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Crimson Rosella Preening Feathers

Crimson Rosella Preening Feathers

It is not always easy getting a photo of a bird in the wild in their natural environment. I have spotted these birds many times while on a photography day trip, but they were too far away and had many trees and branches between them and my camera, making it basically impossible to capture a nice shot.Oh you can get up close at some of these wildlife attractions where they feed them, but there is nothing more enjoyable or rewarding for me than to get them in the wild doing their own thingies. The Crimson Rosella is an Australian Native...

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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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Red Browed Finch

Red Browed Finch

The bright scarlet bill, eyebrow and rump makes it easy to identify this little bird which is found only down the east coast of Australia and into coastal South Australia. The Juveniles bill is black and it lacks the eyebrow but has a scarlet rump like the adults. They are only 11-11.5cm in size. Similar species is the beautiful Red-eared Firetails which I haven't photographed yet as they are only in a small area in southern Western Australia. Their habitat is grassy clearings in forests, woodlands, coastal scrubs and heaths, mangroves, cane-fields, crops, roadsides, blackberries, lantana, golf courses, orchards, parks...

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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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