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Definitely birdfished 😂 these were photos someone else took, poor ravens

The adults, like the one I saw in October, find nests of other birds and displace those eggs and lay their own, and then let the other birds raise the young as their own, often neglecting their own natural babies to keep up with these huge strange #birds

A juvenile pair of Channel-billed Cuckoos who are being raised by Little Ravens #birds

You too!

Clarity ~ the colourful orange one is the little stint

And finally, a white-rumped sandpiper, (top, right), which hasn’t been to Melbourne since the 1970’s!

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This one is a Little Stint (with lots of zoom and lots of heat haze), which are rarely reported in Melbourne despite being here annually (probably), bc they’re so similiar to a red necked stint #birds

Long-toed Stint at the WTP, see the longggggg toes? #birds

Pectoral Sandpiper at the Western Treatment Plant, Melbourne today #birds

Thank you!

Happy New Year!

2024 Birding Highlights #19 - Channel-billed Cuckoo, 19/10/24

These aren’t often in Melbourne and never used to come down here, so definitely a good twitch moment to find this guy

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Yeah I’m carless too, it’s such a pain!! Definitely people you can reach out to to get lifts in those groups though

Those groups will defs help with finding good spots!! I only took up bird watching this year and it’s been a big year in learning good spots, especially out of Melbourne

I generally go by myself / with my partner but there’s definitely a tight birding community to go out with! If you have fb definitely look into the Victorian Birders group and Birds and Birding Victoria 2024 groups!! The second is a competition group but good to lurk and find regular bird folk!!

DAY 19 of making wirewrapped pendants inspired by birds posted on bluesky 🪶

today’s bird: pink robin

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I’m not sure how many more highlights I’ll get between now and new years 😅

2024 Birding Highlights #18 - Red-backed Kingfisher

This guy caused A BIG STIR when it appeared in inner suburban Melbourne, for the first time since the 1970s or so!! Everyone and anyone who loves birds went to have a stickybeak

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Happy Birthday!! 💖💖

Mr Pink 🩷🩷 Yarra Ranges National Park, 28/12/24

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And then a gorgeous Rose Robin on a hike today #birds

This morning we saw a bassian thrush at the campgrounds #birds

And the female satin bowerbird seen a few hours later 🪶

Love to be at the campgrounds you’re staying at for all of 5 minutes and get a photo lifer

Satin Bowerbird, 22/12/24 🥰 🪶

2024 Birding Highlights #17 - A very angry looking Scarlet Robin, 15/8/24

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We have such beautiful birds here!

Gorgeous!

2024 Birding Highlights #16 - Black-shouldered Kite , 19/7/24

Don’t speak to me or my son ever again

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They do, quite unique!

2024 Birding Highlights #15 - Rose Robin, 19/7/24

He was our target bird for this trip, and while we were busy taking snaps of a female pink robin, this lovely guy flew into our frames. Good bird!

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