Quite a striking bird, the Wonga Pigeon! We’ve only seen it once on the TreeCam…
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BirdBathing
Bronzewing Pigeons are regular visitors to the drinking bowl, often confusing it for a bathing bowl…
The Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia Entry.
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Home Tree
We’ve just returned home and decided to pull this photo of the Rainbow Lorikeets out of the archive. We look forward to ‘our’ couple start another family this year.
[ you can see 4 birds, can’t you? ]
The Blaxland Birds list
More info on Rainbow Lorikeets:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
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Crimson Rosella
Rosellas are beautiful birds and relatively common around our place. Of course their fame in Australia comes from having tomato sauce named after them…
The Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Rosella in Wikipedia
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Wattle Bird
Not all birds are tolerant of others at the Bowl, but these Lttle Wattlebirds and the Noisy Friarbird seemed ok…
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Friarbird on Wikipedia
* Friarbird on ebird
* Friarbird call (Youtube)
* Little Wattlebird on Wikipedia
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Northland Birds
We’re in New Zealand for a week and took a trip up to the Northern tip of the country to commemorate the rounding of the Island in 1967…:-) Here are a couple of bird pictures and a lighthouse to commemorate the event!
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Other wildlife
Those of you waiting for another colourful display of Australian birds will be disappointed today, I thought we would just reprise the Blaxland Mouse. It’s not just birds that enjoy being on-camera…
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Aussie Pest
Foxes were introduced to Australia in the 1800’s for sport and have done untold damage to native wildlife. Thankfully, New Zealand was spared such stupidity. Seeing a fox in our backyard was not a welcome sight…
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Cracking the Whip
Another bird more often heard than seen… The Whipbird does its best to sound like the crack of a whip. Luckily someone recorded vision AND sound here…
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
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Possums…
Possums are regular visitors to our garden at night. A familiar scene for anyone in or near the Australian bush. They are funny, cuddly native Australian creatures.
HOWEVER, some felt it would be useful to take a few to New Zealand back in the 1850s to use them for their fur. It has become invasive and a major agricultural and conservation pest. By the 1980s the peak population there had reached an estimated 60–70 million.
Joy and I are spending a week in New Zealand at present and will avoid mentioning “The Possum”