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Eastern Whipbird

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 26 in a series

Another lovely rendition of one of “our” birds by Linda. I keep encouraging her to add audio to her art, to no avail.
We hear them more often then we see them.

Here about this bird:
Whip…
Other birds
Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Whipbird:
Australian Museum
Calls

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Galah

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 25 in a series

Linda has drawn one of our favourites, the Galah. We don’t see many around Blaxland, presumably because of the dominance of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos

Our dirty little secret is that, we had one at home as a companion when we lived in the City . Mind you, their voice is pretty loud when it competes with the TV … Anyway, we accidentally left the front door open and it deserted us! When we moved to Blaxland, we learnt to enjoy birds in the bush, except for the cockatiel which turned up one day…

Other Birds:
Blaxland Birds List
More about the Galah:
* Wikipedia

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Noisy Miner

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 24 in a series

Ahhh…. the Noisy Miner. An absolutely lovely rendering by Linda! While we love all birds, they’re a bit of a pest, really… Never by themselves, always mucking around. I think they’re probably the reason we don’t see the Indian Minah (earlier Linda subject) around our place.

More about the Miner:
* Five Miners Having a Drink
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere:
* Australian Museum
* Calls (Youtube)

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Common Bronzewing

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 23 in a series

Linda‘s lovely drawing doesn’t really show the reason why it’s called a Bronzewing… Have a look under its wings on the video below. They are regular visitors to our water bowl as they need lots of drinks, particularly during summer.

More about the Bronzewing :
* Drinks Hierarchy
* Taking Turns
* Three is a Crowd
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere:
* Wikipedia Entry.

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Red Wattlebird

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 22 in a series

The Wattlebird is of our favourites and regular visitor when the gum trees are flowering, It is named after the wattle (earlobe) not the wattle (popular flowering tree). Linda has again done a lovely job with this drawing.

It has a very distinctive call:

More about the Wattlebird:
* At the birdbath
* Blaxland Birds Listing
Elsewhere:
* Wikipedia Entry
* Red Wattlebird Call

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Crimson Rosella

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 21 in a series

They are a pretty common sight around our place. I still need to add a “water bowl” video , but a still photo is here. Mind you, Linda, when you mention Rosella around here, some people still associate it with tomato sauce…

yeah… I know, it’s the Eastern Rosella, not the Crimson relative.

Wikipedia (bird) & Rosella (the brand)

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Willie Wagtail

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 19 in a series

The little Willie Wagtail was too big for one page in Linda’s sketch book. Or did she want to wag its tail?

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Superb Lyrebird

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 19 in a series

This beautiful sketch by Linda can’t do justice to its real talent, the superb mimicry of the songs of its competitors. Turn the sound up and have a listen:

And yes, we’ve got them on video scratching around our “bird bath” . For far away readers, “wij hebben geen tuin” [ we don’t have a garden], but a national park :-). Anyway, video from behind our house:

My full Lyrebird post here or the boring details on wikipedia.

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Red-browed Finch

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 18 in a series

A lovely rendering of the Red-browed Finch by Linda. One of those little birds that never stops and always looks busy. Too busy to have a drink at our water bowl and pose for the camera…

Birds in Backyards entry

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Peewee

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 17 in a series

We used to see these a lot when we lived in Kingswood (a while back, …cough). Linda, once you listen to their call you’ll never call them Magpie-larks again….

Magpie-lark in wikipedia