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north stradbroke island
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Knee high to a grasshopper (or to a thick-knee)
Here's a New Year family portrait, showing just how tiny this chick was. Happy New Year everyone.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia burhinus grallarius bush stone-curlew bush thick-knee fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Sentry Duty
We had a rather nice lunch in the cafe (had my first ever taste of calamari - nice!) before exploring the area around it. Found this rather handsome Pied Cormorant.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october phalacrocorax varius queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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I bowed to the pressure.....
.... or as promised. Here is the picture of the baby Bush Thick-knee (Stone-Curlew)! Hope you think he's cute. He wasn't on his own, there's an adult just out of shot on the left. It doesn't look it in this picture, but he was really tiny in comparison with the adults.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia burhinus grallarius fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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I can't help it....
..... I keep calling these stone-curlews, when they're properly called thick-knees. This is one of the pair of adults who had an adorable wee chick, which I've shown you before. I may give you a treat and show you another some time.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia burhinus grallarius bush stone-curlew bush thick-knee fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october queensland
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Have you got anything for me Dad?
A young Pied Butcherbird was near the adult, for a handout.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia cracticus nigrogularis fuji finepix hs50 juvenile/immature north stradbroke island october pied butcherbird queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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What's up?
We'd taken the bus back to town and wandered around the cemetary (good places for birds I find!) Here was a Pied Butcherbird foraging around, looking for food for his youngster.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia cracticus nigrogularis fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october pied butcherbird queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Black in the blue
One of the reasons Ken brought me to "Straddie" (as it is called out there LOL) was to see some of the cetaceans found out there. These Bottle-nose Dolphins were the first to show themselves. I've seen them in Scotland, of course, but haven't researched yet to see if they are a different...- delia todd
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- 2019 australia bottle-nose dolphin fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october queensland tursiops truncatus
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- Category: Sea Life
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Silent for once
As we wandered along the coastal path, with the most stunning views, I spotted this Noisy Friarbird in one of the trees. That little bump on top of the bill is a dead giveaway ID feature. Aren't the snowflakes lovely. Gave me a bit of a shock when I first saw them, thought there was...- delia todd
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- 2019 australia fuji finepix hs50 noisy friarbird north stradbroke island october philemon corniculatus queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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They're everywhere
Heading for the coastal path, we found a Masked Lapwing in a grassy area. This was actually the first species I saw in Australia, as we left the airport there was one foraging on the grass verge. This was a much quieter area. There are two subspecies, this is the southern one. I guess it's...- delia todd
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- 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 masked lapwing north stradbroke island october queensland vanellus miles novaehollandiae
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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A streaky lady
This is a female Australian Figbird, but not the wife of the male I showed you yesterday. We're at the start of a truly memorable day on Stradbroke Island; we'd taken a ferry then a bus to the northern end of the island. Almost immediately after getting off the bus, I spotted some figbirds in...- delia todd
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- 2019 australia fuji finepix hs50 north stradbroke island october queensland sphecotheres vieilloti
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Some black and white friends
On the beach. While standing in the cemetery, I could see some Oystercatchers through a gap in the trees. Well actually all I could make out at the time was some black blobs LOL.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 haematopus longirostris north stradbroke island october pied oystercatcher queensland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Having a stroll
Also in the cemetery area was a Maned Duck... probably some more hiding in shadows but this was the only one I saw.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia australian wood duck chenonetta jubata maned duck maned goose north stradbroke island october queensland stradbroke island
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Short grass
A short stretch through scrubby trees brought us to an open area and there wandering through was a Masked Lapwing. They seem to like short grassy areas. I saw these guys in many places throughout Brisbane, even along the sides of busy main roads. This is the southern subspecies.- delia todd
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- 2019 australia fuji finepix hs50 masked lapwing north stradbroke island october queensland vanellus miles novaehollandiae
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands