A common sight around suburban areas, the Ibis. Of course properly known as the “Bin Chicken” for their habit of exploring rubbish bins… They have a sentimental connection for me because of the tobacco Dad smoked in the Netherlands…
Quite a striking bird, the Wonga Pigeon! We’ve only seen it once on the TreeCam…
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.
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
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
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
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!
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…
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…
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