Wild Birds of Australia

Pippan wrote in post #19337092
Wow, that's close! And sharp.

Thanks Pippan. They are very good posers

Pippan wrote in post #19337133
A Red-collared Lorikeet maintaining its sugar high with nectar from the flowers of a large paperbark tree on the edge of the monsoon forest behind Casuarina Beach. When paperbarks flower the air around them is redolent of sweet honey scent.

That's colourful and so typical of our sugar chasing birds
I can relate to the scent. When our gums, and particularly our (true) Blue Gum flowers the scent is heavenly.

4matic wrote in post #19337232

These are very pretty ducks. I love seeing them here.
Wasn't aware of them being called such. Learn every day
Here we call them Wood Duck

avondale87 wrote in post #19337088
one of our tamer local Tasmanian Native Hens

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Great portrait Richard. love the detail

Pippan wrote in post #19337106
Eastern curlew on a mission, on Casuarina Beach near Darwin yesterday. These birds breed in summer in the wetlands of far north-east Asia and holiday on the Australian coast during the northern winter. They are listed as critically endangered under Australia's environmental law.

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We get a few down he as well mate. Make a hell of a racket when they take off

4matic wrote in post #19337232

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2mZF​2CQ Male Maned Duck by Neal Talaiver, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2mZD​FF6 Female Maned Duck by Neal Talaiver, on Flickr

Nice low angle Neal

Apostlebird, Gilgandra, NSW

Mybludog wrote in post #19337430
Apostlebird, Gilgandra, NSW

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I love these birds! We don't see them this far north but from about Katherine south you do. Thirty or forty in a flock and incessantly chattering.

Mybludog wrote in post #19337430
Apostlebird, Gilgandra, NSW

Beautiful and different bird with an interesting call.

Had to look them up
Not unlike some Wattlebird (call) here but also different

Mybludog wrote in post #19337425
Great portrait Richard. love the detail

Thanks Russell

avondale87 wrote in post #19337311
These are very pretty ducks. I love seeing them here.
Wasn't aware of them being called such. Learn every day
Here we call them Wood Duck

And I know them as Maned Wood ducks (but they are in fact more closely related to geese than ducks)

jholeana wrote in post #19337454
And I know them as Maned Wood ducks (but they are in fact more closely related to geese than ducks)

Yes Lame-Duck said they look like geese when I posted one ages ago.

avondale87 wrote in post #19337311
Thanks Pippan. They are very good posers

That's colourful and so typical of our sugar chasing birds
I can relate to the scent. When our gums, and particularly our (true) Blue Gum flowers the scent is heavenly.

These are very pretty ducks. I love seeing them here.
Wasn't aware of them being called such. Learn every day
Here we call them Wood Duck

Mybludog wrote in post #19337428
Nice low angle Neal

Thanks very much.
Wood duck, Maned duck, and Maned goose as wiki says.

I found 2 shots of the male and female separately focused and did a merge. It wasn't aligned perfectly and I had to do a bit of healing etc. Not the best, but passable I would think.

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Apparently Rufous-banded Honeyeaters eat more than just honey.

Pippan wrote in post #19337503
Apparently Rufous-banded Honeyeaters eat more than just honey.

Well caught on both accounts Pippan

I was surprised that all ours do same.
I'd watched them rummaging in the bark crevices and coming out with insects.
They're fascinating to watch

avondale87 wrote in post #19337693
Well caught on both accounts Pippan

I was surprised that all ours do same.
I'd watched them rummaging in the bark crevices and coming out with insects.
They're fascinating to watch

Thanks Richard, yeah, I think most of them have a much more varied diet than just nectar, but you do see them a lot in flowering trees.

Pippan wrote in post #19337887
Thanks Richard, yeah, I think most of them have a much more varied diet than just nectar, but you do see them a lot in flowering trees.

I suppose for at least ours here there wouldn't be blossom all year round
Ours don't migrate