Black Kite with breakfast sighted at Thargomindah, Qld Their plumage is several shades of brown but they sometimes look black when viewed from a distance. #birding #birdwatching #ornithology #birds #birdphotography #BirdingQueensland #BirdOfTheDay

White-faced Herons wandering along the banks of the Balonne River, St George
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Galahs are always a welcome sight on my walks. These two were sighted at Bowenville, Qld
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Australian Hobby, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and a young Pied Butcherbird are a few of the birds sighted on my morning walk around Bowenville, Qld.
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Fairy Martins are members of the swallow family and are also known as Bottle Swallows due to the bottle shape of their mud nests which are constructed from thousands of individual mud pellets
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Red Kangaroos warming themselves just after sunrise in the sandhills of Cunnamulla
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A tiny pair of Brown Honeyeaters singing as the sun rises over Cunnamulla, Queensland.
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A curious Apostlebird checking out the party lights at Cunnamulla.
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One of many Striped Honeyeaters feeding in a callistemon at Bowenville, Qld A lifer for me!
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Silvereyes aka Grey-backed Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

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White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)

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White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) at Lake Colac in south-west Victoria, Australia

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Forming permanent pairs, Galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla) become mates for life.

Both sexes incubate the eggs and care for the young.

Up to 50% of Galah chicks die in the first six months.

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New Holland Honeyeaters (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

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The Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) is Australia’s largest gull. They have the largest and deepest bill of any gull.

600 to 650mm
1300 to 1500mm wing span

Australian Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris)

450 to 520mm

They are shy and seldom allow close approach.

Getting all of your ducks in a row

Australian Wood Ducks (Chenonetta jubata) at Lake Colac in the south-west of Victoria, Australia

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New Holland Honeyeaters (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

Brown Thornbills (Acanthiza pusilla) and a Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata) after its bath, two of the smallest species of my backyard birds

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Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) and Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

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New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) who was determined to not share the perch

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