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Bavariazing @fitzroylush.bsky.social · 37m

#streetart #melbourne #naarm

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Shayne Calliss @shaynecalliss.bsky.social · 10h

Lipstick 💋

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Leo @leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social · 4d

They’re magnificent birds in every way! #birds #WildOz

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Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 4d

Time for another #AwesomeBirds #WildOz edition. This distinctive jobbie is found throughout mainland Australia, but rarely sits still. Often in pairs, these dim sim sized champions can be tricky to spot, but once you key in on their sharp notes, you’ll notice them all over.

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Leo @leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social · 9d

Pied Honeyeater feeding on an Eremophila longifolia (from the archives) #birds #WildOz

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Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 9d

I’m especially keen to showcase purpletufts, one of the grooviest and most underrated mistletoe specialist frugivores (sister to Tityras and becards)
(pic by Jesus Alferez)

Derpy mottle chested dark grey and white bird perched on a twig with two outrageous epaulette / armpit flanges of bright pinky purple

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Bavariazing @fitzroylush.bsky.social · 11d

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 12d

Platypuses hunt underwater (their bills detect the electricity given off by their preys' muscles), and cram the food into cheek-pouches, then come to the surface to chew it up.
#Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses

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Bavariazing @fitzroylush.bsky.social · 15d

This group do a good job trying to protect them

mpkoalas.org.au

MP Koalas | The Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation Group

MP Koalas, the Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation Group ims to raise awareness of the challenges koalas face onthe Mornington Peninsula.

mpkoalas.org.au

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Gordon Kerry @gordonkerry.bsky.social · 16d

Sound up #frogs

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Chris @leftychris.bsky.social · 15d

You could say it’s a tawny within a tawny. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 16d

GANG-GANG ALERT! We were just visited by a pair of gang-gang cockatoos (Callocephalon fimbriatum), a vulnerable species. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang-ga...

They were several metres apart munching on seed pods. They were kinda OK with me approaching quietly, until some twigs crunched loudly and zoom!

This is the male. He's perched on a slender tree branch is a chunky mostly-grey parrot, around 35 cm long, with a bright red head and wispy crest. The edges of feathers on the upperparts are slightly paler grey than the rest of the feather, which makes the bird look somewhat barred. He's holding a seed pod in his left foot, and chomping on it. The feathers in his underparts would be edged in yellow or pink, but we can't see which from this angle.

This is the female. Broadly the same image, except she’s facing to the left rather than the right, and she's a darker grey all over. The feathers on her underparts are edged in yellow.

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Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com · 16d

Today's @robcrank68.bsky.social #birdoftheday theme
is "Any Bird with 3 or More Colours".

Picked these at random... 😇
Forest kingfisher (incinctus), Azure kingfisher, Sacred kingfisher, Blue-winged kookaburra (excuse the photobombing friarbird)
#photography #birds #kingfishers #gift #EastCoastKin

Blue-winged kookaburra, close relative to the more common laughing jackass, under attack by a little friarbird (the kooka won). Note the nictitating membrane closed over its eye as an instinctive reaction.

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Bavariazing @fitzroylush.bsky.social · 16d

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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 17d

A bashful Crimson Rosella.
#birds

Close-up photograph of a bright red and blue parrot on bare tree branch. The bird's body is partly obscured by the branch, and it is gently pressing its beak and forehead against the branch as if it's embarrassed to be seen and would like to hide.

(It's actually a very bold Rosella who has no problem with my presence, will happily jump onto my hand to eat seeds, and will eagerly chase away any King Parrots who come close. I'm not sure what it was doing at this moment.)

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 17d

Why do I keep coming back to kakīānau (black swans)? One big reason is the endless number of shapes they make… 🪶🇳🇿

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Bavariazing @fitzroylush.bsky.social · 19d

A happy story but dogs and cars are the biggest threat to koalas - this male was killed on the Mornington peninsula last week

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 19d

An #echidna showing off its many excellent features:
🐜Long ant-eating, electro-receptive snout.
♠️Massive digging feet.
🌵Anti-predator spines.
💅 Huge backward-pointing hind-claws, to scratch in between their spines.
🧥Thick fur coat to survive winter in #Tasmania.
#MammalWatching #WildOz #echidnas

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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 19d

Crouching Parrot, Hidden Louse:
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...

<i>Forficuloecus pezopori</i>

Parasites are a major part of biodiversity, but they spend most of their time hidden in plain sight. Even with some animals that have been k...

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 21d

A wedge-tailed eaglet in an enormous nest at Boolcoomatta. *Note that I took these with a long lens plus a 2x extender. I didn't go close to the nest.

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Gond @gondorod.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's a Fairy Penguin. Bet most of you didn't know they exist, I didn't until recently. This one is in Australia, near Melbourne

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Jen @birdsnbooks.bsky.social · 21d

For #birdoftheday #notabranch a handsome and hopeful Australian magpie perched on a cafe chair offering to share my breakfast. Sunshine Coast 2022 🪶

A large black and white bird with a long bill perched on the back of a cafe chair and peering toward the camera.

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Bavariazing @fitzroylush.bsky.social · 22d

#thicktrunktuesday

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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 22d

Croajingolong Magic! Home of the Gunaikurnai & Monero peoples.

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Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com · 22d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay chosen by
@alan678.bsky.social is any bird #notabranch

I have so many, I've divided it into lorikeets and non-lorikeets 🤣

Non-lorikeets... Red-backed fairy wren, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Magpie, and Wampoo fruit dove
#photography #birds #lorikeets #EastCoastKin

A red-backed fairy wren perched on a barbed-wire fence

A sulphur-crested cockatoo negotiating a tricky descent into a feeder meant for *much* smaller birds

A wampoo fruit dove resting on a galvanised-iron roof

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