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I've moved to a more quiet, rural-ish seaside suburb that has a lot more bird life. Not used to getting woken up by morning bird calls instead of police sirens. Refreshing. Anyway, here is a bush stone-curlew that I found on my street trying it on with a Buddha statue. I think this is a territorial display or mating dance? Either way, that statue is going to cop it.  And they make this call, usually at the same time every night, just as I drift off to sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWHUU41gsk
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Feb 2, 2020 08:04
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Jul 20, 2020 01:53
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Bustard? The expression on this guy is priceless. Nah, a bush stone-curlew - Australian bird.
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Jul 20, 2020 04:47
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Raikyn posted:Tui So good!
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Aug 20, 2020 05:25
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I've been chasing far Eastern curlews on mudlfats along the coast for the last couple of months. This is the big feeding time for their migration to China/Siberia, leaving from Australia at the end of March. It's a bit of an effort waddling out over ankle deep mud to get a nice set up and not spook them. Super frustrating shooting in a shared coastal location though. I don't know how many times where I'd just get set up and someone would then let their dog off it's leash, making all the birds scatter. Everytime they have to fly it burns off muscle for their big flight, meaning they have to spend more time eating, which also means they might miss the good weather when they do leave. Anyways, I used a Z6 and surprisingly a Z50. I don't own any teleconverters, but the Z50 did an ok job with the 200-500. Not the greatest of auto focus, but it handled what I threw at it. Pretty good for a webcam    
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Feb 1, 2021 23:57
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Off leash dogs in natural spaces are such a pet peeve of mine. There's an awesome park area outside of Portland that used to be a great birding area with frequent migrants and rarities that turned into a defacto dog park since the park rangers gave up enforcing the leash laws. Its basically impossible to bird there anymore with people running dogs everywhere, shouting and yelling after them. Super bummer. I love dogs but man, some dog owners can be real entitled assholes I think if people understood that these spots are important for migratory birds they might stop it, but.. haha.. who am I kidding! I did find going out during the week the best since no one was be out - the weekends were a cluster gently caress though.
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Feb 2, 2021 23:05
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 Bush stone curlew.  Territorial superb fariy wren.
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Mar 9, 2021 04:52
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seravid posted:Dang what a badass Napoleon complex in bird form Megabound posted:Bush Stone Curlews are rad but gently caress the ones in particular that live in front of our house. Their calls are not soothing at 1am. I hear them in the distance all throughout the night, I can only imagine how calming a 1am call outside your window would be. For those that don't know.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB8T0dV5YNA
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Mar 10, 2021 04:41
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Hello bird thread. Willie wagtail.  Wedge-tailed eagle. 
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Jun 16, 2021 04:22
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I have a backlog of images to edit.. so be prepared for me to spam this thread over the next few months. Here's a couple of baby Noisy Miner birds. Noisy Miners are probably the world’s worst bird. They are a bird with no real purpose. An awful bird. They move into an environment, push out all the important smaller native birds (such as those that eat insects and tree destroying beetles) and kind of take over the place. They attack anything that happens to venture into their territory and just generally act like sugar water fuelled shits. They're a native Australian bird (need I say more) and so can't be illegally culled (since being native). They're a literal pest and over time end up making areas bland and dead in terms of bird diversity. The reason they’ve flourished in cities and regional areas is mostly because of tree/land clearing, gardens in suburbs with no low-level garden shrubs (for smaller birds) and an over planting of native flowering trees - which is their main food source. But anyways, here's 2 inbred sacks of poo poo:  Here's a better bird. A nice and good bird. The Great Eastern Egret. This bird has a purpose and also looks elegant.  This is a Noisy Friarbird. An absolutely hideous bird, but still full of personality. It is, afterall, what's inside that counts. But in this case (like all honey eaters), it's sugar water and hate. 
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Sep 18, 2021 04:26
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Slotducks posted:How? HOW? Cheers! It's just the right amount of morning light. I shot between some branches to give it that vignette look too - then upped that a bit when editing.
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Sep 19, 2021 23:33
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Nice!
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Sep 23, 2021 00:10
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Nov 25, 2021 03:40
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Cheers! That guy was right outside my front door, he had two little chicklets running round - which also make the same sound, only higher pitched. I love these dumb birds
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Nov 25, 2021 04:57
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Speaking of which:
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Nov 25, 2021 05:48
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Terrific! Slotducks posted:Caught a cool candid moment at a popular birding area round me: haha that's great!
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Nov 29, 2021 22:36
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I’ve just found a rather quiet people-less location that is just full of small birds. It’s heaven
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Mar 3, 2022 07:58
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I've been using a Panasonic S5 with a Sigma 150-600 Sports for bird'n which surprisingly hasn't been that bad. Auto focus takes some getting used to but generally I've been getting some really great results with it. It's my main work camera for video so I'd prefer to not get salt water or rain on it, so might look at something more outdoor friendly like the OM-1.. not sure though. But anyways, here a couple of shots with this setup: Male superb fairy wren:  Not sure on the ID.. maybe a Red-Necked Stint? Don't think it's a Sanderling. It was super tiny and sprinted along the sand like a little toy.  White ibis. I watched this guy for about 10 minutes trying to climb up this branch. Being a wading bird with wading feet doesn't help that much for perch work. 
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Mar 14, 2022 05:09
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Slotducks posted:Thank you! Just terrific, great stuff!
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Apr 10, 2022 23:49
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cool boids Kookaburra portrait  Magpie calling at sunset  Couple of Gallahs..  
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Apr 15, 2022 03:20
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Brrrmph posted:drat. How do you get so close? All of these were shot at 600mm, with no cropping. The 1st one landed on the railing of my patio while I was BBQing. It’s actually a juvenile kookaburra but someone in the neighbourhood must of been feeding it since it was really tame around me. It was probably 1 metre away.. not sure what that is in feet. I didn’t feed it, but it watched my grilling very intently. For the last 2, I stayed at a cabin with a bird seed feeder and these guys would always arrive for their 6am/4pm daily feedings. Kinda tame, but not. I could walk up to them about 2 metres away, any closer and they’d freak out.
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Apr 30, 2022 06:30
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Yeah, I feel the same. There’s something about altering wild behaviours that I’m not a fan off. Plus its cheating to get those baited photos.
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May 1, 2022 11:13
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So little. So angry.
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May 6, 2022 22:16
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jarlywarly posted:
Wow the colour around the eye, incredible detail! Here's a Superb Fairy-wren going through his eclipse plumage moult just after breeding season: 
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Jun 1, 2022 01:45
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jarlywarly posted:Late spring is great Incredible!
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Jun 5, 2022 04:01
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Yes yes very nice!
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Jun 8, 2022 11:11
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jarlywarly posted:
Yes, that's the stuff!
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Jun 17, 2022 00:10
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bobmarleysghost posted:For full effect turn up the audio Creepy. Why not try the Catbird on for size: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLKHdVlMHY here is a boid (juvenile Kookaburra): 
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Jun 22, 2022 01:57
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Jerm324 posted:Went to check out my local Peregrine Falcon fledglings again and one was carrying around a flower. Perhaps practicing carrying prey? Then they went and played/fought with their sibling Unreal!
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Jun 23, 2022 06:53
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Jun 30, 2022 07:55
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neckbeard posted:
Matey needs a bib!
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Aug 18, 2022 01:21
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Hard to follow awesome Hummingbird shots (great shots btw!), so here is an Ibis making GBS threads. https://i.imgur.com/wyK2BVG.mp4
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Aug 26, 2022 05:35
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Pied Butcherbird What is it with honey eaters being highly curious shitheads? This is a Noisy Miner bird (native Australian pest). 
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Sep 15, 2022 21:51
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Here is a Pied Currawong.
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Sep 23, 2022 07:35
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Male Satin Bowerbird Female Satin Bowerbird 
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Sep 26, 2022 23:50
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The males go absolutely nuts for anything blue. I was at a campsite and someone had left a basket full of clothes pegs out, when you'd come out in the morning the pegs would be scattered and all the blue ones would be missing. Not sure if related to their eye though heh
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p0stal b0b posted:gently caress, man, warn a guy first... my pleasure 
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