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Photographer, foodie, Dad Joke aficionado from Cedar Creek, Qld, Australia. Mostly a Canon EOS system shooter with some fairly decent lenses.

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A Pacific Black Duck drying itself after a good bath, and an Intermediate Egret standing amongst the reeds.

Front view of the Pacific Black Duck flapping its wings to dry off while raised up out of the water. The blue/green patch of flight feathers on the wings is seen and contrasts against the two tone brown feathers on the rest of the bird.
An Intermediate Egret standing on a rock amongst the reeds. It is in its fairly compact stance, rather than the longer stance you often see them in.

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Some Bar-shouldered Doves hanging around coo-ing in a fig tree.

In this shot, the previously closest bird has flown off, and the middle one is now mid-air, having leapt from the branch to follow the first bird. The third bird remains on the original branch.

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Probably a female (as in might be a juvenile male, but given the time of year, probably the former) Satin Bowerbird.

There were two foraging in this tree by my dirveway this morning.

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A different pair of Bush Stone-curlews, eye me warily as I take their photo on Friday arvo.

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Everybody loves a duck that sparkles!

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A pair of my local parrots I saw while checking the mail at lunchtime today.

A Pale-headed Rosella (one of a pair that took off as I approached); and an Australian King Parrot (male) who watched me as I walked back up the driveway.

A largish red parrot (with green wings, just visible on the sides) sits in tree and gives me a serious case of side-eye as I walk up the driveway below.

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A curious Torresian Crow I came across yesterday morning.

It was having a drink at the lake edge, and when it heard my camera shutter it started looking around.

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"The morning after the argument."

A pair of Bush Stone-Curlews sitting back to back on a grassy rise in the morning sun.

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Some from the last week or so.

We have a round borb ( ), a , a snoozing and an

A White-faced Heron, so named, because it has a white face but is otherwise a grey in colour, except its legs which are yellow.
A Bush Stone-curlew, basking in the afternoon sun on a cool winter day. Its eye is mostly shut, mostly...
An Australian Magpie, the northern variant common in Northern NSW and Queensland. It can be differentiated from its southern cousin by its black back, with only the back of its neck being white.

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Another Tasmania shot from last year. A magical few minutes spent with the endangered Swift Parrots feeding on the side of the road at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania.

Three Swift Parrots on the ground, feeding. They are all mostly green, but with blue on the top of their heads, red face with yellow trim, red under the leading edge of the wings, the odd bit of turquoise. There is one bird in front, leaning over about to peck something off the ground, and two behind facing each other like they're having a nice chat.
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    Haven't shot much recently, so here's a throwback to our Tasmania trip, with a previously unreleased image of a Tasmanian Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis ssp. lateralis).

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    We interrupt your regular program for this important announcement.

    I've finally managed to photograph my local Spotted Pardalotes. My BirdNet-Pi has detected their call for weeks now, but I hadn't managed to see one.

    This fellow happened to pop down for a peek when I was returning from the letterbox.

    A tiny, but strikingly beautiful bird on a branch. The bird has deep black upper colouring liberally sprinkled with bright white spots, and a prominent white brow. Underneath, it is shades of yellow and red, from rich egg yolk yellow on the breast and tail, to pale buff-yellow on the belly, and a little splash of red on the rump. Here it is pictured side on, facing right, so you can see it's great colour variation from head to tail.

    A tiny, but strikingly beautiful bird on a branch. The bird has deep black upper colouring liberally sprinkled with bright white spots, and a prominent white brow. Underneath, it is shades of yellow and red, from rich egg yolk yellow on the breast and tail, to pale buff-yellow on the belly, and a little splash of red on the rump. This pose the bird is mostly facing the camera, slightly to the left of centre.
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    This juvenile Dusky Moorhen was swimming with its parents but constantly calling (the parents were having none of it though).

    A juvenile Dusky Moorhen swimming directly towards the camera with its beak open mid-call.

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    Little Pied Cormorant drying off on a rock yesterday morning.

    A mostly black waterbird with white face, neck and breast and yellow beak stands on a rock facing the camera, with wings outstretched to dry them in the sun.

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    Australasian Swamphen feeding time this afternoon by the lake, and a slightly damp Masked Lapwing this morning.

    A Masked Lapwing, standing in a small hollow such that its legs are obscured below the grass level. Only the bird is in focus, everything else is blurred. The bird has brown wings, white body, black cape and scarf, and a prominent yellow facemark and daubs. It also has tiny droplets of water on its head from the light drizzle.

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    Nice light this morning on the walk past the lake on the way to the office.

    Spotted a turtle on a log with the UQ Lakes fountain going behind it, and a preening Australasian Swamphen with its reflection in the morning light.

    An Australasian Swamphen standing in still shallow water. It is well lit by the morning sun and is casting a reflection in the water below. The bird has a red beak and face shield, deep vibrant blue neck and chest, black wings and orange legs. There are overhanging palm-like plants behind it.

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    Look who was back in the backyard this morning.

    Yep, our little Swamp Wallaby. Happily munching on grass, grass seeds and broad-leaf weeds.

    I disturbed her when I popped downstairs and she bounded off a few metres, but I explained to her there was nothing to fear and she patiently waited for me to go back upstairs before continuing her grazing.

    A Swamp Wallaby, turned to face the camera, ears pricked at the sound of the camera shutter.

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    An Eastern Yellow Robin pauses briefly on the bird perch in my backyard yesterday.

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    Some afternoon birds on the lake yesterday when leaving work.

    An Australasian Grebe, and two shots of a Dusky Moorhen chick.

    A back-lit Dusky Moorhen chick looks directly at the camera surrounded by bright sparkles of light reflecting from the dark lake surface. The chick is dark brown/grey and very fluffy with an orange/red beak.
    A back-lit Dusky Moorhen chick swims right to left across the frame, surrounded by bright sparkles of light reflecting from the dark lake surface. Its own reflection is only partially warped by ripples. The chick is dark brown/grey and very fluffy with an orange/red beak.

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    A few birds from my walk around the lake this arvo (returning from the other side of campus from a job)

    We have a Hardhead (and its reflection); a Dusky Moorhen chick; an Australian White Ibis (aka Bin Chicken), washing itself; a Magpie Lark (aka Peewee)

    The slate grey fluff-ball that is a Dusky Moorhen chick, standing on reeds at the edge of the lake. It has an orange beek, and little orange patch on the top of its head, but is otherwise grey and fluffy.
    The infamous Bin Chicken (Australian White Ibis) splashing about in the shallows washing itself. It is directly facing the camera, with its wings partly folded and away from its body such that they look like feathered arms.
    A Magpie Lark (or Peewee as they are colloquially known). It is a black and white bird, and has turned its head to the right so one black eye stares at the camera.

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    Wallaby in the backyard this morning :)

    It has been a few weeks since I last saw her in the yard, but today is overcast and occasionally rainy, so in one of the gaps between the rain, she's popped down to our yard for a feed. Today's menu seems to be grass seeds and after these photos, the broad leaf weed that grows in the lawn.

    A swamp wallaby standing in the grass next to ferns, reaching out with her snout to sniff some grass and grass seeds to determine if they're going to be tasty.
    A swamp wallaby standing on the edge of a granite rock, holding a grass seed head tightly in her right paw, about to munch down on it. Her fur is mostly a tan brown with black underneath that shows through. Her belly is more a russet colour. She has a black/grey snout, and black ears with fawn trim, black "gloves" and "socks".

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    A female Satin Bowerbird stops briefly in a tree to look back towards the King Parrots feeding on my veranda.

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    A lone Hardhead (dark brown duck with white eyes) was swimming around on the lake yesterday. This morning though, there was a Bush Stone-curlew hiding under a bush, and some Dusky Moorhen chicks learning to forage from their parents.

    A Bush Stone-curlew standing under a bottlebrush bush. It has long legs, and a striated brown and white front, and dark mottled top.
    A baby Dusky Moorhen swims through the wetlands between reeds and through duckweed.

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    Critters around the lake during my lunchtime walk today.

    A small Brisbane River Turtle, a Pacific Black Duck having a bath, and a young Eastern Water Dragon.

    A young male Eastern Water Dragon perches on top of a stone wall, staking out its territory. It has the beginnings of a red flush on the breast, but it isn't very strong yet.
    A Pacific Black Duck rears up in the water, flapping its wings. Pictured here it has its wings at full extent. There are water droplets spraying off them.
    A Brisbane River Turtle pokes its head out of the water as it forages in the shallows of the lake. It has a round, fairly flat shell (humped in the middle, but not hugely so), webbed feet with claws, yellow eyes and a piggy snout.

    A Pacific Black Duck splashes vigorously, as part of having a bath. The duck is facing left, and is a mottled brown in colour with a steel grey bill. It's feathers on its head are all standing on end, and the entire rear half of the duck is encased in a cloud of water droplets from its vigorous splashing.
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    Our little wallaby was in the front yard again when I was leaving for work.

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