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Gone with the birds

A series of twelve random local bird photos that have been sitting in my “unpublished” folder for some time. It’s about time they flew onto my blog 😀

Green Rosella’s love munching on Manferns and are regular visitors to the valley.

A lovely male Scarlet Robin looking for bugs – and probably a lady Robin, enjoying the sunshine.

I had trouble identifying these two well camouflaged birds, likely Scrubwrens or Thornbills. This is the only time I have seen them!

A New Holland Honey-Eater flitting about looking for nectar in a Gravillea.

I was unable to identify this bird and this is the only time I have seen one here. Lucky to get this shot as it launched into flight! Image cropped below.

A Magpie having a chat with a rabbit.

I don’t often get successful shots of Forest Ravens, commonly and mistakenly called Crows locally. This sub-species is endemic only to Tasmania.

Forest Ravens will attack Wedge-Tailed Eagles, often in gangs to defend nesting areas.

Thanks for landing on my perch, have a lovely day 😀

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      1. Right, that fascinates me! Maybe mainland Australia and Tasmania were once connected because of much lower ocean levels.

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    1. Thanks Anneli, we get many more bird varieties in our valley now than when we first moved in, thanks to the addition of many flowering plants. I always try to pause and enjoy them but don’t often have the time to photograph them properly.

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  6. Thank you for sharing your bird photos. I am a big fan of birds, and I especially fell in love with the melodic call of the magpie during a past stay in Australia. (It’s a far cry from the coarse caw-caw of his cousin the common crow.) 🙂

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