Tag: birding
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Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finch
Read more: Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finchIt has taken me awhile to have a good opportunity to get a clear shot of this bird. A common bird but in my experience an elusive one when it comes to photography. Plenty of times I have seen them around, but never able to get a good shot. Taken a Oxley Common Creek, and…
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Pic of the Day – Red-backed Fairywren
Read more: Pic of the Day – Red-backed FairywrenThe venerable Red-backed Fairywren, a common bird around eastern and northern Australia. It has been a long time between updates on this website, life has a habit of getting in the way, as does Covid. Hopefully moving forward, I can get some regular content happening. Today I managed to get to my favorite birding spot…
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Pic of the Day – Striated pardalote
Read more: Pic of the Day – Striated pardaloteA trip to Eagleby Wetlands today yielded one of the pardalote family of birds. I went back a couple of times, and this little fellow was there both times. The striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalotespecies. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip.[2] It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more…
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Pic of the Day – Forest kingfisher
Read more: Pic of the Day – Forest kingfisherAnother birding day today. I am pleased to add to my collection this bird which has lovely colors. My collection stands at 25. The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as the Macleay’s or blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. It is found in Indonesia, New…
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Olive-Backed Oriole
Read more: Olive-Backed OrioleIt’s been a while since I have gotten active with my camera. Now that the home reno is done, Covid and the lockdowns are hopefully going away I’ll be able to get out a bit more.
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Pic of the Day – Spangled Drongo
Read more: Pic of the Day – Spangled DrongoCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/1000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso12800 I was lucky to get this one. It was very early in the morning, hence the high iso. If I had more time I could have played around with shutter speed and the iso, but birds generally don’t sit around for long.
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Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee Eater with Breakfast
Read more: Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee Eater with BreakfastCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/2000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso400 A good start for the day for this bird.
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Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee Eater
Read more: Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee EaterCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/2000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso400 A bit of a birding walk for me on Sunday morning. It was turning into an uneventful day until I came across these birds. I have been after them for some time and luck would have it that they were sitting in a perfect…