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  1. Ready for take-off?

    Ready for take-off?

    It looks like this Magpie-lark is in the process of growing an extra pair of wings, doesn't it. It wasn't the wind, as it was very still air.
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca herdsman lake magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Now Where?

    Now Where?

    Another seeking shade was a male Magpie-lark. But it looks as though he's coming to the end of the line, and considering what his next move will be. A couple of shots later he was hot-footing it to the shrubs in the background (very wise!) Sorry I was missing for so long, but I was away for...
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    • 17 november 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark magpie-lark male nikon coolpix p900 perth western australia yanchep national park
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Maggie

    Maggie

    So, we come to the last bird from that wonderful morning, a female Magpie-Lark, plodding round the foreshore of the lake. I do believe this was the first I'd seen in Western Australia - they were two a'penny in Queensland! What a grand day it had been too.
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca lake claremont magpie-lark magpie-lark female nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Female magpie-lark strutting

    Female magpie-lark strutting

    The magpie-lark is also known by other common names, such as mudlark, murray magpie and peewee. This female looks like she means business!
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  5. Neither one nor the other

    Neither one nor the other

    .... I don't think they're a Magpie nor a Lark are they. We were on our way home now... I rather failed to get much in the way of usable pictures that morning, which was a bit frustrating. Even this Magpie-lark isn't great.
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    • 2019 albany australia grallina cyanoleuca grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca little grove magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Pied

    Pied

    A female Magpie-Lark seemed to be rather thirsty.... but did I tell you that the weather was unseasonably warm, even for Australia!!!? Hans had a nearly full time job topping up the numerous water bowls.
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    • 2019 australia blackbutt female grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland taromeo
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Thirsty

    Thirsty

    As soon as Hans had filled the water bowls a Magpie-Lark descended. They'd obviously been missing us LOL This is the female
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia blackbutt female grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark magpie-lark female nikon coolpix p900 october queensland taromeo
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Stuck in the mud

    Stuck in the mud

    We had to be a bit careful where we trod round the lake edge, as the mud was very 'sinky' (as I soon discovered!!) However, this Magpie-lark didn't seem to have any bother LOL
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    • 2019 australia carrara emerald lakes gold coast grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. At the water's edge

    At the water's edge

    Eventually the torrential rain eased up, so I had a wander round the grounds to see what was new since our trip to Bowra. The dam that Hans had dug out was quite a bit fuller than it had been 5 days before. A Magpie-Lark was looking for food there.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland taromeo
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Magpie Lark

    Magpie Lark

    The Magpie-lark is distinctively marked in black and white. The thin whitish bill and pale iris separate it from other similarly coloured species. The adult male Magpie-lark has a white eyebrow and black face, while the female has an all-white face with no white eyebrow. Young birds have a black...
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Paddling

    Paddling

    I didn't get too many sightings of Magpie-lark at Bowra. This is the male with the black forehead having a little paddle at the Homestead dam.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia bowra cunnamulla grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. A lady loves diamonds

    A lady loves diamonds

    A female Magpie-Lark, was found with two Diamond Doves, but one of them flew as I was taking the pictures. It seems so strange to see a lark being bigger than a dove LOL
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    • 2019 australia bowra cunnamulla diamond dove geopelia cuneata grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. At least she wasn't jay-walking.

    At least she wasn't jay-walking.

    We eventually arrived in Bollon, where we were to spend the night. A long, long drive with the only break in the monotony was the occasional vehicle coming towards us LOL. Judy and I sat outside the hotel in the shade with a cool drink (it was extremely hot in the high 30's C). Eventually we...
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    • 2019 australia bollon grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland
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  14. I promised you his lady

    I promised you his lady

    .... well here she is on the other side of the footpath. The female has a white forehead and throat. The male has a broad white supercillium (lacking on the female) and a black throat and breast.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 grallina cyanoleuca minnippi park queensland september
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Muddled

    Muddled

    Is he a magpie or a lark. No-one seems sure, so he's been called a Magpie-lark LOL He cam down and landed in the grass right close to us, and not bothered by our presence at all. This is the male, the female wasn't far away and I'll show you her later.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark minnippi park queensland september
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  16. Leading the way

    Leading the way

    It appears this Magpie-lark is showing us the way into the park LOL. You can just about see that this is a female as she has a white forehead. The male's face is all black.
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    • 2019 24 september australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark queensland tygum park
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  17. Ruffled Feathers

    Ruffled Feathers

    Still wandering along the path back towards the car park here was a rather untidy looking Magpie-Lark. I'm not too sure, but all the images I got of him showed the upright ones in exactly the same place, even though he was moving; so I don't think it was a breeze (can't remember it being windy...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca herdsman lake magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia
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  18. Separated?

    Separated?

    Wandering around the park after lunch I found a male Magpie-Lark... an awful long way away from where I'd seen a female in the morning LOL.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark male nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia yanchep national park
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  19. Larking around

    Larking around

    Gosh... it had been over two weeks since I'd seen a Magpie-Lark, and they were so common in Queensland. This is a female with the white forehead and throat.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca lake claremont magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia
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  20. Larking

    Larking

    Walking back home, I failed miserably to photograph the Western Whistler calling in the trees, the Buff-banded rail in someone's garden and the male Splendid Fairwren! I did get this picture of a male Magpie-Lark, this is the subspecies found over most of mainland Australia.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia dorsalis grallina cyanoleuca little grove magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
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  21. In the shadows

    In the shadows

    As we started to drive back along the promenade, we came across this female Magpie-Lark. Gosh it seems ages since I last uploaded one of them, or even seen one LOL.... they seemed to be everywhere in Queensland.
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    • 2019 australia grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark mannum nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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  22. Long legs!!

    Long legs!!

    These Magpie-Larks really seem to have rather long legs I think. But this is the female of course, so obviously quite adept at showing a leg eh? ;)
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    • 2019 australia garden grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland taromeo
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  23. Let's see what this one has

    Let's see what this one has

    ... it seems this Magpie-lark didn't like what was in the other two bowls so had to try the third one! Water in all of them, but perhaps the temperature was different, who knows LOL
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    • 2019 australia garden grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland taromeo
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  24. Another mudlark

    Another mudlark

    Rather closer, but down on the muddy water's edge was this female Magpie-Lark. They're rather nice birds these.... always busy flitting around looking for insects.
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    • 2019 australia carrara lakes emerald lakes female gold coast grallina cyanoleuca lily pond magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland
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  25. Mudlark

    Mudlark

    The rain eased off, so I went for a wander round the grounds. It was pleasing to see that there was now quite a bit of water in the dam. Water was pouring down the hill helping to fill it. A Magpie-Lark was checking out the water levels too. Hans measured the water that had fallen since we'd...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia garden grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark nikon coolpix p900 october queensland taromeo
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