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For #SparrowSunday, a Song Sparrow! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay and Alan H was thinking Ministry of Silly #Walks so basically any bird walking. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A Great Blue Heron in stealth mode.

A Barred Owl, a large, stocky owl with brown and white markings, round head, no ear tufts, and a medium-length tail, is perched on a branch in a forest.

A grey day in the park yesterday was brightened when a passerby mentioned he had seen an owl a few hundred yards in the direction we were headed and we found it! #birds #photography #birdphotography #Raptors #owl 🦉

A Barred Owl (my first attempt at ALT Text)

Thank you so much Lori! Appreciated 🙏
(It was a case of good luck - She looked at me across the waterhole then ignored me 😄)

The Black-necked Stork, (aka Jabiru), is Australia's only stork. I sighted this female on the far side of First Lagoon at Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

Little Wattlebird, Kakadu Beach @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #honeyeaters #WildOz #OzBirds #BribieIsland

Little Wattlebird, Kakadu Beach
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #honeyeaters #WildOz #OzBirds #BribieIsland

Another week, another Koala. This time it's a handsome male. He was spotted high up in a tree at Kallangur, Qld
@savethekoala #Marsupial #AustralianWildlife #wildoz

Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrels, Far Eastern Curlews, Great Knots, Caspian and Australian Terns are all at Toorbul Roost. Here are just a few of them.
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #shorebirds #WildOz

Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #shorebirds #WildOz

Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #shorebirds #WildOz

It's World Cassowary Day! What magnificent birds they are. I filmed this beauty drinking from a fresh water pool at Etty Bay in 2023. #WorldCassowaryDay
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #Cassowary #WildOz #OzBirds

Galahs checking out a tree hollow (female on the left, male on the right) Toorbul, Qld @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

Galahs checking out a tree hollow (female on the left, male on the right) Toorbul, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

A Mangrove Honeyeater watching over the mangroves, Toorbul, Qld (Gavicalis fasciogularis) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #Honeyeater #WildOz #OzBirds

A Mangrove Honeyeater watching over the mangroves, Toorbul, Qld (Gavicalis fasciogularis)
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #Honeyeater #WildOz #OzBirds

A pair of Pied Oystercatchers teaching their two chicks how to forage for molluscs, worms, crabs & small fish etc. These are one of the few waders whose young are fed by their parents.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #wader #WildOz #BribieIsland

I was watching the Masked Lapwing when out popped a chick from beneath the warm plumage... A lovely surprise! #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

I was watching the Masked Lapwing when out popped a chick from beneath the warm plumage... A lovely surprise!
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

Superb Fairy-wrens
Lake Coolmunda, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #wren #WildOz #OzBirds

Little Corellas mate for life and these two are allopreening. This behavior reinforces pair bonds but also helps remove parasites from inaccessible areas of their bodies.
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

It's a pretty good view across the water 😊

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Joey is alert but mum is a little tired. These koalas were sighted high in a tree overlooking Deception Bay, Qld. 🐨🐨= 😍 #NaturePhotography #Marsupial #AustralianWildlife #wildoz

Joey is alert but mum is a little tired. These koalas were sighted high in a tree overlooking Deception Bay, Qld. 🐨🐨= 😍
#NaturePhotography #Marsupial #AustralianWildlife #wildoz

The Little Friarbird loves to eat nectar, pollen, soft fruits, seeds, and insects. It is also the smallest friarbird. #Honeyeater #birdsofaustralia #australianbirdsphotography #australianbirds #qldbirds

The Little Friarbird loves to eat nectar, pollen, soft fruits, seeds, and insects. It is also the smallest friarbird.
#Honeyeater #birdsofaustralia #australianbirdsphotography #australianbirds #qldbirds

Red-browed Finches (Firetails) foraging around Lake Samsonvale, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #finches

Pale-headed Rosella
Airlie Beach, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

King Parrots, Lamington National Park, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

Yes, predation was something I didn't want to consider but it was at the back of my mind... Thanks Gavin 😀🙏

YouTube video by Werrong Lane Buff-banded Rails – An urban wildlife story

The chicks sometimes divide between the two parents. They can also get picked off by opportunist predators like Purple Swamphens. My video on a pair raising chicks in Sydney Park: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ENRp...

Rainbow Lorikeet feeding in a bottlebrush at first light.
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz

Spotted Dove, Intermediate Egret, Masked Lapwing, Australasian Darter Lake Samsonvale, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz

As the sun prepares to rise over Brisbane right now, a magnificent full moon is setting.
#fullmoon #Brisbane

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A Buff-banded Rail with only one chick. These Rails usually have between 3 and 8. Hopefully there are more foraging with their other parent in a different area.
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #waterbirds #WildOz #BribieIsland