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  1. Loafers

    Loafers

    We didn't really have anything major on for this day, after lunch we went into Albany then up and around Mount Clarence looking at some spectacular views over Middleton Beach and Oyster Harbour. Back down into Albany we followed the Harbour road where we came across a colony of Silver Gulls of...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia chroicocephalus novaehollandiae nikon coolpix p900 november silver gull western australia
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Taking a rest?

    Taking a rest?

    I didn't see too much of the female Red-capped Parrots, I guess they were mostly on nests. Did she come out for a bit of peace and quiet do you think?
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november purpureicephalus spurius red-capped parrot red-capped parrot female western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Black-shouldered Kite

    Black-shouldered Kite

    Black-shouldered Kite being harassed on top of Hoop-pine
    • Tom Tarrant
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    • australia black-shouldered kite elanus axillaris south-east queensland
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Black-shouldered Kite at dawn after rain

    Black-shouldered Kite at dawn after rain

    Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) on it's favourite perch
    • Tom Tarrant
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    • australia black-shouldered kite elanus axillaris south-east queensland
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Can't be that cross...

    Can't be that cross...

    .... for I've seen a more severe glare from a Silvereye LOL So pleased to have got him that day, as fast becoming my favourite bird LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november silvereye western australia zosterops lateralis
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Wagging away

    Wagging away

    Another Willie-wagtail of the morning and this one I managed to get to show a bit of the wagging action. Here you can see another part of it: https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/posturing.649086/ There was another one after this. Quite unlike our Pied Wagtail's action.
    • delia todd
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    • albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 rhipidura leucophrys western australia willie-wagtail willie-wagtail wagging
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Still growing

    Still growing

    Back at home after our run out to Muttonbird, a new guy was waiting to introduce himself; my first sighting of a juvenile Red-eared Firetail. You can tell this is a very young one, as he's not even started to develop his red ears yet (at least I can't see any). I'm sure the adults couldn't have...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november red-eared firetail red-eared firetail juvenile stagonopleura oculata western australia
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Long-billed Corella

    Long-billed Corella

    Who's watching who?? Nice Long-billed Corella in Sydney
    • Wiganlad
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    • australia cacatua tenuirostris long-billed corella sydney
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Cormorant, Great 'novaehollandiae'

    Cormorant, Great 'novaehollandiae'

    Seen on a lamp-post in Bondi, Australia
    • Wiganlad
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    • australia bondi great cormorant novaehollandiae
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Muttonbird Lookout

    Muttonbird Lookout

    After breakfast we headed off for the intriguingly named Muttonbird Beach; this is in the general direction of Denmark, which we'd visited a few days before. Unfortunately, I have a confession to make... I made a mess of the pictures I tried to take that day, so all I've got for you is a rather...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia landscape mode mutton bird beach muttonbird beach nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Landscapes
  11. Bird on a hot tin roof

    Bird on a hot tin roof

    The only other bird I spotted that morning was a Willie-wagtail up on a roof. Shortly after that June found me and gave me a lift back home for breakfast
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia february little grove nikon coolpix p900 rhipidura leucophrys western australia willie-wagtail
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Operator?

    Operator?

    The following day I woke early, so took myself for a walk along the road to see what also may be up. All I found was a New Holland Honeyeater sitting on the phone lines near the school.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove new holland honeyeater nikon coolpix p900 november phylidonyris novaehollandiae western australia
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Hard to catch

    Hard to catch

    Although we saw/heard quite a few birds at the windfarm, I didn't manage any pictures of them. After admiring the wonderful views from the cliffs we then headed for the Vancouver Peninsula, which was back to Little Grove and further on. The first stop where we could see across to Albany and...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 acanthiza chrysorrhoa albany australia nikon coolpix p900 november point possession western australia yellow-rumped thornbill
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Peelamuk

    Peelamuk

    The afternoon trip took us up one of the hills by Albany, where the windfarm is sited. We didn't actually see any birds (at least not photographable ones) but the path up to the cliff top had quite a few of these plaques, this one showing an Australian Pelican. Mogorro appears to mean the...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany albany windfarm australia australian pelican nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  15. Wanderer

    Wanderer

    The last visitor before lunch was this Zebra Finch. You may remember me telling you it was a bit of a conundrum, as they're not found in that corner of Western Australia, the nearest populations being over 100 kms away. We quizzed a family nearby, who had an aviary of assorted birds, but they...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november taeniopygia guttata western australia zebra finch
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Long tail

    Long tail

    At last I spotted the female Splendid Fairywren. She has a lovely blue tail, doesn't she.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove malurus splendens nikon coolpix p900 november splendid fairywren splendid fairywren female western australia
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Simply Splendid

    Simply Splendid

    We got back home for a quick lunch and I got some great views of a Splendid Fairywren in the garden. Sadly I really didn't get too many pictures of this stunner.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little grove malurus splendens nikon coolpix p900 november splendid fairywren western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Not quite ready to leave

    Not quite ready to leave

    Last one from the ponds was this young Eurasian Coot. He looks pretty independent, doesn't he; however mum was not far out of shot
    • delia todd
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    • albany australia eurasian coot eurasian coot juvenile fulica atra australis nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. One of my favourites

    One of my favourites

    A real entertainers are Willie-Wagtails, constantly on the move too and so brave with it! He was on a bit of a jetty type construction close to the water. Such stark contrast made for a rather tricky shot.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds rhipidura leucophrys western australia willie-wagtail
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. An attractive oddity

    An attractive oddity

    This is the one that's not sure if it's duck or goose. They are on the large size for a duck and appear to have the bill of a goose. This means that they are the only representatives in the genus Chenonetta (making this a monotypic genus). Maned Ducks are fairly widespread in Australia.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia chenonetta jubata maned duck nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Jet-lagged

    Jet-lagged

    Don't know about anyone else, but I still feel a bit jet-lagged after the clock change yesterday LOL. Here's a Hardhead found on one of the ponds in Albany. Amazing really how many species there were there! (Still more to come!)
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia aythya australis hardhead nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Cormorants galore

    Cormorants galore

    A slight hiatus occurred when a very colourful, very long train passed. All sorts of cartoon type things had been painted on the wagons. We then found a gap in the trees enabling us to take in this view of one of the larger ponds. If you look closely at that those trees on the other side of the...
    • delia todd
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    • 12 november 2019 albany australia nikon coolpix p900 princess royal drive ponds western australia
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Landscapes
  23. Co-operative

    Co-operative

    Some birds just know how to pose and don't play the nasty tricks on you that most others do!! Australian Ibis were always very co-operative and I just couldn't resist taking pictures of them
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia australian ibis nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds threskiornis molucca western australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Intricate

    Intricate

    For once an overhead treetop image wasn't in silhouette, even so, the Little Black Cormorant had such strong sunlight on him it bleached some of his plumage. Even so you can see how intricate his plumage is.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia little black cormorant nikon coolpix p900 november phalacrocorax sulcirostris princess royal ponds western australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Stately

    Stately

    A handsome Pacific Black Duck cruised across one pond as if he owned the place. He does look rather magnificent, I thought.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany anas superciliosa australia nikon coolpix p900 november pacific black duck princess royal ponds western australia
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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