Tag: birds
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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 – Brahminy kite
Read more: Pic of the Day – Brahminy kiteMorning walk at Oxley Creek Common, not much in the way of bird activity, but did manage to capture a new bird for my collection. The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), formerly known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. They are found in the Indian…
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Pic of the Day – Southern Cassowary
Read more: Pic of the Day – Southern CassowaryThe Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is a large bird which can be found in Queensland, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. They are secretive by nature so are hard to spot in the wild. This image was captured at David Fleay’s Wildlife Park. A great place to take the family out for a picnic.
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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
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…
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Pic of the Day – Straw-necked Ibis
Read more: Pic of the Day – Straw-necked IbisCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/2000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm, iso 2500 Came across this bird while on a weekend holiday. My first go with the Canon 100-400 L lens.
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Pic of the Day – White-faced Heron
Read more: Pic of the Day – White-faced HeronAnother bird to add to my collection. Image captured at Noosa North Shore Canon EOS 6D Mark II iso200 1/320 sec. f/8 219 mm