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  1. Square-tailed Kite

    Square-tailed Kite

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    • adelaide belair national park lophoictinia isura south australia square-tailed kite
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Square-tailed Kite

    Square-tailed Kite

    The Square-tailed Kites are nesting in our local park as usual.
    • peterday
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    • adelaide belair national park lophoictinia isura south australia square-tailed kite
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Catching up

    Catching up

    On our drive out of Browns Road, saw a wee flock of White-winged Chough feeding just behind the fence. I followed them for a bit, struggling to get pictures as they always seem to hid behind grass or branches. I did manage this focused shot in the end, was quite pleased with the result.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia browns road corcorax melanorhamphos kinchina november south australia white-winged chough
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. A bit better this one

    A bit better this one

    On our way out of this woodland, I came across another Grey Currawong and managed a slightly better image this time. But they do seem to be a little shy, don't they.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia browns road grey currawong kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia strepera versicolor
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Waking up

    Waking up

    More wandering around in the woodland, which unusually was really very open , we came across a gorgeous wee Australian Owlet Nightjar was just waking up from his roost. A few pictures at distance then we quickly moved on to let him get on with whatever he next wanted to do. Thank goodness for...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills aegotheles cristatus australia australian owlet-nightjar browns road kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Enjoying the view

    Enjoying the view

    We were having a lovely wander in the open woodland area at Browns Road, not a lot of shade there though. Having seen my first Grey Currawong when we were staying with Ken and Dora at the beginning of my South Australia stay, and another (getting my first pictures of one), here I was to see one...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia browns road grey currawong kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia strepera versicolor
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Collecting grass seeds

    Collecting grass seeds

    We then set off to explore another of the conservation areas - Browns Road. A White-winged Chough was wandering through the grass as we made our way in. It looked very dry for springtime. The Adelaide Hills did have some bad fires after I left. Not a really great bird image, but I loved the...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia birdwatching mode browns road kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia white-winged chough
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. No co-operation

    No co-operation

    I'd found a female Hooded Robin with a youngster as well. I started filming in the hope of getting some interaction... but all I got was action as she flew off. Actually it turns out that this is the only flight picture for this species in the Gallery!! Hmmm.... think it's headed for Opus then...
    • delia todd
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    • adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail hooded robin hooded robin female flight kinchina melanodryas cucullata nikon coolpix p900 opusimage saturday fun south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. At least I....

    At least I....

    .... got the rump!!! I'd had difficulty getting really good pictures of Red-rumped Parrots any time I saw them, and this one was no exception. He moved around the car park area quite a bit, and I'm sure he was trying to find the best shady spot (it was very hot that day). I think the best views...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november psephotus haematonotus red-rumped parrot south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Blue and green and gold and....

    Blue and green and gold and....

    ..... that's a Rainbow Bee-eater!! We'd started making our way back out when we spotted him, gave me a bit of a chase around the houses and then a bit of re-positioning by me to avoid some intervening stuff (mostly!). The was the first one I'd seen for ages... probably Bribie Island with Ken...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail kinchina merops ornatus nikon coolpix p900 november rainbow bee-eater south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Now something in a tree

    Now something in a tree

    As we started to move away from the chats, I spotted a Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater up in a tree. Can't remember now if he was chatting to himself or calling.... maybe he was panting in the heat which was now beginning to build.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia spiny-cheeked honeyeater
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Meal delivered

    Meal delivered

    Somewhere in that tangle of plants was a fledgling Crimson Chat.... every now and then I zoom in on the image and sometimes I think I can see a bit of it, then the next time I can't find it LOL.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia crimson chat crimson chat male cypress hill trail epthianura tricolor kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Tricky

    Tricky

    Focusing was a bit difficult with this one, as there was so little contrast between him and the background. This is a young male Crimson Chat.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia crimson chat crimson chat young male cypress hill trail epthianura tricolor kinchina nikon coolpix p900 birdwatching mode november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Dad to the rescue

    Dad to the rescue

    Next a stunning male Crimson Chat landed on the fence almost in front of me. He'd a beakful of what looks like insects which soon got fed to one of his youngsters, there seemed to be a few hiding in the longer stuff, but I don't know what it was.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia crimson chat crimson chat nale cypress hill trail epthianura tricolor kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Chatty

    Chatty

    I think it can sometimes be difficult to tell the juvenile Crimson Chat from the female. However, in another picture of this one I could see the gape quite clearly. The chat was surely the star of this part of our day's outing, even though I'd seen them at Bowra so not a Lifer, but still very...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia crimson chat cypress hill trail epthianura tricolor juvenile crimson chat kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. .... and now his lady

    .... and now his lady

    Not far from the male was this female Masked Woodswallow, with a much paler mask.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills artamus personatus australia kinchina masked woodswallow nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. It's been a while

    It's been a while

    I first saw these neat guys in Cunnamulla and how long ago that seems now. Masked Woodswallows I think are delightful wee birds. We'd walked much further into this trail and reached the perimiter fence.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills artamus personatus australia kinchina masked woodswallow nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Babyface

    Babyface

    This juvenile Hooded Robin seemed to be becoming a little more independent as I couldn't spot the parents in the immediate vicinity.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia hooded robin hooded robin juvenile juvenile kinchina melanodryas cucullata nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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  19. Bashful

    Bashful

    This is the difficulties we have sometimes when trying to photograph birds. One of my rubbish pictures from yesterdays White-winged Triller sequence. Saturday Fun
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail kinchina lalage tricolor nikon coolpix p900 november saturday fun south australia white-winged triller
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. White wing patch

    White wing patch

    I did get some nice views of White-winged Triller... firstly this female. A rather dull brownish bird but the white streaky lines on the wing are absolutely diagnostic for the species. This, though, was the only image of her where her head was visible, all the others were of a rump view LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail female kinchina nikon coolpix p900 november south australia white-winged triller
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  21. Graceful

    Graceful

    I posted this picture many hours ago (at least I thought I did!) My final day with Peter and Adrienne dawned and the plans they'd made were them to take me up into the Adelaide hills. First we explored the Cypress Hill Trail. Close by the entrance I rather failed to get good pictures of a...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia cypress hill trail elegant parrot kinchina neophema elegans nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
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  22. Bronzy

    Bronzy

    After that run along the river we then more-or-less followed it south back to Adelaide. When we hit the Adelaide Hills, we followed another river down a steep windy road and called in at the Gorge Wildlife Park. Peter's idea was to enable me to see some of the species that weren't in the areas...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide hills australia common bronzewing cudlee creek gorge wildlife park nikon coolpix p900 november phaps chalcoptera south australia
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  23. Seems to be rather scarce

    Seems to be rather scarce

    There aren't that many pictures of the Black-tailed Nativehen in the Gallery but I'm doing my best to improve that situation LOL. Here's a little group from the promenade at Mannum. I followed them for ages, but they remained in the shadows.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia black-tailed nativehen mannum nikon coolpix p900 november south australia tribonyx ventralis
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  24. Premiere

    Premiere

    There were quite a few of these rails set up in the river. This one was on the far side in front of a reed bed. Seemed a Little Black Cormorant liked it for a morning preen. I seem to have missed showing you this one on my first run through of my pictures. Still, he's made his appearance now!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia little black cormorant mannum nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus south australia
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  25. Standing proud

    Standing proud

    Standing on a pole, which looks like it was put there for especially for the birds, was Australian Pelican. A rather haughty look I think LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia australian pelican mannum nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus south australia
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