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…
Categories
Red-browed Finch
Categories
Peewee
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
Categories
Rainbow Lorikeet
It was so easy for Linda to fall in love with the colours, but what is really striking about these birds is their sheer arrogance. They know they’re beautiful and think they know it all… [this is the couple which breeds in our tree every year]
Categories
Noisy Friarbird
No love at first sight for the Noisy Friarbird, but Linda did a good job capturing a specimen on her Instagram account . Who needs ugly ducklings when you have Noisy Friarbirds?
The Noisy Friarbird’s call on youtube.
In our backyard and on wikipedia
Categories
Superb Fairy-wren
Hard for me to catch on camera because of their small size and hyper-active behaviour, Linda beautifully captured this couple with her pen and brush.
Categories
Crested Pigeon
Categories
Pied Currawong
A familiar sight around our house, although suffering a bit from the seeming epidemic of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. Linda has the bird “giving us the eye” like they do!
More:
Wikipedia entry
At the water bowl and waiting turns.
Categories
Eastern Spinebill
Linda has a better bird “eye” then us. This one has escaped us sofar “in the wild”. More about the Eastern Spinebill at Birdsinbackyards.net
Categories
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Not a very popular bird around our house… Very destructive of Joy’s plants and messy when they feast on our gum nuts! I will forgive Linda in her series of Australian birds for including them…
More about the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo:
Wikipedia other mentions here.
Categories
Tawny Frogmouth
A bird we don’t see, but often hear, particularly this time of the year. Don’t you love the eyes… We really admire Linda’s portrayal of our birds, even though she hasn’t seen them herself!
Wikipedia entry for the Tawny Frogmouth.