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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Australian Birds

Great birdwatching around Sydney (especially in the botanical gardens) ... here are some of what I've seen so far (there are about 800 species of birds in Australia -- so obviously have just scratched the surface).

Australian Raven
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Galah
Crimson Rosella
Some kind of Rosella
Blue-billed Duck (very bad pic)
No Idea
Rainbow Lorikeet
Australian White Ibis
Magpie-lark
Masked Lapwing
















2 comments:

  1. Fantastic birds--hard to believe they are just hopping around loose!

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  2. I know! There were 5+ rainbow lorikeets in that bush -- I was sitting on a bench next to the bush for quite awhile (reading) and heard birds chirping about within the bush -- but couldn't see them -- and then boom, 4 of them flew away and 1 came out to eat. Very cool.

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