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Recent content by Greg McKay

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    Cuckoo from Darwin Australia

    I photographed this Cuckoo in the Botanical Gardens Darwin last week. Thoughts are it is an Oriental Cuckoo but underneath upper part of the tail is plain white with no flecks or barring. Could it be another sort of Cuckoo such as Himalyan?
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    Which Tern is this Western Australia

    I photographed this tern in amongst a flock of 5-600 Roseate terns on a sand spit Point Quobba mid Western Australian coast at the end of Ningaloo Reef. It looked unlike any others on the sand spit they were on. Of note we have have had some cyclonic weather in the area and we also found on the...
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    PAcific Golden Plover or American golden Plover

    Taken In Westernport Bay Victoria 19 Nov I took this photo of some Pacific Golden Plovers. The one central in the picture though has a bolder, longer Supercillum than the others and I am wondering if it could be an American Golden Plover.
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    Bendigo, Australia - Early bird call who?

    Pretty sure its a Blue Faced Honeyeater. We live in Bendigo and there early morning calls mimic some other birds but there is some of there basic calls in your recording
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    Bali Swifts?

    Terrible photos but with poor lighting this was the best I could manage. Are these swallows or swifts and can anyone identify them. Taken in Canngu Bali last week. Thanks in advance.
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    Bali Swallows or swifts

    Taken in Bali last week I'm wondering if anyone can identify from these 2 photos (the best I could get) these very small swallows not much bigger than a micro bat. There was plenty of them flying over beaches and built up areas on the island.
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    Various_NSW Australia_February

    With those stripe would have to be a rufous whistler
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    Ayers Rock, Australia_February_Set 3

    Black kite for sure but lack of facial markings and eye ring couldn't this be a fem White winged fairy wren?
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    Ayers rock, Australia_February

    Agree with Mike little woodswallow
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    NSW, Aust - Jan and Mar, 2017

    1. hard to tell which one but it looks like a Horsefields Bronze cuckoo 2. Size is hard to tell May be a Grey Shrike Thrush. 3. Jacky Winter
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    Norfolk Island, Australia - Feb 2017 (post 1 of 2)

    The 1st 2 are silvereyes not sure about the tern
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    Snipe

    Byron and Brian thanks the link helps and the bird in the link looks a like another snipe I've photographed, a Lathams. The one I posted has a different look to my other photo in the scapulars and the wing stripe is white with a whiter forehead which made me start questioning myself. That's why...
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    Snipe

    Taken at Aug/Sept Cape York Far Nth Qld near Torres Strait is this a Swinhoes or Lathams Snipe?
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    Buff Breasted Sandpiper-mega

    I believe the 3rd only ever reported Buff Breasted Sandpiper for Victoria Australia at Lake Murdeduke yesterday. Described as a mega! I'm heading to Perth at the start of Feb and they have 3 megas for Australia currently there. Honey Buzzards, Bairds Sandpiper and Eurasian Curlew. My...
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    Raptor - NSW, Australia

    Yeah fooling myself about the base of the tail agree with Black Kite
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