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AprilBirds Common Bronzewing

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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AprilBirds Rainbow Lorikeets

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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AprilBirds Crimson Rosella

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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AprilBirds Friarbird Little Wattlebird

Wattle Bird

Wattlebirds and Friarbird

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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AprilBirds

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!

Dawn & Joy
Cape Reinga lighthouse
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AprilBirds Eastern Whipbird

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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AprilBirds King Parrot

The King

Here is a bird which deserves its name, the King Parrot. A pretty regular visitor around the neighbourhood, but not often seen at the water bowl.

The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
Wikipedia entry

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AprilBirds Currawong

Currawong

Our European settlers have much to answer for, calling a bird by a name which reminds them of “home”. Thankfully we have Currawongs even though some people still confuse them with Magpies, which in turn are not the same as the European Magpie. Phew… We love the Currawong name…

The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Wikipedia
eBird

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AprilBirds Grey Butcherbird

Grey Butcher

Grey Butcherbird

A regular guest, the Grey Butcherbird, often heard in the neighbourhood with its beautiful warbling song. They are often at the “bowl” and don’t fuss, but I prefer this phone camera shot from our lounge room…
[Yes, I previously posted this picture before I correctly identified it, it deserved a proper entry.]

The Blaxland Birds list
Learn more about this bird:
Wikipedia

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AprilBirds Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Boring Brown

Brown Cuckoo Dove

Not all Australian birds try to impress with bright colours. The Brown Cuckoo-Dove lives up to its name…

The Blaxland Birds list
Learn more about this bird:
Wikipedia
ebird