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Curious Cockatoo

Curious Cockatoo

A very well known Australian Character is the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo  They most certainly have their place in the Australian Landscape. Everyone loves the Cockatoo, well almost everyone apart from the few people who like to have peace and quiet around them. The Cockatoo is well know for its loud shattering screeches They Breed from May-Sept in Northern Areas of Australia and from Aug-Jan in southern parts of Australia. The female will lay 2-3 eggs I captured this photo below very early in the morning and there were plants behind them, I had a shallow depth of field and with their...

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Gentle Giants

Gentle Giants

It is amazing that Pelicans have been around for so long. Fossil evidence of pelicans dates back at least 30 million years and it would be hard to believe that these very gentle birds could ever be a species of the dangerous dinosaurs. I loved travelling to the coast with my Mum and Dad and siblings when we were little and enjoyed watching in sheer amazement these great big white angels of the sky, the way they silently and gracefully glided around with very little effort.   Along the waters edge, they would waddle up near us, I suppose they...

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Large Honeyeater Family

Large Honeyeater Family

There is 190 species of  Honeyeaters,roughly half of them are Native to Australia. Many Australian Native trees and plants are fertislised by the honeyeaters, plants such as Proteaceaer  and the Ericaceae and  Myrtaceae Unfortunately I haven't photographed all of them at this stage but hopefully will get many of them in our future road trips. The  Striped honeyeater just below was a delight when I spotted him in one of our native trees recently being only 21-23 cm in size but it did keep itself very well hidden in the thick growth. Another one I spotted for the first time...

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Using The Sun In My Photos

Using The Sun In My Photos

Taking a walk in the garden early in the morning does have a few advantages. Here I was able to get the early suns rays filtering through the palm trees and this Lorikeet was in the right spot at the right time, with the sunlight showing off some great features of this colorful Australian Bird           Dedicated to all the Australian Fauna and Flora lost in the 2019/2020 bushfires 

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Larrikin Rainbow Lorikeet

Larrikin Rainbow Lorikeet

I love capturing the Rainbow Lorikeet   also known as  Blue Mountain Parrot and Red-collared Lorikeet. They would be one of the most expressive birds that I know. Their antics and gestures are just beautiful. They certainly like to entertain those watching them. The colors of their feathers are vibrant and rich and combine together to give the WOW factor. They feed all year round at our property in the flowering natives.  Size: 25-32cm  No other Australian parrot has streaked blue head and orange chest. Their desired habitat is rain forests, eucalypt forests, woodlands, paperbark woodlands, coastal banksia, scrubs, heaths, mangroves,...

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