Birds from Australia.

WooHoo!
;)

ps: I love the Australian lingo! lol
I do live in/near a major tourist spot, just don't get out enough to hear all the languages. :)
~Gina

I do a bit of work on the Gold Coast .
I ALWAYS finish up chatting to some Yanks.
I like their Forthright attitude.
Don`t like the French.
All`s good. Cheers.

Cheers ginger!! Beautiful thread! I love your pics too ferrymead!

Although not one of our more colourful birds,
It still has some interesting breeding habits.

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ferrymead
I can see the mesh behind the Lorri.
My Niece is a 'wild life' Park ranger.
I think they have one of these big open aviaries.

"I do a bit of work on the Gold Coast .
I ALWAYS finish up chatting to some Yanks.
I like their Forthright attitude.
Don`t like the French.
All`s good. Cheers."
LOL- that's pretty forthright!

I love the Lorikeets' colors... Painted Buntings migrate here in wintertime, and they have similar coloring but on a much smaller body.

Is #9 a type of vulture?
~Gina

edited b/c I still can't get quotes right

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Gina_Rose
I think the Quote function has been disabled,
by you know WHO ?

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Ahhh... so I don't use greater/lesser than signs for quotations? I only had experience with one website before which used brackets for everything, including bold and italics... so similarly I thought this site would use greater/lesser than signs for everything.

Ginger, No 9...what bird is that and tell us more about its interesting habits.

Is #9 some sort of Turkey maybe?

ferrymead
The female is a real tart.
She lays the eggs,
and that`s the end of it for her.
Next day she is out looking for a new mate to mate with.
Poor dad is left to do everything on his own.
Actually, it sounds like a lot of Marriages I know of.
Try this link. It`s kool.
http://www.lanerealty.com.au/picScrubTurkey.html

starlight1153
Yes , We were actually typing at the same time.

Same Bird.

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Ginger, you're such a hard shot, I did have to laugh at lud when I read your description. When I saw that the male does all the egg watching I thought, that sounds like our native icon, the Kiwi. So, I looked at the sight you sent which was so interesting.
I then googled for Kiwi breeding habits and sure enough, the male Kiwi does the same thing. After laying such a large egg, of course the female needs to leave home!


http://www.nzconservationtrust.org.nz/images/header.jpg

hope the site comes true, haven't done this much/

Good stuff seems the Kiwi and Aussie females have got it sorted!!

Nope!! didn't work.

This is number 3 of the set.

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ferrymead
Give the address for that Kiwi story.
I`ll Google it.

Saw these on my way out shopping a few weeks ago,
These Aus. wood Ducks were having a feast in the front yard.
Not sure what they are eating , Probably grass.
Pic. was taken through car window.
Male is in the middle.

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http://www.kiwiencounter.co.nz/kiwiencounter/news_04.asp

Will see if that comes through o.k.

ferrymead
That works just fine .
I like the Kiwi Silhouette on the bottom of the page. Kewl!!!

I had posted this on the wildlife forum some time ago and it still amazes us! Ginger, have you seen or "heard" this? The Lyrebird? Just incredible !!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3433507052114896375

Dea

Dea
Thanks for posting that here.
I have dial up, so after 30 mins. I only got 1/3 of it.
So I will Start the load up another day while I am out Gardening.

They live less than 30 mins. drive from here.
At Tamborine Mountain.

WOW!!

I know you all know what a sea gull is.
This one was a little more friendly than the others.

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The ibis is always ready to steal what ever it can.
And here, where there are lots of ppl. they get a good feed.

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This was taken through the studio window.
No idea what they are.
They have a beak like a Finch.
They don`t hang around for long.

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ginger, your last birds look to me like Willie Wagtails. Do you notice their tails wagging sideways? They have a very distinctive call which I now don't remember, a sort of a song. Their tails are fairly long, it's difficult to see your birds tails.

http://birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=19

I'm not sure where you are on the Gold Coast, they are apparently found on the east coast but not the very North of Queensland.

Thank you wallaby1
I know the Willie Wagtails very well .
They have just nested up on our clothes line.
and No they are not WW.
As you can see the beak is different.

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Lovely birds aren't they!

Is there some white marking on the other birds wings?

The site above has a search by characteristics page.

http://birdsinbackyards.net/finder/

White-breasted Woodswallow says a medium size bird, that's not small but may fit by the beak shape and colouring

http://birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=130

Adding this description of young

Young birds tend to be mottled brown on the upperparts with a creamy tinge to the white undeparts and have a thin cream eyebrow.

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I have included this Pic.
to show the distinct white eyebrows the WW wear.
She is sitting on 3 youngens.

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She is trusting, that will be great to watch as the young are fed. I love the nest on the line, I don't know how they do it!

Could the variation be chalked up to their age? It says here in the Backyard Watch link:

All the black threads weaving in and out of the nest is Horse Hair.
She has had 2 lots of young in that nest in the last 8 weeks.
Yes it cool to watch. She chose us, We didn`t choose her.
Maybe that`s why she is so trusting.
Should I include some more of the Young Pics ?

debnes_dfw_tx
Your enthusiasm is greatly Appreciated.

As I just said to wallaby1
I have a whole series of Pics. From eggs to leaving the nest.

What are we waiting for then ginger?

Of course we are dying to see ALL the pics of the young!

Yes, please :)

Dea

It all started of with The nest.
That took about 1 week to build.
Then came the eggs one by one.

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Took a bit of camera adjusting.
You see, There is only 5" from the top of the nest
To the roof of the garage.
The camera is 2,1/2" Wide.
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