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Neil Cameron
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Australian bloke who does a bit of photography and shit-stirring.
https://motifwebs.com - nature, wildlife, misc. images
https://competitionimages.com - various sport images, including athletics.
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Neil Cameron @neilcam57.bsky.social · Nov 20
From the archives: Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) chick that I christened Curious George. It was the offspring of a pair that nested yearly in the Great Court at the University of Queensland. Sadly 1 of the parents passed & I think the other has moved on.
#birds #wildlife #Australia
Tawny Frogmouth chick staring into the camera
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This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪

“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTwigs
I'm thinking that this Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) is on a twig, while also being surrounded by twigs.
#Canberra #ACT #Australia #birds #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Birds with a grey head and back, black face and beak, white chin, black chest, rufous underparts perches on a eucalypt twig while surrounded by leaves and branches.
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement & while I've used this image before, I can't think of 1 more appropriate:
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) in flight #Brisbane #Australia #birds #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Large blurry brown bird with large curved upper beak and out-stretched wings, streaks across the sky against a blurred background.
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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A dozen former leaders of the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risk undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals
In the New England Journal of Medicine, the former leaders wrote they were “deeply concerned” at how the top vaccine regulator is raising the bar for approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs, but this Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) in #Ottawa #Canada would like it known that it is not round, merely big-boned!
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #wildlife #nature #peaceful #Photography #EastCoastKin
Black-capped bird with white neck and chest, and beige/brown shoulders and grey back, wings and tail perches on a branch and is fluffed up against the wintry conditions.
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #songbirds so here's a very old image of a Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) singing in the bath with it's mate on a migratory stopover in #Aptos #California #birds #wildlife #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
A pair of yellow and brown birds luxuriate in a bird bath with the rearmost bird singing away.
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #LookingAtYou and I seem to get at least 1 every time I go out with the camera, eg Crimson Rosella, Silvereye, ♀ Superb Fairywren, & ♂ Red-rumped Parrot, all in one walk at Jerrabomberra #Canberra #Australia #birds #wildlife #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Bright crimson rosella parrot with blue cheeks and blue & black wings stares into camera from the very top of a tree. Greyish bird with olive head and wing highlights, and white rings around its eyes stares into the camera Small brown and white bird with orangish highlights around the eyes and cheeks stares into the camera while perched of a very thorny branch Vibrant turquoise parrot with fluorescent green chest and black beak eats seed while on the ground and stares into the camera.
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #stripes and I have to admit that I find the stripes down an Australian Pelican's (Pelecanus conspicillatus) bill fascinating.
#Australia #birds #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
The long pink bill of a pelican shows converging blue stripes.
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay Theme is #Reflections and here's a rather restful Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) at Brewer Park #Ottawa #Canada #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #wildlife #nature #peaceful #Photography #EastCoastKin
A white swan with it's long neck curled back so its black face is tucked under a wing is reflected in the still dark water of a lake, surrounded with some small ripples and a background of water lilies.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BerriesandBeaks so here's an merican Robin (Turdus migratorius) enjoying a feed on a cold winter's morning at Mud Lake #Ottawa #Canada
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
A grey bird with a white ring around its black eye, a black upper beak with yellow lower and internals, and the typical robin's orange-brown chest, has a shrivelled berry in its beak while perched on a snow and ice covered branch.
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Oh a new hashtag to play in! So for #SquirrelSaturday here's Fat Bastard aka Eastern Gray Squirrel Black Phase (Sciurus carolinensis) bulked up for the then coming winter at Mud Lake #Ottawa #Canada #mammals #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Photography
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Razorcrest spaceship from The Mandalorian The Tardis from Doctor Who Starbug from Red Dwarf The Heart of Gold from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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So much singing going on!
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) male, Superb Fairwren (Malurus cyaneus) female, Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) male, .
It was a veritable choir!
#Canberra #Australia #birds #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Small olive and grey bird with a white ring around its eye sings. A vibrant blue and black and grey bird sings. A small fluffy whitish and brown bird sings. A bird with a white chin and neck, red eye, black beak and face, grey head and body, and rufous chest and underparts sings.
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Pure, uncut Nazism.
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #MorningLight so here's a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) eating an African Tulip seedpod (nasty introduced tree that kills bees).
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Large white cockatoo with its sulphur-coloured crest raised eats a seedpod clasped in its left foot while holding onto the very top of a branch with its right. The branch ends with another seedpod vertically across the bird's body.
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is all about #HeadShots and here's a very well-groomed Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) waiting for its casting call as the lead in a remake of "The Birds".
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #nature #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography
Black crow with a black beak and a bluish-white eye against a blown-out overcast sky.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #OnTheEdge so here's a White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) showing how it's done at Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #wildoz #nature #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography
A medium sized grey heron with a long grey to black beak, a white face, and long sexy yellow legs stands on rocks at the edge of a pond.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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The Superb Fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus) were both active and numerous at Jerrombomberra Wetlands when I was there on 23 November
#Canberra #ACT #Australia #birds #ausbirds #AustralianBirds #wildoz #nature #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography
A small male bird with a long tail, white underparts, black chin and ears and beak, and a vibrant blue head and cheeks sits on a strand of barbwire against a grass background A small male bird with a long tail, white underparts, black chin and ears and beak, and a vibrant blue head and cheeks sits on a branch amid leaves A small male bird with a long tail, white underparts, black chin and ears and beak, and a vibrant blue head and cheeks sits singing on a branch. A small somewhat drab female bird with a lwhite underparts, brown head and an orangeish ring around eye sits on a branch amid leaves
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround & I think a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) being goofy hanging upside down from an old TV antenna counts.
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #AustralianBirds #wildoz #wildlife #nature #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #Australia #Photography
Large white cockatoo with black eye, dark grey beak, and extended yellow crest hangs upside down against a white background.
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Rob has chosen #Mr&Mrs for today’s #BirdOfTheDay and here's Mr & Mrs Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) wondering who you are, why you're in the neighbourhood & when the cops will arrive because you're obviously up to no good!
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #nature #wildlife #Photography
A pair of green and blue birds with black masks, red eyes & yellow chins stare at the camera. The male has the longer tail streamers
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Another walk at Jerrabomberra Wetlands.Different route this time & these two stunning Oz parrots might be the standouts on colours alone.Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) & Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) #Canberra #Australia #birds #nature #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Vibrant all red parrot with a blue tail, blue cheeks, and black and blue wings stands high in a tree against an overcast sky. Stunning turquoise and vibrant green parrot with a black beak and yellow tummy forages on the ground.
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Went for a wander around Jerrabomberra Wetlands in Canberra yesterday morning and this Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) posed for me.
#Canberra #ACT #Australia #birds #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Bird with red wattles below its ears poses in profile.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled and so here's a Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) chick at St Lucia #Brisbane
#Australia #birds #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography
A large owl fledgling with its back to camera and its head turned to look into the lens shows off its brown and white mottled plumage.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown so here's two: Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) judging us all at Uni of Qld, and a juvie Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) having made its mind up at Oxley Creek Common.
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #nature #wildlife #Photography
A black bird with a blue chest, red eyes, and a red beak that extends up over its forehead stares into the camera. Bird with greenish/brown wings, white chest and black chin stares intently into the camera.
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM