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Sparrowhawk (Juvenile I believe) in a North Norfolk hedge. Quite heavily cropped as it was further away than it looks. It was on the far side of the hedge in dim early evening light so quite tricky to focus on through the branches and at high ISO.

Juvenile female Cooper's Hawk

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Herring Gull juveniles having a scrap

Merlin (Female Juvenile possibly migratory from Iceland)

Looks like this little chap got kicked out the nest early, he's deep in thought

Fall-Winter - 56 Those feet make them ... what ... they are The Lily Trotters Loss of eggs due to predation is high ... found to be upto the extent of 94 percent in one study ... (shocking) So ... finding an outstanding healthy ... and thriving Juvie ... is a treat ...

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (juvenile) in spread-wing posture likely for thermoregulation.

Juvenile Anhinga

On the way back from the hide there, rather against the light, was a(nother?) young Magpie up on the power lines.

Back at home after our trip out to Mutton Road Beach; my first sighting of a juvenie Red-eared Firetail. He doesn't have his red ears yet.

A few from the garden before we went off for the day. Starting off with this juvenile Australian Magpie, still seemingly wondering what life is about and where to go for stuff!!!

Back at the house, high up the top of the trees Judy pointed out a juvenile Red-capped Parrot! I didn't realise they had fledged already. An awkward angle of course, so not the greatest of pictures.

While dad was filling his face, he'd obviously sent his bairn to the bathroom, maybe with instructions to wash behind his ears!

The next morning I had to be at Adelaide airport check-in for about 5am for the 6am flight to Perth, so we were there just as dawn was breaking. What surprised me was that Peter and Adrienne were allowed to escort me right up to the departure lounge (thought you had to have tickets to get that...

... and then... further along the fence Peter spotted the birds which were the main reason for this visit. The most gorgeous Crimson Chat. You'll have to wait for the showy male, this is his child!

Nice birds still coming at me for the next to show himself was a juvenile Hooded Robin. I'd seen an adult male nearly a month before at Bowra! Don't you think he's cute?

I struggled to identify this one at first, but Peter kindly came to my rescue, when it became obvious. It's a juvenile Red Wattlebird. If you get your magnifying glass out you can just see the tiny buds of the wattles appearing.

Just at the edge of the shrub that had the adult Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, was a youngster. He's developing the yellow belly, but not the facial 'spines' etc yet.

I saw my first Red Wattlebird (another type of honeyeater!) shortly after arriving in Adelaide, but didn't get a picture that time. Here's a youngster, with very tiny wattles who came down for a drink in the early morning light. This, too, was taken through the window or... TTTW

.....your life away. Bet we have all heard that.