Always a great day when you can wander around , enjoying the weather and see some great birds
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BH took our youngest grandchild on his first birding outing to Lake Weeroona in Bendigo today. Fair to say it won’t be his last, all part of the indoctrination. Not sure if he preferred the Mallard, Pacific Black or the Coot.
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Some of BH’s recent pics from around the Peninsula and the Eastern Treatment Plant.
#Australian Crake - Boneo Equestrian Centre. Unusually this normally very shy bird hung around long enough for BH to take vids, which unfortunately I can’t post.
#Shy Albatross, albeit dead - St Andrews Beach. BH wondered if it was a victim of the recent storms.
#Olive-backed Oriole - Balbirooroo Balnarring
# Red-rumped Parrot - Eastern Treatment Plant
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Purple-crowned Lorikeet, in my garden, Glenrowan. One of four Lorikeet species that we have on the ‘backyard list’ the others being Rainbow, Musk and Little Lorikeet.
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#Ruddy Turnstones by 2 - Flinders. Love this recent pic from BH, for mine it’s odds on for next year’s calendar.
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Magnificent photo- notice one of the birds is tagged.
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Tagging is quite common now with waders. BH already helps with Pelican tagging and has recently linked in with one of the local wader tagging groups, although her first call out was cancelled due to weather issues. My understanding is they employ large light netting over an area of beach and then carefully tag the birds before release. One of her earlier plover pics here is also tagged.
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Young rosella, I think
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Yeah, that’s a young crimson rosella, before the adult red & blue plumage grows in.
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Juvenile Eastern Spinebill? After insects?
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#Brolgas - WTP. BH took this pic a week and a half ago and likes it so much she’s just made it her new screen saver.
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Brolgas and Magpie geese in Melbourne ! How good is that !
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Watched an epic battle on my morning’s walk between a brown goshawk and 5 or 6 currawongs . They would give it no peace and kept hassling away til the goshawk got ■■■■■■ off enough to respond and have a go at them, This happened right above me for quite awhile - unusual cos the goshawk is pretty shy and nicks off if it notices me watching it.
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A few years ago I watched in awe as a group of Noisy Miners that rule the roost in and near my back yard took off upwards to attack a pair of wedgies soaring in the heavens it seemed, well beyond the miners’ reach I would have thought, but they reached them and drove them away.
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