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birds
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Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
Australia's largest native bird. Found mainland Australia, now mostly absent from closely settled parts. Populations once found in Tasmania, King Island & Kangaroo Island became extinct in 19th century as a result of European settlement.
Dromaius novaehollandiae
Australia's largest native bird. Found mainland Australia, now mostly absent from closely settled parts. Populations once found in Tasmania, King Island & Kangaroo Island became extinct in 19th century as a result of European settlement.
Emu, Bathurst, NSW.
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Emu, Dubbo, NSW.
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Emu, Dubbo, NSW.
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Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
Australia's 2nd largest native bird. Lives in dense rainforest in far north-east Qld. 
Southern Cassowary, captive bird at Australian Reptile Park, Somersby, NSW
Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata 
male Australian Wood Duck, Upper Turon, NSW.
Black Swan
Cygnus atratus 
Black Swan, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Black Swans, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2013
Black Swans, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2017
Cape Barren Goose
Cereopsis novaehollandiae 
Cape Barren Geese, Somersby, NSW. 2017
Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata An ancient species in its own family group (Family Anseranatidae); with partially webbed, clawed feet; progressive moult of flight feathers so it is never completely flightless, reflects adaption to 
Magpie Goose, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Very rarely seen in Bathurst, a small flock of 12-14 Magpie Geese spent a couple of days by the Macquarie/ Wambool River before moving on...
Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides 
Australian Shelduck, female, Rottnest Island, WA. 2004
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa 
Pacific Black Duck, Bathurst, NSW. 2012.
(Masked Lapwing in the background)
Pacific Black Duck, Mother of Ducks Lagoon, Guyra, NSW. 2011
Pink-eared Duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus 
Pink-eared Duck, near Mandurama, NSW (with a Grey Teal in foreground)
Grey Teal
Anas gracilis Most widespread Australian waterfowl 
Grey Teals, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Grey Teals, Mudgee, NSW
Chestnut Teal
Anas castanea 
Chestnut Teal, male, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2017
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Australian Brush-Turkey
Alectura lathami aka Scrub Turkey
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Hoary-headed Grebe
Poliocephalus poliocephalus 
Hoary-headed Grebes, Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee, NSW. 2014.
Bird on left is nearly in its full breeding plumage, middle bird is still in it's winter/non-breeding plumage, bird on right has started to moult into its breeding plumage. The whole head becomes as dark (with the grey streaks) as the top bit currently is in birds on r & l when in full breeding plumage. Photo taken 9th Sept - early Spring.
Shy Albatross
Diomedea cauta 
Shy Albatross, Port Phillip Bay, VIC. 2003
Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris aka Little Blag Shag 
Little Black Cormorant, Coffs Harbour, NSW. 2017
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Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 
Australasian Grebe, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Australasian Grebe, Bathurst, NSW.
Darter
Anhinga melanogaster aka Snake-bird 
male Darter (aka Snake-bird), Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
Little Black Cormorant, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2017
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Australasian Grebe, Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee, NSW. 2014
female Darter (aka Snake-bird), Bathurst, NSW. 2012
female Darter (aka Snake-bird), Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
Little Black Cormorant, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
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Black-faced Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscescens aka Black-faced Shag; White-breasted Cormorant 
Black-faced Cormorants, Bruny Island, TAS. 2003
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Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius aka Yellow-faced Cormorant 
Pied Cormorant (aka Yellow-faced Cormorant), Byron Bay, NSW. 2011
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Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Smallest Cormorant in Australia 
Little Pied Cormorant, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
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Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus 
Australian Pelican, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2017
Australian Pelican lands on Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
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Australian Pelicans, Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee, NSW. 2014
Australian Pelicans and Pied Cormorants, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
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Australian Pelicans, Narooma, NSW. 2003
Australian Pelican, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2017
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White-necked Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-necked Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-faced Heron, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
White-faced Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-faced Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Cattle Egret in it's eclipse (non breeding) plumage, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Great Egret, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
Intermediate Egret (aka Plumed Egret), Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Glossy Ibis (6 at top), an Australian White ibis, and five Grey Teals, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Australian White Ibis, Dubbo, NSW. 2016
Australian White Ibis, Brisbane, QLD. 2011
A Royal Spoonbill (black bill & legs + feather plume at back of head) with three Yellow-billed Spoonbills, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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White-necked Heron, near Limekilns, NSW. 2013
White-necked Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-faced Heron, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2013
White-faced Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Great Egret, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
Intermediate Egret, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
immature Straw-necked Ibis, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Australian White Ibis (& 5 Grey Teals), Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Royal Spoonbill, Coffs Harbour, NSW. 2017
Yellow-billed Spoonbill, south of Boggabri, NSW. 2014
Yellow-billed Spoonbill, south of Boggabri, NSW. 2014
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White-necked Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-necked Heron catches a worm, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
an immature White-faced Heron, Bathurst, NSW.
White-faced Heron, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Intermediate Egret (aka Plumed Egret), Bathurst, NSW. 2012
immature Striated Heron, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
Straw-necked Ibis, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
A flock of Straw-necked Ibis and one Australian White Ibis, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Royal Spoonbill, Coffs Harbour, NSW. 2017
Yellow-billed Spoonbill, south of Boggabri, NSW. 2014
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Black-shouldered Kite, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Black-shouldered Kite, near Boggabri, NSW, 2013
Black-shouldered Kite, with a mouse it has just caught, near Boggabri, NSW. 2013
Black Kite feeds on an insect it has just caught amongst the smoke from a fire below it. Mandurama, NSW. 2015
Brahminy Kite, Boyne Island, QLD. 2000
immature Whistling Kite, between Stuart Town & Orange, NSW. 2015
Collared Sparrowhawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
an immature Collared Sparrowhawk eats a Silvereye it has just caught, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
a female Brown Goshawk gets harassed by a Willie Wagtail, NSW, Bathurst. 2014
male Brown Goshawk (smaller & paler than the female), Bathurst, NSW. 2014
male Brown Goshawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
Little Eagle, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Wedge-tailed Eagle, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
Wedge-tailed Eagle, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2015
Wedge-tailed Eagle, near Carcoar, NSW. 2015
Black Falcons (Falco subniger), just south of Leard's Forest, NSW. 2013 They are very similar to the dark morph Brown Falcon, but differ in: they only have a single, rather than double (feature of Browns), pale cheek patch; their tails are tapered; and the primary feathers reach almost to the tail tip.
Brown Falcon, near Limekilns, NSW. 2013
Brown Falcon, near Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Black-shouldered Kite eats a rat it has just caught, Millthorpe, NSW. 2012
Black-shouldered Kite, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Black Kite, near Mandurama, NSW. 2015
Black Kite, between Stuart Town & Orange, NSW. 2015
immature Whistling Kite, between Stuart Town & Orange, NSW. 2015
Whistling Kite, The Lagoon, near Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Collared Sparrowhawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
female Brown Goshawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
- with the nictitating membrane partly drawn over its eye.
a female Brown Goshawk is closely shadowed by a Willie Wagtail, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
female Brown Goshawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
immature Brown Goshawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
A pair of White-bellied Sea-Eagles, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2013
Little Eagle with a freshly caught Magpie Lark (or Peewee), near Limekilns, NSW. 2010
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Mt Kaputar, NSW. 2014
Wedge-tailed Eagle, near Carcoar, NSW. 2015
Brown Falcon, Mt Rankin, near Bathurst, NSW. 2013
a Brown Falcon is startled by a Magpie, near Limekilns, NSW. 2013
Brown Falcon, near Molong, NSW. 2014
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immature Black-shouldered Kite, near Ilford, NSW. 2012
Black-shouldered Kite, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Black Kite soars through the floating ash from a fire below searching for prey flushed out by the fire. Mandurama, NSW. 2015
Black Kite, between Stuart Town & Orange, NSW. 2015
immature Whistling Kite, between Stuart Town & Orange, NSW. 2015
Whistling Kite, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2013
Collared Sparrowhawk with a Yellow Thornbill it's just caught, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
female Brown Goshawk, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Brown Goshawk is dive-bombed by a fearless Willie Wagtail, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Osprey takes flight, Tuggerah Lake, NSW. 2012
A Little Eagle takes flight with a rat it has just caught, Vittoria, NSW. 2012
Little Eagle, Carcoar, NSW. 2015
Wedge-tailed Eagle, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Goolma, NSW. 2014
Brown Falcon, near Leard Forest, NSW. 2013
a young Brown Falcon, just about to take flight, near Limekilns, NSW. 2013
Brown Falcon, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Brown Falcon, Limekilns, NSW. 2016
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Nankeen Kestrel, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
A Nankeen Kestrel tracks some prey on the ground, near Boggabri, NSW. 2013
a Nankeen Kestrel sits on a large spotlight overlooking the Mount Panorama racetrack, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Peregrine Falcon, Junction Reefs Reserve, NSW. 2013
Peregrine Falcon, near Mt Rankin, just out of Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Australian Hobby, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Nankeen Kestrel catches some prey amongst the grass, near Boggabri, NSW. 2013
Nankeen Kestrel, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Nankeen Kestrel, near the Upper Turon, NSW. 2015
Peregrine Falcon, near Mt Rankin, just out of Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Australian Hobby, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Nankeen Kestrel, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Nankeen Kestrel, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Nankeen Kestrel, near the Upper Turon, NSW. 2015
Peregrine Falcon at its nesting site, Snake Rock, NSW. 2002
Australian Hobby, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Australian Hobby, Limekilns, NSW. 2016
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Dusky Moorhen, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Dusky Moorhen, Orange, NSW. 2015
Purple Swamphen, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Eurasian Coot, Bathurst. NSW. 2012
Black-winged Stilts, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Red-kneed Dotterel, Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee, NSW. 2014
Black-fronted Dotterel, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Masked Lapwings (Spur-winged Plovers), Wyrrabalong NP, NSW. 2013
Silver Gull, Byron Bay, NSW. 2011
Silver Gulls, Phillip Island, VIC. 2003.
fledgling on left.
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Dusky Moorhen, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Purple Swamphens, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Eurasian Coot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Tasmanian Native-Hen, Bernie, TAS. 2003
Black-winged Stilts in the rain, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
immature bird on left
Black-fronted Dotterels, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Masked Lapwing (aka Spur-winged Plover), Upper Turon, NSW. 2015
Masked Lapwings (or Spur-winged Plovers), Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Silver Gulls, Byron Bay, NSW. 2011
Crested Tern, Rottnest Island, WA. 2004
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Dusky Moorhen, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Purple Swamphen, Bermagui, NSW. 2011
Eurasian Coots, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Pied Oystercatchers, Bundeena Bay, Port Hacking, Sydney, NSW. 2014
Red-kneed Dotterel, Bathurst, NSW, 2013
Black-fronted Dotterel, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
A Masked Lapwing (aka Spur-winged Plover) wards off a couple of Pacific Black Ducks, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Silver Gull, Byron Bay, NSW. 2011
Silver Gull, Byron Bay, NSW. 2011
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Peaceful Dove, Leard Forest, NSW. 2013
Bar-shouldered Dove, Northwest Island, QLD. 2000
Crested Pigeon, near Maules Creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014
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Peaceful Dove, Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee, NSW. 2014
Common Bronzewing, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
Crested Pigeon, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
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Peaceful Dove, Goolma, NSW. 2015
Wonga Pigeon, Jenolan Caves NP, NSW. 2013
Crested Pigeon, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
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female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Gooch's Crater, NSW. 2012
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, the Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW. 2014. Two on left are female, male on right.
female Galah, near Maules creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014
Galah, Canowindra, NSW. 2015
Little Corellas, Penrith, NSW. 2013
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Goolma, NSW. 2014
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Canowindra, NSW. 2014
Rainbow Lorikeet, Bateau Bay, Shelly Beach, NSW. 2015
Little Lorikeet, Capertee National Park, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
immature male Australian King Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
young female Australian King Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
male Superb Parrot, Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Crimson Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Crimson Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
male Eastern Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Eastern Rosella, Mudgee, NSW. 2011
Eastern Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
male Western Rosella, Pemberton, WA. 2004
Red-rumped Parrots, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
male Red-rumped Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Red-rumped Parrots, Bathurst. NSW. 2015
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male Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
male Gang-gang Cockatoo, Bell, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2012
female Galah, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
female Galah, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Little Corellas, near Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014
flock of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, just south of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Rainbow Lorikeet, Bateau Bay, Shelly Beach, NSW. 2015
male Australian King-Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Australian King-Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
male Australian King Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Adelaide Rosella, The Barossa Valley, SA. 2004
Crimson Rosella, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
a fledgling Crimson Rosella, Mt Horrible, NSW. 2012
male Eastern Rosella, Boggabri, NSW. 2013
Eastern Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Western Ringneck, Pemberton, WA. 2004
male Red-rumped Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
female Red-rumped Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Red-rumped Parrot, Goolma, NSW. 2015
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
a female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo takes flight, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
male Gang-gang Cockatoo, Gemalla (about 30kms out of Bathurst), NSW. 2016
Galahs, Upper Turon, NSW. 2011.
female left (has red eye), male right
female (red eye at front) & male Galahs, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Little Corella, Penrith, NSW. 2013
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, near Maules creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Little Lorikeet, Capertee National Park, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
male Australian King-Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
female Australian King-Parrots, Wellington, NSW. 2011
male Superb Parrot, Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Crimson Rosella, Jenolan Caves, NSW. 2013
immature Crimson Rosella, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
Eastern Rosella, Boggabri, NSW. 2013
Eastern Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
immature Eastern Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Eastern Rosella, Bathurst, NSW. 2016
male Red-rumped Parrot (aka Grass Parrot), Bathurst, NSW. 2011
male Red-rumped Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
female Turquoise Parrot, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Red-rumped Parrot, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
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immature Pallid Cuckoo, Junction Reefs Reserve, near Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
a young male Common (or Eastern) Koel, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
young female Common (or Eastern) Koel, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Tawny Frogmouths, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
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Pallid Cuckoo, Billywillinga, NSW. 2014
Shining Bronze-cuckoo, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Common (or Eastern) Koel, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Southern Boobook, near Maules Creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014
Tawny Frogmouth, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Marrangaroo, NSW. 2012
Common (or Eastern) Koel, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Southern Boobook, near Maules Creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014
Tawny Frogmouth, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Tawny Frogmouth, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
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Azure Kingfisher, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Laughing Kookaburra, in our back garden, Bathurst, NSW. 2010
Sacred Kingfisher, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Sacred Kingfisher, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
A Sacred Kingfisher brings its young a freshly caught spider, Mt Panorama, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Rainbow Bee-eater, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Rainbow Bee-eater, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Dollarbird, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
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Azure Kingfisher, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Laughing Kookaburra, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2014
Laughing Kookaburra, Mt Horrible, NSW. 2013
Sacred Kingfisher, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
an immature Sacred Kingfisher (the tan coloured scalloped feathers in its wings indicate it is not a mature bird), Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Rainbow Bee-eater, near Mandurama, NSW. 2014
Rainbow Bee-eater, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Rainbow Bee-eater in flight, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Dollarbirds, near Maules Creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014.
immature bird on right.
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Laughing Kookaburra, our back garden, Bathurst, NSW. 2010
Laughing Kookaburra, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Sacred Kingfisher, diving for prey, Cullen Bullen, NSW. 2012
immature Sacred Kingfisher, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Rainbow Bee-eater, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Rainbow Bee-eaters: male left (longer tail-shaft), female right. Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
Dollarbird, near Maules Creek, just north of Leard State Forest, NSW. 2014.
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Superb Lyrebird, Abercrombie Caves, NSW. 2013
female, White-throated Treecreeper, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
Brown Treecreeper, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Superb Fairy-wrens, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011.
female on left, male on right
Superb Fairy-wren, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
male Superb Fairy-wren in eclipse (non-breeding) plumage, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2013
male Superb Fairy-wren, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
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male White-throated Treecreeper, Lithgow, NSW. 2013
a female White-throated Treecreeper, Mt Horrible, NSW. 2014. (Female has an ochre spot on its neck)
Brown Treecreeper, Limekilns, NSW. 2013
female Superb Fairy-wren, Abercrombie Caves, NSW. 2011
female Superb Fairy-wren, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Splendid Fairy-wren, Albany, WA. 2004
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male White-throated Treecreeper, near Mandurama, NSW. 2015
Brown Treecreeper, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Brown Treecreeper, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Brown Treecreeper, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2015
male Superb Fairy-wren, Wellington, NSW. 2011
male Superb Fairy-wren, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
male Superb Fairy-wren, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Red-winged Fairy-wren, Pemberton, WA. 2004
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male Spotted Pardalote, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Spotted Pardalote, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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male Spotted Pardalote, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Spotted Pardalote, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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female Spotted Pardalote, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Striated Pardalote, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Rock Warbler, Govertt's Leap, near Blackheath, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2014
White-browed Scrubwren, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Speckled Warblers, Junction Reefs Reserve, near Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Brown Thornbill. Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Galagambone, NSW. 2011
Buff-rumped Thornbill, Upper Turon, NSW. 2016
Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
Yellow Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Yellow Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Weebill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
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Rock Warbler, Govertt's Leap, near Blackheath, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2014
a young White-browed Scrubwren, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Speckled Warbler, Junction Reefs Reserve, near Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Brown Thornbill, Junction Reefs Reserve, near Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Buff-rumped Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Striated Thornbill, The Warrumbungles NP, NSW. 2011
Yellow Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Weebill, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Southern Whiteface, Upper Turon, NSW. 2012
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White-browed Scrubwren, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
White-browed Scrub-wren, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
White-throated Gerygone, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Brown Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Buff-rumped Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Striated Thornbill, Mt Kaputar National Park, NSW. 2014
Yellow Thornbill, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Weebill, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Southern Whiteface, Upper Turon, NSW. 2016
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Little Wattlebird, Mt Tomah, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2011
Red Wattlebird, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
a young Red Wattlebird (has not yet developed red wattles), Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Noisy Friarbird. Bathurst, NSW. 2012
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Little Wattlebird, near Bermagui, NSW. 2011
note: the orange colour around the face is pollen that has stuck while collecting nectar from flowers
A Red Wattlebird & a female Satin Bowerbird at a stand-off as to who accesses the flowers, Mt Tomah, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2011
Noisy Friarbird, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Noisy Friarbird, Junction Reefs Reserve, near Mandurama, NSW. 2013
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Little Wattlebird, Mt Tomah, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2014
Red Wattlebird, Leura, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2014
an immature Little Friarbird, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
A Noisy Friarbird being noisy making its call, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Noisy Miner, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Noisy Miner, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Lewin's Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Bathurst, NSW. 2011
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
Singing Honeyeater, near Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Mt Tomah National Park, NSW. 2014
White-plumed Honeyeater, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Brown-headed Honeyeater, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
New Holland Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
Eastern Spinebill, Govertt's Leap, NSW. 2014
Eastern Spinebill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
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Blue-faced Honeyeater, Bathurst. NSW. 2014
A couple of young Noisy Miners cry out for a feed, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Lewin's Honeyeater, Jenolan Caves NP, NSW. 2013
Lewin's Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2014
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Bathurst, NSW. 2015
White-eared Honeyeater, Dunn's Swamp, NSW. 2012
Fuscous Honeyeater, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2012
White-plumed Honeyeater, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
White-plumed Honeyeaters, Putta-Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee, NSW. 2014
White-naped Honeyeater, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
New Holland Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, The Blue Mountains, NSW. 2014
White-cheeked Honeyeater (race gouldi), Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW. 2014
(Note: it has a dark brown eye)
Eastern Spinebill, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2013
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Bell Miner (aka Bellbird), Tilba Tilba, NSW. 2011
An adult Noisy Miner feeds one of its young, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Lewin's Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
Lewin's Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2014
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, NSW. 2014
Singing Honeyeater, Head of Bight, SA. 2004
White-eared Honeyeater, Billywillinga, NSW. 2016
White-plumed Honeyeater, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
White-plumed Honeyeater, Mudgee, NSW. 2011
New Holland Honeyeater, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
Eastern Spinebill, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
Eastern Spinebill, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
immature Eastern Spinebill, Bathurst. 2015
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Jacky Winter, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
male Scarlet Robin, Mt Kaputar, NSW,
male Scarlet Robin, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
Red-capped Robin, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Eastern Yellow Robin, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Golden Whistler, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Rufous Whistler, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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male Flame Robin, Mt Horrible, NSW. 2013
male Scarlet Robin, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
Pink Robin, Marakoopa Caves, TAS. 2003
Eastern Yellow Robin, The Warrumbungles NP, NSW. 2011
male Rufous Whistler, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
male Rufous Whistler, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
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female Flame Robin, Mt Horrible, NSW. 2013
female Scarlet Robin, near Wattle Flat, NSW. 2013
Eastern Yellow Robin, Leard State Forest, NSW. 2013
Eastern Yellow Robin, Abercrombie Caves NP, NSW. 2011
female Rufous Whistler, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Rufous Whistler, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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male Leaden Flycatcher, Junction Reefs Reserve, near Mandurama, NSW. 2013
Willie Wagtail sits on its nest, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Grey Fantail, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike used spiders web to help build its nest, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
White-winged triller, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
a young fledgling White-browed Woodswallow, Goolma, NSW. 2014
Dusky Woodswallow, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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female Leaden Flycatcher, Junction Reefs Reserve, NSW. 2013
Willie Wagtail checks on its nest of three baby chicks, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Grey Fantail, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
immature Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
White-winged Triller, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
A Dusky Woodswallow sits by its nest, Upper Turon, NSW. 2012
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Willie Wagtail, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
immature Willie Wagtail, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
immature Grey Fantail, Junction Reefs Reserve, NSW. 2013
A Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike with spiders web it has collected on its face to use in construction of its nest, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
White-browed Woodswallow, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
White-browed Woodswallow, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
Dusky Woodswallow, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Grey Butcherbird, Limekilns, NSW. 2013
immature Grey Butcherbird, Bathurst. 2013
female Magpie Lark, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
(Note: she has a white face & neck, with a broad black stripe running down the head, through the eye & to the chest).
Australian Magpie (of the race tibicen - Black Backed Magpie), The Warrumbungles NP, NSW. 2011
Black Currawong, Cradle Mountain NP, TAS. 2003
note: Currawongs have yellow eyes
Australian Raven (aka Crow), Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
note: it has white eyes & throat hackles & is completely black.
White-winged Chough, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Richards Pipit, Maul's Creek, NSW. 2014
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a fledgling Grey Butcherbird cries out for a feed, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Pied Butcherbird, Leadknapper Nature Reserve, near Bourke, NSW. 2002
female Magpie Lark calls her mate, Bathurst, NSW. 2014
Australian Magpie (of the race tibicen - Black Backed Magpie), Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Pied Currawong, Mudgee, NSW. 2011
Australian Raven, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Satin Bowerbird, Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
females don't have the green colouring through the upper chest area like the young males do
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Grey Butcherbird feeds its young, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
male Magpie Lark (aka Peewee or Mudlark), Bathurst, NSW. 2014 (Note: he has a black face, neck & chest and a black eye mask)
male Magpie Lark (aka Peewee or Mudlark) sits on its nest, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Australian Magpie (of the race hypoleuca - White- Backed Magpie), Bega, NSW. 2011
Pied Currawongs, Bathurst, NSW. 2010
Apostlebirds, Gulargambone, NSW. 2011
a young male Satin Bowerbird (they don't acquire their shiny blue-black/satin plumage until they are 6-7 years old), Mt Tomah, NSW. 2011
Singing Bushlark, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2012
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Double-barred Finch, Upper Turon, NSW. 2012
Red-browed Finch, Upper Turon, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
male Zebra Finch, Maul's Creek, NSW. 2014
Diamond Firetail, Upper Turon, NSW. 2012
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Double-barred Finches, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Red-browed Finch, Millthorpe, NSW. 2012
male Zebra Finch sits by its partially built nest. The female is just visible inside the nest. Maul's Creek, NSW. 2014
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Double-barred Finch, Upper Turon, NSW. 2012
Red-browed Finch, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
a pair of Zebra Finches collect spiders web to help build their nest, Maul's Creek, NSW. 2012
male at left, female on right
Diamond Firetails, Upper Turon, NSW. 2012
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male Mistletoebird, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Mistletoebird, Upper Turon, NSW. 2013
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male Mistletoebird, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
female Mistletoebird, Upper turon, NSW. 2013
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male Mistletoebird, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
Welcome Swallows (aka Australian or House Swallow), Maul's creek, NSW. 2014
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young Fairy Martin, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2012
Clamorous Reed-warbler, Bathurst, NSW. 2012
Silvereye, Bathurst, NSW. 2013
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Adult Fairy Martins feed their young, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2012
Clamorous Reed-warbler, Junction Reefs Reserve, NSW. 2013
Silvereye, Bathurst, NSW. 2011
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one young Fairy Martin gets a feed as another looks on, Capertee Valley, NSW. 2012
Clamorous Reed-warbler, Junction Reefs Reserve, NSW. 2013
Silvereye, Bathurst, NSW. 2011
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