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The Stunning Plumed Whistling Duck

The Stunning Plumed Whistling Duck

I never ever thought we would ever have this stunning duck the Plumed whistling duck on our property and two of them, a pretty little female and a handsome male walked daily around our property, regularly coming up near the back of our house and laying under the shade of a tree near where we had a bowl of fresh water. Late afternoon they would fly out to feed on the seed in local pastures and return to a base camp during the day. Well this couple thought they were living in a resort with fresh water plenty of shade...

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Forest Kingfisher

Forest Kingfisher

We are very fortunate to have both the Forest Kingfisher and the Sacred Kingfisher living in the trees on and around our property. Just being able to walk out our front door and just take a couple of steps to be able to photograph these beautiful little birds in their natural environment is beautiful. Years ago we put a very shallow frog pond in the bottom corner of our yard, the rain runoff keeps it topped up with lovely cold fresh water. Yes we have frogs in their but because we just let it do what it wanted to do...

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Double-Barred Finch

Double-Barred Finch

Another little Aussie gem is the Double-Barred Finch which is a tiny 10-11cm in size. It is also known as the Banded or Black-ringed Finch. It has 2 distintive thin black bars across its lower white throat and chest, the rump is also white and the tail is black. It is seed foraging in pairs or flocks. Similar species are Banded Whiteface, and White-fronted Chat. I have only spotted this little charfmer a couple of time, first time was onnour road trip to Dubbo in September 2019 where I captured him (see Featured Photo) and at Petrie near the river...

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Rufous Fantail

Rufous Fantail

Capturing the Rufous Fantail this year was a tremendous achievement for me as I had been trying to find them for a couple of years. They are also known as the black-breasted rufous-fantail or rufous-fronted fantail. They are 15-16.5cm in size but they are very very quick. The fan like tail when in flight is so striking. The rufous fantail is easily distinguished by their orange-reddish-brown back, rump and base of tail. Their preferred habitate is undergrowth of rainforests, wetter eucalypt forests and gullies, monsoon forests.paperbarks, sub-inland and coastal scrubs, water courses, parks and gardens They can be very hard...

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Pheasant Coucal

Pheasant Coucal

The Pheasant Coucal I must confess it is not my most favorite bird because it is responsible for eating many of the young chicks nesting on our property. These photos I took here were taken a couple of years ago before I acquired my good len's and it was overcast almost raining on and off. Other names are Cane Pheasant and Swamp Pheasant. They are 50-70cm in size with the female being larger. The Pheasant Coucal in these photos are a breeding Coucal. There is a difference in eye color and feather colours in breeding and none breeding coucals, but...

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