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aussiebirder
Welcome to our website for the study and appreciation of Australian birds and their interesting behaviours.
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The Whistler in the West – The Rufous Whistler
Last weekend my wife and I travelled westward over the ranges to our nation’s capital, Canberra to visit family and also to visit the beautiful Tulip Tops tulip gardens. It was a beautiful day and thousands of gorgeous tulips and other flowers were arrayed in artistically portrayed beds. While we...
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The Colours of Spring – The Rainbow Lorikeet
Spring has sprung again here down under in Australia, and once again the native flowers drip with loads of nectar proving food for our over 76 species of Honeyeater. One which exists and breeds in prolific numbers here around the Sydney and east coast regions is the beautiful Rainbow Lorikeet....
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Spring ! Breed’n Seas’n – Superb Fairy-wren
The bush is alive with sound once more as breeding season begins for the smaller to medium sized passerines. We do include Cockatoo and Lorikeet which have a longer period stretching over more months. One of the most notable signs, other than the very continuous and musical calls of the Golden...
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A Walk In A Rainforest – Rainforest Birds
This week we will focus on our east coast rainforest area where we see the the three main foraging birds the Superb Lyrebird, the Bassian Thrush and the Australian Logrunner. Here is a movie I have prepared, sorry if it is not too professional: Click on image below to purchase or find out more...
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Unexpected Finds – Sunday Afternoon BirdWalk
Sunny Sunday Afternoon and my wife suggested a walk in our local park for some much needed exercise, and so off we went. Our first sighting from the footbridge was this Greater Egret in its various hunting positions. The key to success for Egrets and Herons alike is to be perfectly still and…
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A New Life Appears ! – One Powerful Owl Owlet
After two years of nesting failure for our resident Powerful Owl we rejoice to report one juvenile owlet has finally emerged from the nest, however it appeared to be alone, being displayed resting not far from the nest in a casuarina pine tree. It was resting alone in the afternoon sun,...
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Riverbank Surprises – Bar-tailed Godwit
Another amazing warm crisp blue sky winters day for a walk with my wife and our friend, so we decided to walk along the riverbank as my wife’s foot was continuing to heal and a flat even walk was required. The river bank unexpectedly at high tide was lined with over a dozen Bar-tailed Godwit very...
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Some Mid-North Coast Birds – Raptors
Last week my wife and I visited my four grandchildren on a round trip of the mid-north coast and Hunter Region of NSW. We sighted several raptors among other birds which were not plentiful this time of year in the colder months. While walking along the beach front near Newcastle Beach without my...
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A Riverside Walk – Warm Winter Weather
We have been blessed with some warm crisp Winter days emerging from quite cold mornings. We are thankful for the warm sun as it relaxes and cheers us as the day progresses. My wife and I decided on a riverside walk along our local Georges River leading into Botany Bay. Being it Winter we do not...
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Birding on Norfolk Island – The Critically Endangered Norfolk Island Green Parrot
This week we focus on Norfolk Island, an island under the rule and serviced by Australia, even though it sits some1,677 km (1,042 miles) away from Sydney out in the Pacific Ocean. The English first used it as a penal colony and later abandoned. In 1856 was settled under Queen Victoria’s rule as a...
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Autumn Fruits – The Satin Bowerbird
Last weekend my wife’s family and us had a annual birthday celebration away. We were in the beautiful Blue Mountains. While we were there we watched daily as a family of Satin Bowerbird fed from a fig tree in a next door property. There was much toing and froing by Satin Bowerbirds, Pied…
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An Autumn Bird Walk with a Friend – The Scarlet Honeyeater
We finally received a really lovely warm Autumn afternoon for a walk, so my wife and I asked a friend of hers to join us for a bird walk down our usual National Park track. After a tasty burger lunch from our local award winning burger shop we drove to our usual parking spot and commenced our…
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An Autumn Bird Date – Azure Kingfisher
We finally received a beautiful Autumn day amid the preceding unpredictable weather, so my wife and I decided on a birding lunch date in our local Royal National Park with our turkey and cranny rolls. We had only just sat down on a seat by the river’s edge and this beautiful Azure Kingfisher…
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Exploring Capertee National Park – In the World’s Widest Enclosed Valley – Part 1.
Last weekend while recovering from our recent illness my wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary in the Capertee Valley in Gardens of Stone and Capertee National Parks staying at a luxury accommodation called Belle Bois (beautiful timber or trees) which we highly recommend which is owned…
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Our Rainbow Birds – Rainbow Bee-eater & Rainbow Lorikeet
This week we will focus on two of our most colourful multi-coloured birds found here in the Summer months, both very different in most aspects except their beautiful coloured plumage. While the Rainbow Lorikeet lives, breeds and roosts in the Sydney Region and along the east coast of NSW, the...
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