Post your birdlife shots

[lebanon]

Female Palestine Sunbird.
Next challenge, a picture of the more colorful male.


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[scarry]

https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16465408/640/16465408.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16465408)

[DeanoH]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=176434&stc=1


Stripe-Breasted Brown Falcon

[Fattima]

Had an amazing encounter yesterday. Pic is not mine but taken by Helen my other half, but I'll take credit for spotting the action!
We were watching three Fuscous honey eaters at Crusoe reservoir in Bendigo and taking some photos. Then in a blink of an eye a Yellow Footed Antechinus jumped out and grabbed one of the birds.
It scurried off up the tree with the dead bird while the two remaining ones attacked it. It eventually dropped the dead bird then went down to the ground to collect it. The other two honey eaters continued to attack the Antechinus.
Helen managed to get some video footage too.
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[101RRS]

Its been raining for a week and I have not seen the Rosellas so I decided to risk having a look in the box.

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Nut sure if it is one or two chicks but by the size obviously hatched a while ago. I wonder if the eggs that are visible are left over from the original laying or are a subsequent laying. With all the rain I have not seen the parents where I was seeing them all the time before, so I hope they have not abandoned the nest and the chicks.

Even though the nest box is made of marine ply and painted with linseed oil on the outside I need to look at water proofing - the access hatch is in the top so maybe sealing just the top will work. Definitely do not want to use paint.

Well that was 13 months ago - I got three chicks in that brood and all flew away - at least one survived as I still see it flying around with mum - until the chicks are 18 months old they are multicoloured but are basically green.

I got another 4 chicks in January 2021, one died very young in the nest and unfortunately the other 3 were killed by a possum that got into the box. I caught the possum and took it away and put the bird box back up in August last year.

While there was a lot of interest in the box from spring 2021 no nesting took place - maybe the Rosellas remembered the possum as mum would have tried to go into the box with the possum in there.

Just after Christmas I found a new set of eggs which tied in with the second brood for the year.

With no possums around, I have four noisy chicks that are growing up well.

Here is mum on the perch
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Here are the chicks
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And some noisy video - i should have said you need to click on the image below to open then click again to get the noisy video.
https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/51851247393_973b3d542c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mZVco2)PXL_20220130_030425107 (https://flic.kr/p/2mZVco2)


I expect the chicks to fly off with Mum and Dad later this week.

Garry

[DeanoH]

IMO one of the most technically difficult birds to photograph well. Rarely still and high contrast plumage can make obtaining good overall exposure a bit of a challenge, though I'm pretty happy with this result :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/camera-corner/176716d1643604201-post-your-birdlife-shots-willy-640x427.jpg

[101RRS]

Nice pic but what bird is it?

[DeanoH]

Nice pic but what bird is it?

oops, sorry .............................. It's a Willy Wagtail.


Here he is again doing a runner :)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/camera-corner/176717d1643608713-post-your-birdlife-shots-willy2-640x427.jpg


Deano :)

[scarry]

Well that was 13 months ago - I got three chicks in that brood and all flew away - at least one survived as I still see it flying around with mum - until the chicks are 18 months old they are multicoloured but are basically green.

I got another 4 chicks in January 2021, one died very young in the nest and unfortunately the other 3 were killed by a possum that got into the box. I caught the possum and took it away and put the bird box back up in August last year.

While there was a lot of interest in the box from spring 2021 no nesting took place - maybe the Rosellas remembered the possum as mum would have tried to go into the box with the possum in there.

Just after Christmas I found a new set of eggs which tied in with the second brood for the year.

With no possums around, I have four noisy chicks that are growing up well.

Here is mum on the perch
176685

Here are the chicks
176686

And some noisy video - i should have said you need to click on the image below to open then click again to get the noisy video.
https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/51851247393_973b3d542c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mZVco2)PXL_20220130_030425107 (https://flic.kr/p/2mZVco2)


I expect the chicks to fly off with Mum and Dad later this week.

Garry

If they are brushtails,if you can get the hole size right,the possums won’t be able to get in but the Rosellas will.
You will need to Google the size it’s around 65mm from memory.
I did this but the possums then decided to chew the hole bigger,so I used a bit of light guage sheetmetal,and that sorted them.

The size of the possums head governs the size hole it can get through.

[scarry]

Spent a few hours trying to get a good pic of these Swallows.These are two better ones out of around 150.
Taken as they were flying around catching insects mid to late one arvo,at one of the dams on the property.
The late or early soft light is great for these types of shots.

400mm lense,F7.i,1/2500sec,ISO 800


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[jx2mad]

Our local swallows teach their young to skim water and bathe in our swimming pool even though it is a salt water pool. They sit on the fence and watch the adult birds until they are game to try. They even do it when we are in the pool. We even have a Kookaburra that jumps off the fence and goes right in.

[scarry]

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[scarry]

Pacific Baza

Tripped over a pair of these at Palen Creek,near Rathdowny.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48451490111_7cd3c0774c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gPuxZa)[/url] [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/138972781@N07/] (https://flic.kr/p/2gPuxZa)

[Geedublya]

Pacific Baza

Tripped over a pair of these at Palen Creek,near Rathdowny.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48451490111_7cd3c0774c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gPuxZa)


Thanks, A really nice shot showing the Pacific Baza (https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/pacific-baza) with it's principal prey.

[scarry]

Fun and games

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[Johnno1969]

Had an amazing encounter yesterday. Pic is not mine but taken by Helen my other half, but I'll take credit for spotting the action!
We were watching three Fuscous honey eaters at Crusoe reservoir in Bendigo and taking some photos. Then in a blink of an eye a Yellow Footed Antechinus jumped out and grabbed one of the birds.
It scurried off up the tree with the dead bird while the two remaining ones attacked it. It eventually dropped the dead bird then went down to the ground to collect it. The other two honey eaters continued to attack the Antechinus.
Helen managed to get some video footage too.
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That really is an amazing encounter! The chances of that happening while you were watching!

So, did the antechinus end up keeping its meal?

[Fattima]

That really is an amazing encounter! The chances of that happening while you were watching!

So, did the antechinus end up keeping its meal?
Yes it did.
But took a while to get its prey. It dropped the dead bird as the other birds were harassing the antechinus but then managed to go down the to ground and pick it up again. It took off into some fallen branches to have a feed.

[scarry]

Had an amazing encounter yesterday. Pic is not mine but taken by Helen my other half, but I'll take credit for spotting the action!
We were watching three Fuscous honey eaters at Crusoe reservoir in Bendigo and taking some photos. Then in a blink of an eye a Yellow Footed Antechinus jumped out and grabbed one of the birds.
It scurried off up the tree with the dead bird while the two remaining ones attacked it. It eventually dropped the dead bird then went down to the ground to collect it. The other two honey eaters continued to attack the Antechinus.
Helen managed to get some video footage too.
176655


Great footage.

We were down the road yesterday,at the park,the dog was sniffing around at the base of a large tree,out shoots a rat.
The rat headed off across an open area,dog didnt see it,still sniffing around the base of the tree.
A Black Shouldered Kite came out of no where,dived down and grabbed the rat and headed off to the tallest tree in the area.
It sat there and ate the rat,and also rippped pieces of it off and gave them to its partner.

No pics,didnt have the camera with us.[bigsad]

[Fattima]

Wow that would have been amazing to see.

[scarry]

Cleaned up and cropped this pic,taken a few yrs ago with our much loved 5DMk3,that has since been drowned😩


https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16493093/640/16493093.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16493093)

[scarry]

First crack at an Owl,using light from a head torch and fighting off hundreds of huge mosquitoes.[biggrin]
Had no idea what settings to use,didnt think it would come out at all,but its sort of half OK.



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52147837801_ba7621a4ef_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ns8inK)Barn Owl (https://flic.kr/p/2ns8inK)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Dull bluey grey with light speckles on the wings when shut.
It spent a few hours picking through the small pebbles for food, then the whole family watched the sunset like the rest of us!

[scarry]

Nice pics,great sunset.

Diamond doves.

Peregrine Falcons like them for dinner.[biggrin]

[Pedro_The_Swift]

explains why they forage around the vans--- :lol2:

[scarry]

Reef Egret,Maheno wreck,Fraser island.

Seems to have lost a bit of clarity on the way here,dunno why.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52236791143_a99352b7c5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nzZd74)Reef Egret (https://flic.kr/p/2nzZd74)

[scarry]

Young Brahminy Kite



https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16529219/640/16529219.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16529219)

[incisor]

Whilst having an afternoon cuppa up at wattlemere this friendly creature dropped by to say hello

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230124/a184ec31d93e52adab222ce2f1a8e447.jpg

[Tins]

Cute buggers. Jan used to feed 'em often. I stopped 'cos of the cockies. Afyer five years they still remember, so I can't help myself...
( ditched the FB link , added unedited YT one )


https://youtu.be/OhAPaMCfit0

[rick130]

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These cuties often roost in the tree above the Disco. Backing in one day woke them.

[Slunnie]

One of my favourites. I call this photo: "Spirit of the bird who didn't fly through my window"

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=185505&d=1684753902

[austastar]

Hi,
On our balcony a few days ago.

Kookaburra eating a mouse, whole... - YouTube (https://youtu.be/_1gh5in1WAM)

Cheers

[scarry]

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[scarry]

Little Black Cormorant

Coomera River causeway


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[scarry]

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Male Striated Pardalote.
Eaglby Wetands.

[scarry]

Masters of camouflage,the Froggy.
Arrawarra,NSW.

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[scarry]

Another Froggy pic.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53477318785_b498b31a3c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ptBeKF)[/url] [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/138972781@N07/] (https://flic.kr/p/2ptBeKF)

[V8Ian]

Hand feeding this fellow. Beware of the beak.

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[incisor]

cranky pidgeon

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[austastar]

Hi,
Terns, I think

Cheers https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240826/c4302695ae816f155756f0a37d87dce9.jpg

[Xtreme]

Hand feeding this fellow. Beware of the beak.

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They're really quite gentle actually and don't bite hard.

https://www.aulro.com/app/data/1440/medium/IMG20210423065706.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/app/data/1440/medium/IMG_28212.jpg

[incisor]

standing guard
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[austastar]

Hi,
New Holland Honeyeater near Cape Llewyn
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250111/19290e7bfb12a614f6e17bc40756b1ea.jpg

[incisor]

another of the pelican looking over Bribie Bridge

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D800 with 70-300 lens @ 270mm

[scarry]

Osprey.

North coast of NSW(I can't remember exactly where)possibly Lennox Hds.

https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16783873/640/16783873.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16783873)

[scarry]

Juvenile Brahminy Kite.
Fraser Island.


https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16783875/640/16783875.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16783875)

[scarry]

Red backed fairywren.
Foxbar Falls
A great camping spot,privately run,a few nice secluded spots and lots of birds.Dogs allowed.

Cannon 1DXMk2,Cannon RF 400mm,with 1.4 extender,which we generally use on all our bird shots.


https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16783876/640/16783876.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16783876)

[350RRC]

At my place on the Bellarine. They've been roosting on and off only 20 feet from where I sit to eat, for a few weeks now.

They're not there every day and there could be one, two or three. They have an amazing vocabulary when chatting amongst themselves.

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Original Panasonic Lumix

[incisor]

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hmmm amazing how they can feed on a vertical hot plate [biggrin]