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  1. Looking small

    Looking small

    This Little Egret was looking really small against the huge boulders towering above him.
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    • 2019 australia gold coast little egret nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. One of very few

    One of very few

    I was surprised at how few gull species there are in Australia. Silver Gull was the only one I saw in Queensland, with just two other species elsewhere on my travels.
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    • 2019 australia chroicocephalus novaehollandiae gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland silver gull
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Iridescent!

    Iridescent!

    On top of having a pretty red eye, Crested Pigeons have a beautiful colourful wing patch, which really glows when the sun catches it right.
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    • 2019 australia crested pigeon gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october ocyphaps lophotes oxenford weir queensland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Black in the green

    Black in the green

    These ducks are related to Mallards, of course, but really easy to identify with their clearly marked head pattern. I thought the Pacific Black Duck was a very attractive species.
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    • 2019 anas superciliosa australia gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir pacific black duck queensland
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Hunting

    Hunting

    It's always nice to return to a site a few days later and be able to pick up different species. Hot on the heels of the kingfisher, I spotted a Great Crested Tern hunting over the water. I love terns. Had my booster vaccines this morning!
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    • 2019 australia gold coast great crested tern nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland thalasseus bergii
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Watchful

    Watchful

    There was a Sacred Kingfisher, partially obscured by a rock, seeming contemplating life. Pretty guys, aren't they.
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    • 2019 australia gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland sacred kingfisher todiramphus sanctus
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. In the mud

    In the mud

    It was nice to see the Striated Heron was still there, even though he chose a very muddy patch for my picture.
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    • 2019 australia butorides striata gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland striated heron
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Mid-wag

    Mid-wag

    It's quite difficult to show how Willie-wagtails wag their tails in a photograph, which isn't up and down like the Eurasian ones, but side to side. Such entertaining little birds these, I could have watched them for ages.
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    • 18 october 2019 australia gold coast nikon coolpix p900 oxenford weir queensland rhipidura leucophrys willie-wagtail
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Ballet dancer

    Ballet dancer

    This Little Egret looks so pretty in his floaty white dress. We were heading back home so Judy dropped Hans and I off at Oxenford Weir again while she did a supermarket shop. I first spotted this egret prancing about among the rocks.
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    • 2019 australia egretta garzetta nigripes gold coast little egret nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Getting his breath back

    Getting his breath back

    Just before I move on from this folder, thought the Brahminy Kite deserved another showing. He took a bit of time out from his wonderful display flights and perched on a powerline on the other side of the lake.
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    • 2019 australia brahminy kite gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Powering up

    Powering up

    A Crested Pigeon was sitting on the power lines above the car park... fortunately he allowed me to get a view of his eye, or else this picture would probably have gone in the bin!!
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    • 2019 australia crested pigeon gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Alert

    Alert

    After I'd returned to sit with Hans and Judy again, Judy's sharp eyes spotted some movement in the tumble of rocks on the face of the weir. I pointed my camera in the direction she was indicating and there was the head of an Australian Water Dragon checking it was safe to emerge.
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    • 2019 australia australian water dragon gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir physignathus lesueurii queensland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Reptiles
  13. What am I looking at?

    What am I looking at?

    Some birds really don't make it easy to see them, let alone identify them. Go on .... have a go LOL Saturday Fun
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    • 2019 australia gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland saturday fun
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Swimming through debris

    Swimming through debris

    While I'd been on the top of the weir wall, I decided to have a little wander along the bank on the other side. There was an awful lot of, what appeared to be, leaf litter coming downstream. It got held up by the weir and just trickled through the small spillway. An Australian Pelican was...
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    • 2019 australia australian pelican gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir pelecanus conspicillatus queensland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Stripey

    Stripey

    ... well sort of LOL. A Striated Heron walked down the weir wall through some running water (like a waterfall) then came out into the open. Bit late on parade today... been rather busy! Can settle down now LOL
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    • 2019 australia butorides striata gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland striated heron
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Models?

    Models?

    I followed a flock of small birds into a tree on the other side of the lake and walked out across the weir to try and get closer to them. Turned out they were Chestnut-breasted Mannikins. I was still a little distant to get a good picture of them, but these remained the only ones I saw on my...
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    • 2019 australia castaneothorax chestnut-breasted mannikin gold coast lonchura castaneothorax october oxenford weir queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Emerald

    Emerald

    A Little Black Cormorant swam past keeping close to the far side banking, his emerald eye really shining out! The only little bit of colour showing in all the brown of the mud and water.
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    • 2019 australia gold coast little black cormorant nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir phalacrocorax sulcirostris queensland
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Contemplating.jpg

    Contemplating.jpg

    This guy was contemplating life on a power line over the car park. Quite attractive birds, in an ugly sort of way, these Laughing Kookaburras Sorry for my absence over the last few days, but following close on the heels of my nephew's departure, I had a visit from my cousin and her husband...
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    • 2019 australia dacelo novaeguineae gold coast laughing kookaburra nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Displaying

    Displaying

    Then we were entertained for quite a while with a couple of Brahminy Kites displaying. Such beautiful raptors - I don't think there's anything to match them for colouring?
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    • 2019 australia brahminy kite gold coast haliastur indus nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. White and grey

    White and grey

    A White-faced Heron was also at the weir to join the egrets. This guy not too far from where "Little and Large" were hanging out. Had a lovely time with my nephew and his fiancee (first time I'd met her). Too much food and drink and they enjoyed a walk round the hill, which I joined them on for...
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    • 2019 australia egretta novaehollandiae gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland white-faced heron
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Against the current

    Against the current

    I've never noticed 'our' coots having a red eye, so guess this must be how to id the Australian subspecies? My nephew is arriving this afternoon, so I'll not be around much for the next couple of days. I've not seen him for a few years, not even for my sister's funeral last year sadly.
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    • 2019 australia eurasian coot fulica atra gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
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  22. So distinguished

    So distinguished

    ... and distinctive too. Pacific Black Ducks are one of the easier ones to identify, even the females can't be mistaken as they both have that clearly marked head plumage.
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    • 2019 anas superciliosa australia gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir pacific black duck queensland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Contemplative

    Contemplative

    A power line on the opposite side of the weir seemed to provide a comfy seat for an Osprey. Although most authorities still include the Australian osprey as a subspecies of P. haliaetus, there are definitely moves afoot to split it. It would then likely be called Eastern Osprey. The Australian...
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    • 2019 australia eastern osprey gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir pandion haliaetus cristatus queensland
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Cliff hanger

    Cliff hanger

    ... well sort of, LOL. A Dusky Moorhen was clambering around on the wall of the weir - some huge boulders there.
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    • 2019 australia dusky moorhen gallinula tenebrosa gold coast nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. In alignment

    In alignment

    We moved inland a bit and visited Oxenford Weir. A good place that we were to return to. On the opposite bank was a Great Egret, with a Little Egret immediately above him. I didn't realise there were two birds there until I looked through the lens LOL. Could almost look like a double-headed...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 ardea alba australia egretta garzetta gold coast great egret little egret nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland saturday fun
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