.
These are ashore though so I guess that’s a waddling.
But they are seated, so I suppose that’s a settling.
I’m content with a cuddling
Finch
dv said:
Finch
Where’s Wally.
dv said:
Finch
That’s some good camouflage.
Someone uploaded this to Crap Bird Photography
dv said:
Someone uploaded this to Crap Bird Photography
I quite like it. It looks like the bird is using its mobile phone to take a photo of the human through the window.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Someone uploaded this to Crap Bird Photography
I quite like it. It looks like the bird is using its mobile phone to take a photo of the human through the window.
:)
More from Crap bird photography
dv said:
More from Crap bird photography
They are different shots but that doesn’t reallymake them crap.
dv said:
More from Crap bird photography
:)
gives me a verbal scolding way out the door says only got enough space on card for one photo, so turns back and clears some space, stoopid
has a lady variegated wren, gots dinner
fsm said:
Fine portraits, ta.
fsm said:
Nice.
:)
fsm said:
Sery nicely captured.
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
fsm said:
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
Excellent wildlife photos.
fsm said:
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
Nice ones. Especially the duck.
fsm said:
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
Very nicely taken, you have a gift there.
Michael V said:
fsm said:
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
Nice ones. Especially the duck.
Sneaking up on the plover was the bravest.
PermeateFree said:
fsm said:
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
Very nicely taken, you have a gift there.
and a better camera than mine.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
fsm said:
Some of today’s birds from Central Coast wetlands.
Nice ones. Especially the duck.
Sneaking up on the plover was the bravest.
They happily walk around the yard here. Usually once every two or three days. When they have chicks, they’ll come daily, bringing the chicks.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Nice ones. Especially the duck.
Sneaking up on the plover was the bravest.
They happily walk around the yard here. Usually once every two or three days. When they have chicks, they’ll come daily, bringing the chicks.
They see you as part of the safe infrastructure.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:Sneaking up on the plover was the bravest.
They happily walk around the yard here. Usually once every two or three days. When they have chicks, they’ll come daily, bringing the chicks.
They see you as part of the safe infrastructure.
Pretty much. The chicks are really cute.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:They happily walk around the yard here. Usually once every two or three days. When they have chicks, they’ll come daily, bringing the chicks.
They see you as part of the safe infrastructure.
Pretty much. The chicks are really cute.
It is great when you have local birds that accept you. They almost walk across your feet. They get that used to you.
Spotted this naughty bird nicking my cherry tomatoes just as I was about to head out this morning. The first Koel, first Koel…
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:They see you as part of the safe infrastructure.
Pretty much. The chicks are really cute.
It is great when you have local birds that accept you. They almost walk across your feet. They get that used to you.
Yes, yes it is.
ruby said:
Spotted this naughty bird nicking my cherry tomatoes just as I was about to head out this morning. The first Koel, first Koel…
:)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Czv_6DcKJmT/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Consider this Great Hornbill
Air snacks
https://www.facebook.com/reel/319861994109942?mibextid=BhObA4&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
dv said:
Air snacks
https://www.facebook.com/reel/319861994109942?mibextid=BhObA4&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Damn those PLAAF have really developed their drone technology to the next level¡
dv said:
Air snacks
https://www.facebook.com/reel/319861994109942?mibextid=BhObA4&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
People shouldn’t feed birds. They are feeding them the wrong foods.
I went on a mid week ramble in search of Christmas bush, we found plenty of healthy plants but zero flowers.
But we did find a large flock of yellow tailed black cockatoos having a fine old time amongst the flowering gums and casuarinas.
ruby said:
I went on a mid week ramble in search of Christmas bush, we found plenty of healthy plants but zero flowers.
But we did find a large flock of yellow tailed black cockatoos having a fine old time amongst the flowering gums and casuarinas.
I love their call. They have been ripping into the foreign pine/cypress type trees in the Botanic Gardens here in the past couple of weeks. They rather like swinging from the end of a longish branch.
buffy said:
ruby said:
I went on a mid week ramble in search of Christmas bush, we found plenty of healthy plants but zero flowers.
But we did find a large flock of yellow tailed black cockatoos having a fine old time amongst the flowering gums and casuarinas.
I love their call. They have been ripping into the foreign pine/cypress type trees in the Botanic Gardens here in the past couple of weeks. They rather like swinging from the end of a longish branch.
Rusty gate calls! I think there were a few young ones amongst them, and they were being taught how to be proper black cockatoos.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:
I went on a mid week ramble in search of Christmas bush, we found plenty of healthy plants but zero flowers.
But we did find a large flock of yellow tailed black cockatoos having a fine old time amongst the flowering gums and casuarinas.
I love their call. They have been ripping into the foreign pine/cypress type trees in the Botanic Gardens here in the past couple of weeks. They rather like swinging from the end of a longish branch.
Rusty gate calls! I think there were a few young ones amongst them, and they were being taught how to be proper black cockatoos.
Handsome birdies. See them here but not often.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:
I went on a mid week ramble in search of Christmas bush, we found plenty of healthy plants but zero flowers.
But we did find a large flock of yellow tailed black cockatoos having a fine old time amongst the flowering gums and casuarinas.
I love their call. They have been ripping into the foreign pine/cypress type trees in the Botanic Gardens here in the past couple of weeks. They rather like swinging from the end of a longish branch.
Rusty gate calls! I think there were a few young ones amongst them, and they were being taught how to be proper black cockatoos.
They describe the redtail blacks here as sounding like a broken windmill. I think I may have heard one once. I find the yellowtails rather lilting.
buffy said:
ruby said:
buffy said:I love their call. They have been ripping into the foreign pine/cypress type trees in the Botanic Gardens here in the past couple of weeks. They rather like swinging from the end of a longish branch.
Rusty gate calls! I think there were a few young ones amongst them, and they were being taught how to be proper black cockatoos.
They describe the redtail blacks here as sounding like a broken windmill. I think I may have heard one once. I find the yellowtails rather lilting.
When they were flying they did their usual more melodic call. But perched in the trees and messing about they were doing quite different noises. Rusty gate noise being scraped along the ground
ruby said:
I went on a mid week ramble in search of Christmas bush, we found plenty of healthy plants but zero flowers.
But we did find a large flock of yellow tailed black cockatoos having a fine old time amongst the flowering gums and casuarinas.
Nice.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:Rusty gate calls! I think there were a few young ones amongst them, and they were being taught how to be proper black cockatoos.
They describe the redtail blacks here as sounding like a broken windmill. I think I may have heard one once. I find the yellowtails rather lilting.
When they were flying they did their usual more melodic call. But perched in the trees and messing about they were doing quite different noises. Rusty gate noise being scraped along the ground
They are iconic birds.
Photo of swamphens by Matt Laughton
dv said:
Photo of swamphens by Matt Laughton
Awwwww.
:)
Do you have a photo of the lost bird Captain.
Photo of a red-necked avocet, by Sheila Rowlands
dv said:
Photo of a red-necked avocet, by Sheila Rowlands
It looks stuffed.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Photo of a red-necked avocet, by Sheila Rowlands
It looks stuffed.
so would you if you’d just landed after a long haul flight from siberia.
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Photo of a red-necked avocet, by Sheila Rowlands
It looks stuffed.
so would you if you’d just landed after a long haul flight from siberia.
And it looks like it’s flown into something.
Southern Ground Hornbill chicks looking all dinosaury.
esselte said:
Southern Ground Hornbill chicks looking all dinosaury.
A face that only a mother could love.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-16/indigenous-rangers-record-song-of-night-parrot-gibson/103202276
Indigenous rangers have captured a rare recording of the “extremely secretive” night parrot in a remote part of Western Australia.
dv said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-16/indigenous-rangers-record-song-of-night-parrot-gibson/103202276
Indigenous rangers have captured a rare recording of the “extremely secretive” night parrot in a remote part of Western Australia.
they’re out there, but it is a closely guarded secret where.
party_pants said:
dv said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-16/indigenous-rangers-record-song-of-night-parrot-gibson/103202276
Indigenous rangers have captured a rare recording of the “extremely secretive” night parrot in a remote part of Western Australia.
they’re out there, but it is a closely guarded secret where.
Oh we know where. It is just such a big where and they are such a small bird.
Centauremu
dv said:
Centauremu
Tanya from Queensland.
dv said:
Centauremu
Turduckenmu
dv said:
Centauremu
heavy metals poisoning
dv said:
Centauremu
it is a female emu giving birth.
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Centauremu
it is a female emu giving birth.
Go live-births! Eggs are for losers.
Witty Rejoinder said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Centauremu
it is a female emu giving birth.
Go live-births! Eggs are for losers.
LOL
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Probably thinking, bloody paparazzi!
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Aren’t they just fabulous the way they pretend to be a bit of broken branch. Sometimes it actually works too.
:)
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Your photo?
buffy said:
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Aren’t they just fabulous the way they pretend to be a bit of broken branch. Sometimes it actually works too.
:)
It often works! I had a couple that nested in my old gum tree, and raised many babies till I had to lop the branch. It often took a while to spot them.
roughbarked said:
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Your photo?
Yep, my photo. I took a few
ruby said:
roughbarked said:
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Your photo?
Yep, my photo. I took a few
Here’s one I took at my place.
roughbarked said:
ruby said:
roughbarked said:Your photo?
Yep, my photo. I took a few
Here’s one I took at my place.
Nice. Love the ‘old grandpa’ look
ruby said:
roughbarked said:
ruby said:Yep, my photo. I took a few
Here’s one I took at my place.
Nice. Love the ‘old grandpa’ look
This is blending in.
roughbarked said:
ruby said:
roughbarked said:Here’s one I took at my place.
Nice. Love the ‘old grandpa’ look
This is blending in.
If one looks carefully there are three babes with mum.
ruby said:
roughbarked said:
ruby said:
Just love camouflaged tawny frogmouths.
These ones were looking very serious yesterday
Your photo?
Yep, my photo. I took a few
loves fwogmoufs, brings cheer to my day
Some kind of heron on Crap Bird Photography
Juvenile sparrowhawk.
roughbarked said:
Juvenile sparrowhawk.
about time you washed your car, lazy bastard
transition said:
roughbarked said:
Juvenile sparrowhawk.
about time you washed your car, lazy bastard
:) That would scrub the patina off.
https://dazvoz.com/Littlecorella.m4a
There are many little corellas about, and here is the noise they are making.
dv said:
https://dazvoz.com/Littlecorella.m4aThere are many little corellas about, and here is the noise they are making.
They sound a bit disgruntled.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
https://dazvoz.com/Littlecorella.m4aThere are many little corellas about, and here is the noise they are making.
They sound a bit disgruntled.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
https://dazvoz.com/Littlecorella.m4aThere are many little corellas about, and here is the noise they are making.
They sound a bit disgruntled.
They do sound a bit cranky.
Who knows what madness drives the mind of a bird.
It is not nice to harass wild birds but this is kind of cool
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/yA8mmHtoexAouaYR/?mibextid=kqHFok
dv said:
It is not nice to harass wild birds but this is kind of coolhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/yA8mmHtoexAouaYR/?mibextid=kqHFok
Hand reared geese.
▶️ Watch this reel
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/PA4gwAGoSNyiuYtM/?mibextid=FBXbJr
Cassowaries
dv said:
▶️ Watch this reel
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/PA4gwAGoSNyiuYtM/?mibextid=FBXbJrCassowaries
Sounds like some kind of plumbing crisis.
The mountain bluebird, found in North America
dv said:
The mountain bluebird, found in North America
Pretty.
Gla
dv said:
Gla
What sort of tree is that?
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Gla
What sort of tree is that?
Gla-roost tree, obviously.
(Looks like a white cedar to me, but what would I really know?)
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Gla
What sort of tree is that?
Gla-roost tree, obviously.
(Looks like a white cedar to me, but what would I really know?)
Could well be white cedar, and it’s one of only a few deciduous trees in Australia.
I’m not much of a tree-spotter
dv said:
I’m not much of a tree-spotter
how’d you go with trains?
JudgeMental said:
dv said:
I’m not much of a tree-spotter
how’d you go with trains?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjOL2we8ko
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:What sort of tree is that?
Gla-roost tree, obviously.
(Looks like a white cedar to me, but what would I really know?)
Could well be white cedar, and it’s one of only a few deciduous trees in Australia.
Nah it is not a white cedar. Which by the way, isn’t a cedar at all. Yes it is a glar.
dv said:
I’m not much of a tree-spotter
Noted.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Gla
What sort of tree is that?
More likely a Fraxinus species rather than the Melia azedarach suggested.
two birds were fighting over my kniphofias.
sarahs mum said:
two birds were fighting over my kniphofias.
Nice
dv said:
sarahs mum said:
two birds were fighting over my kniphofias.
Nice
I too have the same sight in my garden.
This was in Crap bird photography, but I think it’s nice.
dv said:
This was in Crap bird photography, but I think it’s nice.
Acrobatics, well done.
I was watching a little family of native hens grazing on the green near the river, where I paused for a rest.
dv said:
This was in Crap bird photography, but I think it’s nice.
I see what you see.
Unusual view of a pelican.
Some red-browed finches that were about today.
fsm said:
Some red-browed finches that were about today.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Great Kodaks.
fsm said:
Some red-browed finches that were about today.
Fine little fat fellows.
fsm said:
Some red-browed finches that were about today.
They are such beautiful little critters.
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4a
Can you identify this birdsong?
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
No. Possibly a bird imitating some device.
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
It has some similarity to a pallid cuckoo.
Michael V said:
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
It has some similarity to a pallid cuckoo.
Cuckoos are a bit chirpy. This was an amazingly pure tone, always in 3 sets of 12ish. I took a look at the spectrum: a sole peak at 2550 Hz, width at half amplitude maybe 60 Hz, no discernible harmonics. Couldn’t sight it but it was in the branches overhead in the Darling Scarp around 3:30 pm today AWST.
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
It has some similarity to a pallid cuckoo.
Cuckoos are a bit chirpy. This was an amazingly pure tone, always in 3 sets of 12ish. I took a look at the spectrum: a sole peak at 2550 Hz, width at half amplitude maybe 60 Hz, no discernible harmonics. Couldn’t sight it but it was in the branches overhead in the Darling Scarp around 3:30 pm today AWST.
Nup can’t track it down.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
No. Possibly a bird imitating some device.
Maybe though that just makes me what bird around here is a great mimic.
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
It has some similarity to a pallid cuckoo.
Cuckoos are a bit chirpy. This was an amazingly pure tone, always in 3 sets of 12ish. I took a look at the spectrum: a sole peak at 2550 Hz, width at half amplitude maybe 60 Hz, no discernible harmonics. Couldn’t sight it but it was in the branches overhead in the Darling Scarp around 3:30 pm today AWST.
It does sound like one of the sounds a ringneck makes.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Michael V said:It has some similarity to a pallid cuckoo.
Cuckoos are a bit chirpy. This was an amazingly pure tone, always in 3 sets of 12ish. I took a look at the spectrum: a sole peak at 2550 Hz, width at half amplitude maybe 60 Hz, no discernible harmonics. Couldn’t sight it but it was in the branches overhead in the Darling Scarp around 3:30 pm today AWST.
It does sound like one of the sounds a ringneck makes.
Really? Hmm.
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
It has some similarity to a pallid cuckoo.
Cuckoos are a bit chirpy. This was an amazingly pure tone, always in 3 sets of 12ish. I took a look at the spectrum: a sole peak at 2550 Hz, width at half amplitude maybe 60 Hz, no discernible harmonics. Couldn’t sight it but it was in the branches overhead in the Darling Scarp around 3:30 pm today AWST.
sounds birdish, gather no powerlines around, not a ripple control signal
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:Cuckoos are a bit chirpy. This was an amazingly pure tone, always in 3 sets of 12ish. I took a look at the spectrum: a sole peak at 2550 Hz, width at half amplitude maybe 60 Hz, no discernible harmonics. Couldn’t sight it but it was in the branches overhead in the Darling Scarp around 3:30 pm today AWST.
It does sound like one of the sounds a ringneck makes.
Really? Hmm.
Yes. at least the Mallee ringneck.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
roughbarked said:It does sound like one of the sounds a ringneck makes.
Really? Hmm.
Yes. at least the Mallee ringneck.
The smaller parrots in particular have a number of different calls used obviously for different purposes and they have often tricked me at first until I listen further. The ringing bell souund is particular to the mallee ringneck but may also be used in the repertoire of the other ringnecks, all quite closely related.
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
dv said:
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
OK. That’s a bird I haven’t heard. Being from the east.
dv said:
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
I know those robins, make beautiful pictures
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
OK. That’s a bird I haven’t heard. Being from the east.
However, here’s the eastern yellow robin. It clearly goes on and on. youtube
dv said:
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
Well done them.
:)
Second one on this page:
https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=439&p=246
and last on on this page sound similar
https://xeno-canto.org/species/Eopsaltria-griseogularis
Michael V said:
dv said:
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
Well done them.
:)
Second one on this page:
https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=439&p=246
and last on on this page sound similar
https://xeno-canto.org/species/Eopsaltria-griseogularis
Here’s his eastern yellow robin.
https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=429&p=165
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
Thanks to help from birding forum friends, my recorded song has been identified as that of the Western Yellow Robin.
Well done them.
:)
Second one on this page:
https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=439&p=246
and last on on this page sound similar
https://xeno-canto.org/species/Eopsaltria-griseogularis
Here’s his eastern yellow robin.
https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=429&p=165
>and this comment, is pretty close to home for me.
“The sample LS100601 was from Round Hill Nature Reserve in western NSW. I have not heard this type of song on the east coast.”
dv said:
http://www.dazvoz.com/Bird.m4aCan you identify this birdsong?
Is it the Western Yellow Robin?
Talking about stupid birds, there’s one hiding behind my TV stand at this moment.
I let it out of the wood heater and it flew behind the telly. There’s an open window to the left, but it refuses to fly out.
Smaller than the usual stupid wood heater birds. Probably a starling.
▶️ Watch this video
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ymXo64YwxkaqQkb/?mibextid=xfxF2i
Caniform solidarity
Ooh, I saw swans at the local wetlands this morning. Somewhere between 20 and 25. They kept moving.
And I can report that my old camera did a better job of photographing birds at a distance than the new one. The new one, however, has a special up close function that is very good for flowers and tiny details on plants.
A few bonny birds from the other day.
fsm said:
A few bonny birds from the other day.
Splendid studies there, six stars.
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here 
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
Pheasant Coucal.
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
Looks a charming character.
fsm said:
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
Pheasant Coucal.
yup
Bubblecar said:
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
Looks a charming character.
likes to climb up one of the trees and literally spirals from the ground up to the top and vocalizes as he or she ascends to the top branches
My little Cisticolas can’t really compare with that. Quite a lot of them in the grass and rushes where I went photographing plants this morning. Chatty little chaps.
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
:)
One walks through the yard here fairly regularly.
fsm said:
A few bonny birds from the other day.
Wow.
Michael V said:
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
:)
One walks through the yard here fairly regularly.
But it rarely calls.
They call at Woodie’s place, but I have never seen one. I think they may be on the other side of the valley to him. .
buffy said:
My little Cisticolas can’t really compare with that. Quite a lot of them in the grass and rushes where I went photographing plants this morning. Chatty little chaps.
First I’ve heard of them.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
:)
One walks through the yard here fairly regularly.
But it rarely calls.
They call at Woodie’s place, but I have never seen one. I think they may be on the other side of the valley to him. .
Is that a Hoo Hoo bird?
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
My little Cisticolas can’t really compare with that. Quite a lot of them in the grass and rushes where I went photographing plants this morning. Chatty little chaps.
First I’ve heard of them.
I only recently found out who it was doing the chattering in the grass.
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
My little Cisticolas can’t really compare with that. Quite a lot of them in the grass and rushes where I went photographing plants this morning. Chatty little chaps.
First I’ve heard of them.
I only recently found out who it was doing the chattering in the grass.
“The nest of a cisticola is a work of art constructed by both sexes. The rounded nest is stitched together using living grass and often additional leaves and plant debris for camouflage. It is possibly no surprise then that this little bird has also been known as the tailorbird.”
fsm said:
A few bonny birds from the other day.
All awesome.
fsm said:
monkey skipper said:
There is a cheeky one of these living in the acreage at the back here
Pheasant Coucal.
More cuckoo than pheasant.
buffy said:
My little Cisticolas can’t really compare with that. Quite a lot of them in the grass and rushes where I went photographing plants this morning. Chatty little chaps.
I used to spot them in the rice crops at harvest time.
Michael V said:
fsm said:
A few bonny birds from the other day.
Wow.
My opine as well.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said::)
One walks through the yard here fairly regularly.
But it rarely calls.
They call at Woodie’s place, but I have never seen one. I think they may be on the other side of the valley to him. .
Is that a Hoo Hoo bird?
Whoop whoop bird.
Probably should put them here.
and there were some on the ground.
and well they simply were having a good preen and cuddle
roughbarked said:
Probably should put them here.
and there were some on the ground.
and well they simply were having a good preen and cuddle
I’ll have a pint of what they had.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Probably should put them here.
and there were some on the ground.
and well they simply were having a good preen and cuddle
I’ll have a pint of what they had.
I do put bowls of water for them nearby.
This osprey was cruising around above the cliffs the other day.
fsm said:
This osprey was cruising around above the cliffs the other day.
make good photographing that way
fsm said:
This osprey was cruising around above the cliffs the other day.
Apparently beow your vantage point in the first photo.
This afternoon a duet of osprey cruised by.
fsm said:
This afternoon a duet of osprey cruised by.
Nicely captured and presented. Other than portraits, it pays to have a little space around the subject, especially in the direction they are looking or moving.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4ZNz6-shRV/?igsh=MXhwajY0N3RwOWRnOQ==
Grebe
Northern Crested Caracara on a Crested Saguaro photographed by Richard Strange
A few of the birds hanging around the local wetlands on the weekend.
fsm said:
A few of the birds hanging around the local wetlands on the weekend.
Nice portraits as usual.
fsm said:
A few of the birds hanging around the local wetlands on the weekend.
So good to live near water.
Here are the Brolgas I saw this morning. The last photo looks a bit arty because I used the digital zoom. Which is better now I’ve turned on the stabilization thingy, but still not perfectly clear.
………
There were also swans, but they didn’t want to stay around for photos.
buffy said:
Here are the Brolgas I saw this morning. The last photo looks a bit arty because I used the digital zoom. Which is better now I’ve turned on the stabilization thingy, but still not perfectly clear.
Nice
Ian said:
buffy said:
Here are the Brolgas I saw this morning. The last photo looks a bit arty because I used the digital zoom. Which is better now I’ve turned on the stabilization thingy, but still not perfectly clear.
Nice
Our on the plains the Brolgas are dancing.
buffy said:
Here are the Brolgas I saw this morning. The last photo looks a bit arty because I used the digital zoom. Which is better now I’ve turned on the stabilization thingy, but still not perfectly clear.
i’ve got no brolgas, brolgaless, brogalessness, brolga poverty, deprivation that way, impoverished that way, a brolga impoverishment
lucky you
transition said:
buffy said:
Here are the Brolgas I saw this morning. The last photo looks a bit arty because I used the digital zoom. Which is better now I’ve turned on the stabilization thingy, but still not perfectly clear.
i’ve got no brolgas, brolgaless, brogalessness, brolga poverty, deprivation that way, impoverished that way, a brolga impoverishment
lucky you
Apparently there has been quite a big flock a couple of km out of town here in the last few weeks. I’ve not driven out to look at them, but there was a report on iNaturalist and one of the local people who work in field reveg told me about them too. They like to scour the ploughed paddocks.
Great eared nightjar
dv said:
strange brew
Great eared nightjar
dv said:
Great eared nightjar
That’s a peculiar one.
dv said:
Great eared nightjar
:)
dv said:
Great eared nightjar
What great ears you have.