Day 2 of Linda’s February project brings us an old favourite, the King Parrot. Check linlovesart on Instagram.
More King Parrot entries
* Close up
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
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.
More Butcherbird entries:
* Flycatcher
Other birds
* 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
While our European friends might love their foxes, they are not popular down here in Australia… This wikipedia article provides an overview. Unfortunately, there is little we can do at this point.
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
We’ve not seen a lot of birds on our wildlife camera lately, partially because it is winter and also because I have some doubt about its functioning. However, it is producing lots of video about nightly escapades of local wildlife, mainly possums and the occasional wallaby.
I wasn’t expecting a fox, however! Definitely not a welcome visitor! For our European friends and relatives, Foxes were imported in the 1800s for the “pleasure” of settlers. They multiplied and ravaged local wildlife, which had no natural enemies. More here…
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
