Birds in the Australian Capital Territory

Very nice shots.
I have only been into birding this year and you keep posting birds I haven't seen before, I am up to 120 so far but I can see by your shots that should climb the more I get out.

Also at Namadgi.

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Two years ago I was priviledged to be able to spend quite some time watching and photographing a pair of nankeen kestrels at Symonston. Here are just a few of the many hundreds of shots I obtained throughout their four month breeding period.

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rawshorty wrote in post #15962400
Very nice shots.
I have only been into birding this year and you keep posting birds I haven't seen before, I am up to 120 so far but I can see by your shots that should climb the more I get out.

Also at Namadgi.

Glad to see you have been down to the NVC. That is an excellent shot of a female of the species.

callumbrae wrote in post #15965326
Glad to see you have been down to the NVC. That is an excellent shot of a female of the species.

I have an yearly membership there (lets me get in early)

Those kestrel shots are amazing

Another couple from Tidbinbilla

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Thanks Shorty. That family got so used to being photographed that in the end I dispensed with the hide altogether. On my last day the fledglings begged to me as I walked past, but then they begged to every bird the flew past too, including the galahs.

That is a great assortment you have there, I like the little Whistler best but the Pelican is pretty funy, Well done!

Eastern Rosella from Symonston. Like the kestrels, our parrots and cockatoos also nest in tree hollows. The Blakeleys red gums have a habit of dropping limbs, dying back and regenerating many times in the life of a single tree, creating hollows large and small.

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Paddock next to Fyshwick Sewage Works

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Down at Kambah Pool on the Murrumbidgee was where I saw this olive-backed oriole. Generally considered to be summer visitors, but a few over-winter in the ACT. This one was taken in September a few years ago.

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rawshorty wrote in post #15968127
Paddock next to Fyshwick Sewage Works

Nice shot. The black-shouldered kite is a regular across the road at Kelly's swamp.

callumbrae wrote in post #15968168
Nice shot. The black-shouldered kite is a regular across the road at Kelly's swamp.

Thanks, I see them more in the paddock on the same side as FSW, I think the land is owned by Canturf.

Another one from Tidbinbilla on the weekend.

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Best detail I have seen of that little fellow. Was it really that close, or have you just cropped it a bit tightly?

callumbrae wrote in post #15972829
Best detail I have seen of that little fellow. Was it really that close, or have you just cropped it a bit tightly?

Thanks, yes he was close.
He was on the other side and after a little while dove in, next thing I knew he popped up in front of me. About 15% removed for crop.

A female rufous whistler, also from the Tharwa sandwash beside the Murrumbidgee. Compare her with the one I posted earlier (page1, I think).

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