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Surprise rubbish
As June and I continued to explore the ponds, we reached yet another one when a "whoosh" and "peep" went past us. "What was that?" said June. I had an idea, but couldn't believe what I'd heard. It wasn't until I found it sheltering in the darkest corner he could find, that I confirmed it as a...- delia todd
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- 2019 actitis hypoleucos albany australia common sandpiper nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Pretty ones
Really, of all the anas species of ducks, I think the Chestnut Teal are right up there in the beauty stakes! The female, for me, is rather difficult to separate from the Grey Teal. This pair swam across one of the ponds as we continued our wander.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany anas castanea australia chestnut teal nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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One of the big ones
Red-capped Parrot is rather large at 36cm (14 inches), even for a parrot. They called almost be called "rainbow" though, couldn't they with all those colours on them. Nice birds.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november purpureicephalus spurius red-capped parrot red-capped parrot male western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Little and Large
A Ruddy Turnstone wandered across in front of us accompanied by a Red-necked Stint... would never have thought there was such a size difference as I hadn't ever considered a turnstone to be a large bird LOL. And although I'd only recently been introduced to these stints, I didn't think of them...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany arenaria interpres arenaria interpres interpres australia calidris ruficollis little grove nikon coolpix p900 november red-necked stint ruddy turnstone rushy point western australia
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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B&W with a flash of yellow
Also on the beach at Rushy Point was a Little Pied Cormorant. Birders here have trouble working out the difference between our Cormorants and Shags... there's only two to consider LOL lost count of the number in Australia... just checked.. there's 5 and I saw them all but one (which actually...- delia todd
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- 11 november 2019 albany australia little grove little pied cormorant microcarbo melanoleucos nikon coolpix p900 rushy point western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Here's looking at you
A bit further along and there was a lonely Greater Crested Tern. Another large gull, though it is smaller than the one I showed you yesterday. They appear to be found all round the coast of Australia.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia greater crested tern little grove nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point thalasseus bergii western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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What did you say?!
I think we all know that look, don't we LOL June and I had now got down to the harbour, with the tide just about fully in. Found this pair of Caspian Terns on the beach.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia caspian tern hydroprogne caspia little grove november rushy point western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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A Tight Squeeze
Caught feeding from the fence feeder this Australian Ringneck or Twenty-eight Parrot. There really doesn't seem to be much room, even for his head, to get into that feeder, does there LOL Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia australian ringneck little grove nikon coolpix p900 november saturday fun twenty-eight parrot western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Difficult
This wasn't my first sighting of a Red-winged Fairywren as I'd seen one a few days before, but the only chance I had of getting a picture... having chased he up and down the trees, for what seemed like hours LOL Sadly the focusing effort was rather poor but he was gone after that shot. I've not...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia little grove malurus elegans nikon coolpix p900 november red-winged fairywren western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Waiting up
The only bird waiting to greet us when we got back was a Silvereye. I really had fallen in love with these pretty guys since I'd arrived and saw the first one with Ken in Brisbane.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november silvereye western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Break between preening
Moving along a little bit a Tree Martin suddenly plonked himself on a branch and started preening, then stretched out a bit, giving me this view.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia bluff knoll nikon coolpix p900 november porongurup national park tree martin western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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But he's Black and White
We'd not got to Bluff Knoll view point. There was a rather nice elevated walkway overlooking a steep drop, so we were actually at canopy height. A Scarlet Robin landed on a tree right in front of me and sat a couple of minutes allowing me to get this picture. He'd obviously got some youngsters...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia bluff knoll november petroica boodang porongurup national park scarlet robin western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Small but nice
We spent quite some time exploring the park, but few birds revealed themselves (it was very hot, so guess they were keeping well into the shade). However, we did stop a lot and went for little walks, getting pictures of plants and the scenery (views were terrific with the mountains beyond). We...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia hieraaetus morphnoides little eagle nikon coolpix p900 november porongurup national park western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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See the size of that foot!!!
After breakfast we set off for about an hour inland to Pongorup National Park, a dry forest. We stopped first at the rather intriguingly named Tree in Rock day use area and sat at one of the tables for a cuppie. Within a minute a Rufous Treecreeper showed himself to us.... what a beauty he...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia climacteris rufus nikon coolpix p900 november porongurup national park rufous treecreeper tree in rock western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Inquisitive
Gosh, it seems ages since I showed you a Galah.... so what better than this cheeky inquisitive guy!! This is the following day and we went out early morning to return to Torndirrup, but this time up Sharp Point Road which had been Alex and Judy's local Patch. We saw and hear far more birds...- delia todd
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- 10 november 2019 albany australia eolophus roseicapilla galah nikon coolpix p900 sharp point road torndirrup nationa park western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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The Aussie Gardener
But the real star of the show was this Southern Brown Bandicoot, or Quenda as they're known in Western Australia (from the Aborigine word). I think these are now upgraded to full species now. Apparently they are wonderful diggers capable of really improving the soil. Also they carry a fungus in...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia isoodon obesulus fusciventer little grove nikon coolpix p900 november quenda southern brown bandicoot western australia
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Buffy
Alex's neighbour had heard about me and invited us round because she had a couple of nice visitors to her garden. First up I got much closer views than previously of a Buff-banded Rail, although he was partially obscured by the long grass at the back of her garden.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia buff-banded rail gallirallus philippensis little grove nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
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Africa meets Australia
Another from our Torndirrup drive. Walking round a headland we came across some rather wonderful rock formations. This one I called Hippo Rock. Looked just like a Pigmy Hippo rock-climbing! Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia hippo rock november saturday fun torndirrup national park western australia
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- Category: Landscapes
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Strange
We had some incredible views on our drive around Torndirrup along with some lovely flowers too. We visited the Historic Whaling Station and had a very tasty lunch there, before going off for yet more exploration of that peninsula. When we got home the enigmatic Zebra Finch was waiting to check...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november taeniopygia guttata western australia zebra finch
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Across the sound
After breakfast we went a bit further along the peninsula then up into the hills behind where Alex and Judy live to Torndirrup National Park. What incredible views from up there. This one looks across King George Sound to Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve in the far distance, which we'd visited a...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia king george sound nikon coolpix p900 november torndirrup national park two peoples bay nature reserve western australia
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- Category: Landscapes
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Splendid isolation
On our way back from the beach I spotted a Splendid Fairywren up in the trees. Light behind him of course LOL. It was so nice to have a few sightings of this delightful fairywren at Alex and June's village.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia little grove malurus splendens splendens nikon coolpix p900 november splendid fairywren western australia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Think they must have had a busy night!
A group of Australian Pelicans, doing what they do best, loafing around or sleeping LOL- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia australian pelican little grove nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus western australia
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Pale faces still need cleaning
Finally down at the estuary, one of the grassy banks a load of White-faced Herons were all busy preening. I think I counted 7, but not sure now if I cut one out when I was editing the image LOL They're not all easy to spot.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november western australia white-faced heron
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On tippy-toes
The drive home from Denmark was uneventful, despite the sky being darkened by smoke from the bush fire. Fortunately, the next morning the fire seemed to have been put out. June and I set of quite early to go down to the estuary. Suddenly she said one minute and crossed over to a fairly high...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia buff-banded rail gallirallus philippensis little grove nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
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Lazy bones
Then, in the middle of the marsh were two Kangaroos... not sure if these are Western Grey or some other name.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia denmark kangaroo lights beach trail nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
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- Category: Wild Mammals