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Observing, one frame at a time.
Image of 3 baby Maned ducks sunning themselves on a path by a waterhole.
Afternoon Melbourne! βοΈ π§ βοΈ
Good weather for β¦
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Disputed Credit Card transaction β¦ finds βcontact usβ β¦ funnelled into Banking chat β¦ weave thru AI BankBot β¦ transferring you human. Cool.
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Yeahnah
π± bank β¦ matter fixed in 5 minutes tops β¦
Meanwhile back @ BankBotβ’οΈ
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How do they make 8bio/y?
That is an excellent description.
06.11.2025 22:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Image of a Red-rumped or ground parrot leaping over a concrete tub. With the recent heavy rains, the tub is filled with water. These guys are highly coloured, especially males, with a blue-green upper leading to yellow at the underparts, deep blue wings leading to grey, and then there is their eponymous bright red rump clearly shown in this image. The females are a more demure khaki colour.
Morning Melbourne! π«οΈ
Hop to it, the weekendβs nigh.
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π¦π· #redrumpedparrot
Image of an adult Crimson rosella dining in the abundant purple flowers of a Borage plant in the vegetable garden.
Morning Melbourne βοΈ π₯Ά βοΈ
Borage forage.
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Morning βοΈ π Melbourne π βοΈ
*sound on*
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Agreed in full re behaviours. Odd thing is Butcherbirds (or murderbirbs as I call them) arenβt βinfamousβ for swooping. This guyβs a juve. Heβll work it out. π
03.11.2025 05:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Image of a juvenile Grey butcherbird leaning forward into a strafing run from its perch.
Why thanks. βΊοΈ
I was spotting the bird closely. I knew it was about to swoop my dog who was walking with my wife some 20m ahead. Here is the previous frame: launch mode activated.
Image of a juvenile Grey butcherbird diving from its perch and about to swoop my unsuspecting pooch. Its wings are fully flared and landing gear retracted - full-on stealth mode.
Morning Melbourne! βοΈ π£ βοΈ
Stealth mode: engaged β
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Image of a Laughing kookaburra, feathers fluffed into a ball, displaying its dinner catch of a large garden lizard. We wonβt mess around with these great birbs, they are well known to kill snakes for funsies.
Morning Melbourne! βοΈπ‘οΈ βοΈ
The cat that got the cream: avian style.
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Image of sub-adult male Gang-gang cockatoo. These gorgeous Australian cockatoos (parrots) are known for their idiosyncrasies: a call that sounds like a squeaky door, adult males with their vivid carmine-red head adorned by a fascinating feathery crest, a cheeky inquisitiveness, and being an all around brilliant species. I am so fortunate to have them on my doorstep.
Morning Melbourne! π§οΈ
Intersecting inquisitive & idiosyncratic!
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Closely cropped image of an Eastern rosella feeding on the ground. The reds, blues, yellows, and greens of this shy little parrot positively scream out of image - internally enhanced using Nikons Vivid mode. As if it needed that! Very good little birb.
Morning Melbourne! π π π
Breakfast anyone?
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Image of an adult Grey butcherbird posing pensively atop a metal post. Good birbs.
Morning Melbourne! π π§ π
Pensive, a portrait!
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π¦π· #greybutcherbird
Afternoon Melbourne! βοΈ π₯Ά βοΈ
Too wet for a walk so hereβs a composite video cobbled from several stills captured yesterday of an Eastern whipbird. These forest floor dwellers do present quite the challenge.
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π¦π· #easternwhipbirdn
Image of male King parrot on a terracotta pot about to make a meal of the flowering plants. These guys are well known for 5eir voracious eating on flowering plants and especially adore immature green tomatoes.
Morning Melbourne! β
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Caught! Red β¦ Headed.
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Cropped image of a Laughing kookaburra playing with a recently captured earthworm in its beak. As a bonus, a large ant can be seen in its beak. Ants produce formic acid (an pungent acrid vinegar-like carboxylic acid) as a defense mechanism and this may be reason the Kookaburra looks like it has bitten off more than it can chew.
Morning Melbourne! βοΈ βοΈ
Breakfast: earthworm with just a hint of HCOOH
Bitten off more than it could chew?
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π¦π· #laughingkookaburra #birdsinbackyards
A Red wattlebird enjoying a mouthful of insects as the sun shines brightly. Image is beautifully side-lighted casting the background in full shadow save for the tree on which it sits.
Morning Melbourne! βοΈ
Wet start to the week at least we had a fine weekend!
#wildoz #ozbirds π¦π· #birds #redwattlebird
Morning Melbourne! π¬οΈ
A brilliant day for twitching yielded a close encounter with a Superb Lyrebird. These guys are masters of mimicry & Iβve used the captured grainy images (very low light) over a soundtrack taken previously in Gembrook Park.
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Excellent. You wonβt be disappointed when you do. ππ» Also: not every animal here wants to kill you; just most. π
In a previous life, I visited πΊπΈ a lot. Only ever βοΈ over OR π - it looks beautiful.
They are Kingfishers and, yes, they predate - kill snakes for funsies. Excellent rodent controllers.
18.10.2025 05:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Image of Laughing kookaburra sitting atop a concrete post⦠looking intently at the ground for its next feed.
Morning Melbourne!
Back to cool again. This is not a laughing matter.
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π¦π· #laughingkookaburra
Image of a female Tawny frogmouth having a yawn as she settles down after a night of incubation & feeding. The Tawny frogmouth was Vox pop voted as 2025 bird of the year after being runner up many many times. About time we all say.Very very good birbs.
Morning Melbourne! π₯οΈ
Ok, so I won Birb of the Year. Can you wake me when something REALLY exciting happens? Iβm off for a nap, Iβve been up ALL night.β
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π·π¦ #notanowl #tawnyfrogmouth #frogmouthfriday
Image of a doleful looking female Tawny Frogmouth in a Pine tree. Her partner is 75m away on a flimsy and precariously sited nest sharing incubation duties of a clutch of 2 eggs. Itβs a worrying time of year for Tawnies.
Morning Melbourne! βοΈ βοΈ βοΈ
Fingers crossed π€π» for this guy in the 2025 Bird of Year.
#WildOz #OzBirds #birds π¦π· #TawnyFrogmouth #notanowl
Close cropped image of a male Golden whistler, mouth agape, in full song. The catches his golden colouring & clear eyed-brilliance to perfection. A very good little birb.
Morning Melbourne!
The bush is teeming with the magnificent sounds of Golden whistlers atm. Such a very good thing.
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π·π¦
Image of an adult Crimson rosella in the middle of a fruiting Portwine magnolia hedge casually helping itself to some of the abundant buds.
Hedge trimmer!
#WildOz #OzBirds #birds π¦π· #crimsonrosella #birdsinbackyardsb
Thrillseekers, remember to cast your vote here:
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Female Satin bowerbird captured on the birdbath edge. The dominant aspect of the image is the piercing violet eye glinting in the sun.
Morning Melbourne! π¨ π π¬οΈ
All eyes on the weekend.
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π·π¦ #satinbowerbird
Also the "Old County."
Cauldron Snout - a very good place.
Image of a tiny Eastern yellow robin perched on a branch. Its head covered in spider web and evokes the increasing adorning of property as we get closer to the end of October = Halloween
Who says we donβt do #halloween in Straya?
#wildoz #ozbirds #birds π¦π· #easternyellowrobin
Image of female Yellow-tailed black cockatoo perched in an Acacia. She was with her life partner & 2 juvenile cockatoos. Every year about this time they ascend up into the hills to raise their young & feed on the plentiful pine seeds and tree grubs. Itβs a sure sign summer is approaching.
Morning Melbourne! β
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More signs summer is approaching.
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