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10.08.2025 10:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@anttanager.bsky.social
Naturalist/Goldfish Whisperer based in Western Australia and specializing in bird research/conservation.
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10.08.2025 10:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Pair of Galahs at Thompsons Lake Nature Reserve near Fremantle, Western Australia (male with darker eye). Very common throughout Australia.
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Thank you - occasionally they forage fairly low.
12.07.2025 09:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
Wedge-tailed Eagle from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June.
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Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
Spotted Pardalote from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June. Widespread and fairly common in healthy forest.
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Scarlet Robin from Perth Hills last week - sitting on an old Grass Tree flower stalk.
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Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
New birds for me from the Capertee Valley region, NSW:
1. Apostlebird
2. Black-chinned Honeyeater
3. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
4. Diamond Firetail
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Freckled Duck
Pink-eared Duck
Hardhead
Australian Hobby
Herdsman Lake in Perth, WA - great site to see and photograph these species:
1. Freckled Duck
2. Pink-eared Duck
3. Hardhead
4. Australian Hobby
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Fulvous Chatterer (Argya fulva)
Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex)
Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
Morocco - edge of the Sahara.
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Yes, with a Cygnustech diffuser.
05.06.2025 11:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tung's Narrow-mouthed Frog (Gastrophrynoides immaculatus) - rare endemic
Malayan Flying Frog (Zhangixalus prominanus)
Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad (Ansonia jeetsukumarani) - rare endemic
Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog (Chaperina fusca)
Quick trip to Fraser Hill in Malaysia - some of the frogs we found. A few are extremely rare and local.
1. Tung's Narrow-mouthed Frog
2. Malayan Flying Frog
3. Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad
4. Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog
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Quick trip to Fraser Hill in Malaysia - many thanks to the local herpers sharing their skills and knowledge. As more of a birdwatcher, I learned a lot.
1. Banded Coralsnake
2. Blue Coralsnake
3. Siamese Peninsula Pitviper
4. Highlands
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Recent trip to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - one of our target birds was the African Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus ssp. alienus).
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Humming Frog
Moaning Frog
Whooping Frog
Hooting Frog
Rainy season underway in Western Australia - frogs out and about:
1. Humming Frog
2. Moaning Frog
3. Whooping Frog
4. Hooting Frog
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Sahara Frog (Pelophylax saharicus) from recent trip to Morocco.
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Maine flatworm - species?
Western Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena sumptuosa)
Chromodoris westraliensis
Red Rock Crab (Guinusia chabrus)
Starting my underwater photography with a OM System Tough TG-7 - easy to control and hard to destroy. Some pics from recent dives around Perth, Australia.
1. Maine flatworm
2. Western Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena sumptuosa)
3. Chromodoris westraliensis
4. Red Rock Crab (Guinusia chabrus)
#addOcean
Very nice - what camera are you using?
05.04.2025 13:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Mulga Parrot
Crimson Chat
Diamond Dove
Masked Woodswallow
Trip out to Camel Soak, Western Australia - lots of interesting species that donβt occur near Perth.
1. Mulga Parrot
2. Crimson Chat
3. Diamond Dove
4. Masked Woodswallow
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Recent dive out near Rottnest Island in Western Australia - first encounter with a Grey Nurse Shark.
#sharks #marinelife #sketchart #australia #fish #nature
Lion
Cape Four-striped Grasatratus
Greater Kudu
African Savanna Elephant
Some mammals from recent trip to South Africa.
02.04.2025 09:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0African Penguin
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Southern Olive Woodpecker
Cape Sugarbird
Late last year, we traveled to South Africa: the Cape, along the Garden Route, and ended in Addo Elephant NP. A mix of stuff seen along the way:
1. African Penguin
2. Orange-breasted Sunbird
3. Southern Olive Woodpecker
4. Cape Sugarbird
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Flesh-footed Shearwater
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Silver Gull
Great Crested Tern
Some more sea life in and around Bremer Bay, Western Australia - mid-March 2025.
1. Flesh-footed Shearwater
2. Long-finned Pilot Whale
3. Silver Gull
4. Great Crested Tern
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Pacific Gull - juvenile
Sooty Oystercatcher
Striped Dolphin
Sperm Whale
Quick trip down to Bremer Bay to catch a whale-watching boat. Some of the wildlife we observed:
1. Pacific Gull
2. Sooty Oystercatcher
3. Striped Dolphin
4. Sperm Whale
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife
Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii ssp. naso) - listed as vulnerable. Fairly easy to find in and around Fremantle at the moment. Pics from Kensington Bushland Reserve, Western Australia.
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Thanks Daryll - please add me.
15.03.2025 05:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yellow-billed Spoonbills at Bibra Lake, Western Australia - water getting very low as the dry season is nearly over.
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Banded Stilt
Silver Gull
Pied Oystercatcher
Black Swan
Birdlife at Point Walter Reserve, Western Australia.
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Splendid Fairywren
Rainbow Bee-eater, pair on branch.
Musk Duck, close-up of head while displaying.
Western Gray Kangaroos wrestling.
Few photos recently from parks near Perth, Western Australia.
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