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minnippi park

  1. Swampy in a swamp

    Swampy in a swamp

    ... well it's not really a swamp... a lake with water lilies! When the light catches these Swamphens right, they are such a beautiful colour.
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    • 2019 australasian swamphen australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park porphyrio melanotus queensland september
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Ol' White-eye

    Ol' White-eye

    This one has a much nicer facial expression than the one I showed you a few days ago, doesn't he. His white eye fairly jumps out of the picture LOL
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    • 2019 australia brisbane corvus orru fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september torresian crow
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Not laughing

    Not laughing

    He couldn't even raise a smile, as he had his mouth full and, of course, there was the danger of the Noisy Miners (one in front and another out of shot) pinching it off him if he dropped it LOL.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane dacelo novaeguineae fuji finepix hs50 laughing kookaburra manorina melanocephala minnippi park noisy miner queensland september
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Not in breeding mode yet

    Not in breeding mode yet

    When they are in breeding plumage, the yellow neck wattle fills out. One unusual feature of these birds is that their tail is flattened vertially, quite unlike most other birds, where they sit horizontally. I wonder why this is?
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    • 2019 alectura lathami australia australian brushturkey brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. 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
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Levitating SF

    Levitating SF

    There was a lot of movement in the trees on the opposite side of the path, it looked big, so I took a picture and discovered it was a brushturkey moving through the canopy. Here it would seem he's actually levitating LOL.
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    • 2019 alectura lathami australia australian brushturkey brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland saturday fun september
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. 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
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Where's his brush though

    Where's his brush though

    I thought this was such a pretty setting to find the jacana. Placed himself well for me in amongst the water lilies, didn't he.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 irediparra gallinacea minnippi park queensland september
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. With a splash of yellow

    With a splash of yellow

    Quite close to the whistling ducks, was this Australian Ibis showing off his yellow pants, though I'm not too sure where that colour has come from - I don't see it mentioned anywhere.
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    • 2019 australia australian ibis brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september threskiornis molucca
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Travellers

    Travellers

    I find the whistling ducks very attractive, so was pleased to see some at Minnippi too. If I was younger and fitter, I might have tried to see all the eight species.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september wandering whistling duck
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Middle for diddle

    Middle for diddle

    An Intermediate Egret was the next to take my attention. I still had to study these carefully to be able to tell the difference between them and the Great ones.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 intermediate egret minnippi park queensland september
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. If looks could kill

    If looks could kill

    Sometimes you catch a pose where a guy looks really, really evil and you just want to run!! Thought this would be my SF entry for this week.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland saturday fun september torresian crow
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Not a mag, nor bald....

    Not a mag, nor bald....

    .... but a Pied Stilt. Such elegant waders and I'd really wanted to see a stilt ever since I missed out on Sammy by a few days at Titchwell! This one was foraging on the edge of the lake at Minnippi.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 himantopus leucocephalus minnippi park pied stilt queensland september
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Can't knock him out

    Can't knock him out

    Another new species for me at the lake, was this Hardhead duck. Strange name, isn't it.
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    • 2019 australia aythya australis brisbane fuji finepix hs50 hardhead minnippi park queensland september
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Swampy

    Swampy

    On the grass beside the path a couple of Swamphens were foraging. They have lovely white backsides, not seen here.
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    • 2019 australasian swamphen australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park porphyrio melanotus queensland september
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Mr Chestnut

    Mr Chestnut

    Aren't these handsome ducks with their dark green heads and chestnut brown bodies. Though this was the only picture I got of him with his head and bill showing. He was busy preening most of the time I watched.
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    • 2019 anas castanea australia brisbane chestnut teal fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Chestnut

    Chestnut

    Down at the lake were loads of different species of birds that we picked up on our journey round. The first was Chestnut Teal - this is the female. The male will follow.
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    • 2019 anas castanea australia brisbane chestnut teal female fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Where's she got to now?

    Where's she got to now?

    Ken took me to Minnippi Park the next day. We started to wander across from the car and I stopped to take a picture of the view. It was only afterwards that I realised I'd got Ken in the shot, so here he is - wondering where I was.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 ken minnippi park queensland september
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  19. One of the big 'uns

    One of the big 'uns

    ... and a black and white bird that likes to be in wet mud LOL. How do they keep themselves so clean eh?
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    • 2019 australia australian ibis brisbane fuji finepix hs50 minnippi park queensland september threskiornis molucca
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Mud collectors

    Mud collectors

    I then got myself some practise with flying swallows, there were plenty about collecting mud for their nests. This show I was quite pleased with though as I'd got three pretty well focused birds, and some nice colour on one of them.
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    • hirundo neoxena minnippi park welcome swallow
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. The middle one

    The middle one

    Back at the lake on the top side now and a handsome Intermediate Egret came into view paddling in the lilies - white ones to match his plumage!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 ardea intermedia australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 intermediate egret minnippi park queensland saturday fun september
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. All colours?

    All colours?

    Actually I've not counted the colours on the Rainbow Lorikeet. Actually I believe there's moves to split these into 6 different species! They're pretty whatever their name turns out to be LOL
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    • 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 exr minnippi park queensland rainbow lorikeet saturday fun september trichoglossus moluccanus
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Let me eat in peace please!

    Let me eat in peace please!

    The Kookaburra was initially on the ground but flew up into this tree. I didn't notice the Noisy Miners at first, they blended in so well.
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    • 2019 australia brisbane dacelo novaeguineae fuji finepix hs50 exr laughing kookaburra manorina melanocephala minnippi park noisy miner queensland saturday fun september
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Ooops

    Ooops

    ... sorry complete forgot it was Saturday today LOL "If I can't see her, she can't see me. Right?"
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    • australian swamphen minnippi park saturday fun
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Introduced

    Introduced

    Two Common (Indian) Mynas flew across and up into a rather distant tree, so not a great picture I'm afraid. One of the few introduced species I saw in the whole of Australia! I'm counting it as a Lifer though, perhaps the purists will frown.;)
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    • common myna minnippi park
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