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  1. Unlucky Turtle

    Unlucky Turtle

    I think this Night Heron might have bitten off more that he can chew. After a while trying unsuccessfully to swallow the oblong turtle, he flew away with his catch.
    • davidfree
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    • nankeen night heron nycticorax caledonicus western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Proud fellow

    Proud fellow

    Purple-backed Fairy-wren, male in breeding plumage. Member of the same group as my previous two photos.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • malurus assimilis western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. I can see you.

    I can see you.

    Our Boobooks have again raised three young. Imagine how many mice they need to catch to feed them to maturity.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • juvenile southern boobook ninox boobook western australia.
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Tasty Morsel

    Tasty Morsel

    This Yellow-billed Spoonbill has been at our lake for a couple of weeks. If you look carefully you'll see its snack, about to be swallowed.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • platalea flavipes western australia.
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel

    Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel

    Such a pretty little wader, I can't resist taking photos of them.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • erythrogonis cinctus western australia.
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Feeding Time

    Feeding Time

    We see many more Pied Stilts than Red-necked Avocets at our lake, so it's always nice when they decide to visit.
    • davidfree
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    • red-necked avocet recurvirostra novaehollandiae western australia.
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Sharing a lookout

    Sharing a lookout

    A white-necked Heron and an Australian White Ibis seemed happy to share this dead tree in our lake.
    • davidfree
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    • australian white ibis threskiornis molucca western australia. white-necked heron ardea pacifica
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Follow me children

    Follow me children

    At our lake the Shelducks and Black Swans are always the first of the waterfowl to produce their young.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • black swan cygnus atratus western australia.
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, female

    Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, female

    A group of these beautiful birds were feeding on the nectar rich blossoms of Banksia sessilis. Endemic to Australia's south-west, they are threatened by habitat loss.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • calyptorhynchus latirostris western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Grey Shrike-thrush

    Grey Shrike-thrush

    Spring is on the way and these birds were singing beautifully once the sun emerged. This is the rufiventris race.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • grey shrike-thrush colluricincla harmonica western australia.
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Inland Thornbill

    Inland Thornbill

    On this trip I also saw Yellow-rumped Thornbills but I didn't manage to get any photos.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • acanthiza apicalis western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Handsome boy!

    Handsome boy!

    I spent three days at Sandford Rocks. The first two were cold and grey, then day three was beautiful and the birds came out. Including this Red-capped Robin.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • petroica goodenovii western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Red-tailed on Cape Lilac

    Red-tailed on Cape Lilac

    These beautiful birds are threatened by habitat loss. They resort to feeding on non-native species, like this Cape Lilac. A small group were on a tree across the road from our house. This bird is a female, or possibly a juvenile.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • red-tailed black-cockatoo calyptorhynchus banksii western australia.
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Tawny Frogmouth, male

    Tawny Frogmouth, male

    See description of my previous post. Male and female were perched quite close but not close enough to capture both together.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • tawny frogmouth podargus strigoides western australia.
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Juvenile Grebe with dragonfly

    Juvenile Grebe with dragonfly

    The proud parent had just presented this dragonfly to its offspring.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • tachybaptus novaehollandiae australasian grebe western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Still learning

    Still learning

    This young Brown Goshawk hasn't yet learned that successful ambushes are conducted from a concealed position!
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • accipiter fasciatus western australia.
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. White-faced Heron

    White-faced Heron

    This bird was foraging at low tide. It would stretch one leg forward and dabble in the weed, hoping to stir up a bite to eat. Mostly shrimps, I think.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • western australia. white-faced heron egretta novaehollandiae
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Big yawn

    Big yawn

    By 9am, this Nankeen Night-heron was feeling a bit sleepy.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • nycticorax caledonicus western australia.
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Look at my yellow rump.

    Look at my yellow rump.

    Busy preening in the early morning sun.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • western australia. yellow-rumped thornbill acanthiza chrysorrhoa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Dusky Moorhen

    Dusky Moorhen

    Just peacefully moving from one patch of reeds to another.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • dusky moorhen gallinula tenebrosa western australia.
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Standing proud

    Standing proud

    He seems to be quite confident of his role in the group.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • malurus splendens splendid fairywren western australia.
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Tasty worm

    Tasty worm

    The laughing Kookaburra was introduced to Western Australia from the east more than 100 years ago.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • laughing kookaburra dacelo novaeguineae western australia.
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Paddling

    Paddling

    Black-fronted Dotterel are often found at our lake when the water level is suitable.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • black-fronted dotterel elseyornis melanops western australia.
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Straw-necked Ibis

    Straw-necked Ibis

    Also often seen at our lake, although less common than the White Ibis
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • threskiornis spinicollis western australia.
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Flying off for another dragonfly

    Flying off for another dragonfly

    This bird enjoys dragonflies. One can see discarded wings in the bottom left of the frame.
    • davidfree
    • Media item
    • australian hobby falco longipennis western australia.
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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