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Breeding Ospreys

Breeding Ospreys

I spent a few hours watching this young female and male Osprey yesterday building their relationship with each other and building their nest together. They were building their nest on a man made tower especially built for them to nest. They are mostly located on or near our coastal rivers, inlets, coastlines and islands. Their breeding season in northern Australia is April-July and Southern parts of Australia July-Sept Both the female and the male frequently left the nest during that 2 hours of watching them. Sometimes they came back with sticks, sometimes they came back with a fish. There was...

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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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Better Than A Fairy Tale

Better Than A Fairy Tale

Could I love this little bird more than the others, well probably not because we have so beautiful birds here in Australia but he would have to be one of my favourite. He certainly keeps me entertained when out and about in our garden. The Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet  is a small bird being only 22-24cm in size and is the only Lorikeet with an unmarked green head and the neck and breast has a distinctive yellow scaly pattern. Their bill and eyes are red but in a juvenile their bill is brownish and they have less yellow in plumage They associate...

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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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