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White-Bellied Sea-Eagle

Other name: White-Breasted Sea-Eagle. A very large white and grey eagle with un-feathered legs and feet. Their size being 70-90cm and wing span 2 meters. The female is larger. It soars in majestic circles with its broad, upswept wings and short white tail dark at the base gives it the look of a huge butterfly the under wings divide into white and blackish triangles This one was circling very high up so my telescopic lens was stretched to the limit to capture this grand eagle. Juveniles 1st year their head is bluish and spiky, contrasting with patchy cream and dark...

Pacific Baza

Other name for this stunning bird is Crested Hawk. It grows up to 36-45cm and has a wing span of 80cm. You can see how beautiful the blue sky behind makes the photo so nice looking, but unfortunately we photographers don't get a say, we just have to do what we can when we see the subject we want to photograph. Pacific-Baza to wikipedia Their voice is a weak piping inflight, mellow double whistle, ee-choo, ee-choo descending. Their habitat is leafy trees on rainforests fringes; open forests; and woodlands; timbered watercourses; mangroves; well-treed suburbs. They breed from Oct-Dec and the...

A couple of Aussie Finches

Honestly, I personally have found Finch's are the most complicated to investigate. There is nothing simple about them at all. There appears to be 15 species of Finch's in Australia.You can also do your own search or you can click on the Red-Browed Finch. They are a beautiful little bird and fairly tame for having their photos taken. They are 11-11.5cm in size. Similar species is the Red-eared Firetails they hang around in fairs and families and darts to cover in bouncing flight. Their voice is a high pitched squeak, sharp 'dup'; brisk chatter Their habit includes grassy clearings in...

Bees Are Amazing

Spring of 2022 right up til Christmas Day was so much cooler than normal, so our natives were not flowering as normal, so bird life was quieter and we didn't see the bee activity as normal. Now they start to appear but temperatures are fluctuating at the moment a cold day or 2 then a boiling hot day will come along, but our wildlife adapts. I was reading an article recently in "THE LITTLE BOOK OF BEES" by Hilary Kearney and illustrated by Amy Holliday. I thought I would start this post sharing a little article with you. ...

Mangrove Honeyeater

Mangrove Honeyeater; there is only one place I have spotted these cheeky birds, but am sure they are everywhere. They are 18-21cm in size. They can be seen from Townsville northern Queensland down to northern New South Wales. Their habitat includes mangroves, nearby eucalypt woodlands, and trees in coastal towns. They breed from Aug-Nov and lay 2 eggs being pale salmon-pink or spotted red-brown in color. They are noisy and aggressive. They are like the varied Honeyeater Mangrove-honeyeater is noisy and aggressive, they feed in outer foliage of mangroves, forages over lower trunks, roots and usually feeds on nectar and...

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White-Bellied Sea-Eagle

Pacific Baza

A couple of Aussie Finches

Bees Are Amazing

Mangrove Honeyeater

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