Wild Birds of Australia

Brown Goshawk at East Point - they normally hide amongst the trees or are too far, low, dark, or high This time I was in my bird hide (aka car) when it suddenly popped out of the bushes on a branch in the open. Love these yellow eyes

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ozulrike wrote in post #19511530
Brown Goshawk at East Point - they normally hide amongst the trees or are too far, low, dark, or high This time I was in my bird hide (aka car) when it suddenly popped out of the bushes on a branch in the open. Love these yellow eyes

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What a great find find! Well done Oz.

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jholeana wrote in post #19510825
Male Gang Gang Cockatoo and Maned Wood Duck ducklings

Great captures!

Pippan wrote in post #19510883
Ah yes, I see. I didn't look closely enough and assumed it was the same unusual heron I saw a few days ago, which was a White-necked Heron, as per my crappy for-the-record snapshot taken in the evening gloom as I was leaving. I haven't seen one of these at Fogg Dam before either.

Very nice!

avondale87 wrote in post #19510937
Superb Fairy Wrens
looked out the window few days ago and there were 4 wrens enjoying the early sun.
Time I gathered the camera there were three. They were a fair way off so just grabbed a couple of shots and then they were gone

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one of the girls supervising firewood loading

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Nice shots of the cuties!

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sogs wrote in post #19511627
Very nice!

Thanks sogs!

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Pippan wrote in post #19511568
What a great find find! Well done Oz.

Thanks Pippan! Someone mentioned that this could actually be a Sparrowhawk. Can you distinguish between the two species?

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ozulrike wrote in post #19511730
Thanks Pippan! Someone mentioned that this could actually be a Sparrowhawk. Can you distinguish between the two species?

They are very hard to tell apart and I wasn't sure enough to say anything earlier (especially after my stupid assumption about the heron) but looking closely at your photos I think it is a Collared Sparrowhawk. But I'm still not sure. It appears to have that wide-eyed stare and just very small brows over the eyes, smaller than those of a goshawk. Those very long middle toes and the slight notch in its tail also make me think sparrowhawk.

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Pippan wrote in post #19511734
They are very hard to tell apart and I wasn't sure enough to say anything earlier (especially after my stupid assumption about the heron) but looking closely at your photos I think it is a Collared Sparrowhawk. But I'm still not sure. It appears to have that wide-eyed stare and just very small brows over the eyes, smaller than those of a goshawk. Those very long middle toes and the slight notch in its tail also make me think sparrowhawk.

haha, you were not the only one confused by the heron
I might get one of the birdlife people here to check out this hawk. There are indeed very tricky to distinguish

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ozulrike wrote in post #19512093
haha, you were not the only one confused by the heron
I might get one of the birdlife people here to check out this hawk. There are indeed very tricky to distinguish

I'll be keen to hear what they say, and why.

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Willie Wagtail, Fogg Dam.

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Pippan wrote in post #19512227
Willie Wagtail, Fogg Dam.

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Lovely shot Pippan
very nice setting

Richard

avondale87 wrote in post #19512228
Lovely shot Pippan
very nice setting

Thanks Richard.

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Pippan wrote in post #19512227
Willie Wagtail, Fogg Dam.

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Ha, the curious Willy Wagtail! Sometimes he came so close that I couldn’t focus with my 400mm lens

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A Burdekin Duck coming in to land late afternoon today - Fogg dam

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Some more mid air fighting by the Pied Herons

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Cormorant with catch stuck on his bill. Got it off and dropped it a few times before finally getting it down.

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