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One of 3 of my little mate's helping out yesterday. (Suzie)
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20 mts ago there was an Eastern Spinebill on a shrub out the back; first time in a year or two.
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So after finding this sub forum I find myself about to ask the wierdist question I could think of . On a forum about Ford's lol but does anyone know how to tell the sex/gender of a sulfur crested cockatoo ??
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stick ya finger up its clacker and see what reaction you get.
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Bush stone curlews
Never cease to amaze me Two sighted today plus possible egg in the wide verge centre grassed strip at Tweed St Coolangatta. Absolutely suburbia. Two lanes each way medium busy road. Foxes. Cats. Nah fark it we ll just live here. |
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Came across an Albino Magpie & standard mate whilst walking the dogs in some local bush.... a 1st for me!
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We spent a day at Monarto a few weeks back and tour guide fella pointed out the local Albino Magpie sitting in a field of bison. I don't ever recall seeing one before either |
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Bison in Australia, very unusual, where is Monarto? Magnificent creatures
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Like HIPO, 1st time seeing the albino magpie |
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Walking home from the train station, there was a sulphur-crested cockie on a shrub, eating the red berries. I stopped and whistled a little bit to it, it just looked at me and continued eating, not much more than a metre away.
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why is it the crows are the most damn annoying bird on the country roads, sit there nibbling away at some road kill, and take 2 hops sideways as you barrel towards them hoping for a STRIKE
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Don’t you toot them? It usually works for me.
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but that means you miss them
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Heard, then saw, some Gang Gangs flying through the trees in the park.
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Our Rainbow Bee Eaters have arrived for nesting.
I've been hearing them for the last couple of weeks, they make a croaking sound, but finally saw a pair yesterday. Hope to see alot more of them after they dig their nests and settle in to hatch and feed the young.
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I just referred to my bird book to see what a Rainbow Bee Eater is. Beautiful bird; and they burrow into the dirt to nest? Like a pardalote does?
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For all the criticism golf courses get they provide great habitat for many birds like the Bee Eaters in what would otherwise be a desert of wall to wall houses and developments.
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Walked through the park this morning and heard a Gang Gang. Stopped to look and they were in the trees right next to the trail; adults and juveniles, at least 10 birds; some of them were only 3 or 4 metres from the ground. Went back home as fast as I could, got camera, biked it back and they were still there. [I have never tried to post a photo here; on another site that I visit, loading photos could not be easier even for a fuddy-duddy like me.]
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Yesterday (Sunday) early morning there was a 'gang' (surely, that must be the appropriate collective term) of Gang Gangs up the end of my street, in and around a large gum tree; 15 (?) birds. Probably the ones I saw in the nearby park the other day.
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Sat in the garden yesterday watching a couple of Azure Kingfishers taking turns checking out various hollows in one of our beautiful river reds.
And Saturday, heard a Koel, (NSW sound of summer), rare somewhere as far south as Euroa.
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Woke to some early visitors this morning, often hear them opposite in the gardens around the buildings but have never had the pleasure of a personal meet and greet + eat.
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