A distant (other side of the world) but precious (2nd) cousin has taken up the challenge of sketching an Australian bird every day this February. Check linlovesart on Instagram.
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
Often heard around our place, but not often sighted is the Lyrebird. When you hear them, it’s like a catalogue of all the local bird song, intermingled with other environment noise. Lawn mowers, chain saws and, when we still had landlines, ringing telephones… Wikipedia Example
Our Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Lyrebird:
* Wikipedia
* Calls (Youtube)
I was surprised that our “bird camera” caught a Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) early one morning last week! (The above video has three still captures before a short video).
Our Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Birds in backyard
We don’t remember seeing the Cuckoo-Dove before… But here it is, getting a refresher!
The Blaxland Birds list
Learn more about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
Here is a bird which we hear often and see rarely, the Eastern Whipbird. It has a really distinct, wait for it…, whip sound. The eBird website includes excellent sound recordings of it.
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
We hadn’t noticed the hole in a fork of the tree behind our house until a Rainbow Lorikeet was paying it a lot of attention. A longer look confirmed that a couple were nesting in the tree.
I needed an excuse for a new camera (another story) and a little patience was easily rewarded with the video below. We’re now waiting for the offspring, which surely are on the way.
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
The recent rain and a week away over Easter have resulted in few bird pics. Rather then using the bird bath, this Restless Flycatcher (?) sat at my window this morning, challenging me to take a photo of it (original for perspective). So… is it really a Restless Flycatcher?
So… NO… it’s a Grey Butcherbird. A couple of Facebook friends yet again proved how little I know about identifying birds. Ah well, it’s one way to learn!
The Blaxland Birds list
Learn more about the Grey Butcherbird:
* Wikipedia
With the recent rain, the bird bath hasn’t had a lot of visitors lately. But this King Parrot (should really be called a Queen Parrot) turned up looking for some company or food, whatever…). She let me come quite close to take this photo.
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
We’ve not had much traffic to capture over the last few days. Yesterday, a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets couldn’t get close to a drink as a bigger cousin was guarding it…
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
We’ve had a bit of rain lately, so there hasn’t been much incentive for local birds to come over and use the ‘bath… Cockatoos are always present, though, and Currawongs would like to get a look-in occasionally!
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Cockatoo : Wikipedia
* Cockatoo : ebird
* Currawong : Wikipedia
* Currawong : eBird
