10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Since we returned from Melbourne in May we have spent a lot of time in remote parts of northern Australia enjoying the bird-life. In recent weeks we have pondered over the fact that it is almost twenty years since we had a “first for Australia” and that was a Blue and White Flycatcher on 5th December 1995.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Pascoe was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Alumni Excellence Award this year by the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia for his “unwavering commitment to advancing veterinary education, the veterinary profession globally, and academic leadership.”

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

This year we did the same, but this time it was Palm Springs, Western Australia! This track will lead you to the Halls Creek Poo Ponds and these are by far the best Poo Ponds in the north of Western Australia! Trips Australia' We visited Palm Springs, California towards the end of 1989 and we camped and looked for birds.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2023

Black-eared Cuckoos – Chrysococcyx osculans are one of the smaller Cuckoos in Australia and a Cuckoo species that I have not had much of an opportunity to photograph. It wasn’t calling, which is often the giveaway for Cuckoos in Australia, but perched on a branch as we walked by.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2013

In Western Australia we have two races of the Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera , but neither are found in Broome. One race lives to the north- Geophaps plumifera plumifera and the other race lives to the south- Geophaps plumifera ferrugines. They both live in rocky areas and amongst what is traditionally called Spinifex grass.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Crested Myna (Shanghai, China) Black Crested Bulbul (Nonggang, China) Crested Barbet (Letaba, Bateleur, Kruger Park, South Africa) Crested Bunting (Nonggang, China) Crested Dove (somewhere in Australia) Crested Finchbill (Tengchong, China) Crested Flameback (Taman Negara, Malaysia) Crested Francolin (Ndumo, South Africa) Crested Goshawk (Shanghai, (..)

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MARCH 13, 2011

Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. 8 Responses to “Sea Snakes of Northern Australia&# tai haku Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:15 am Awesome post Clare. I loved your post, I have to visit Australia someday.

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APRIL 24, 2022

The mud is full of aquatic insects and their larvae and the Sharp-tailed Sandpipers have joined many other species feeding along this stretch of main highway around Australia. They will breed in the short Siberian summer between June and August and they will then return to Australia.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2023

Crested Pigeons – Ocyphaps lophotes are very widespread throughout Australia and can easily be observed in Broome on the streetlights on a wintery morning. Although Crested Pigeons are quite a common bird Australia-wide you don’t always find a nest, so that you are able to observe the family grow.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

At this time of year around the north of Australia the ephemeral lakes are drying out fast. We have encountered really good flocks of Chestnut-breasted Mannikins further north in Western Australia and also in the Northern Territory. As I have mentioned in the past we often place branches out for birds.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

In Australia there are three populations of Little Tern. There are Little Terns that breed across the north of Australia, Little Terns that breed on the coast of eastern and south-eastern Australia and another population that visit at this time of year from Asia.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes – Coracina novaehollandiae are a common bird species around our home in Broome, Western Australia. They are present throughout much of Australia and as their name would suggest they have a black face! They have one very distinct feature when they land, which is that they shuffle their wings.

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DECEMBER 27, 2015

There it stood on top of a rock as if it was waiting for us to come along and admire it and tell the world that it had come to Australia during its non-breeding cycle of the year! Finally some photographs of our visitor from Japan! Terek Sandpiper “023” with Grey-tailed Tattlers and Bar-tailed Godwit.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Despite all of the restrictions on our travel we are fortunate that it does not stop birds from entering Western Australia. Western Australia remains closed to the rest of Australia and the world and we do not have any Covid cases in the community, so life appears to be quite normal here. Ringed Plover and Great Knot on the mud.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Humane Society International (HSI) called on Wednesday for a ban on the fur trade to Australia. The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

We are lucky in Western Australia that we can move around our own state. We can’t move around the rest of Australia or go overseas, but keeping everyone safe is a priority. So much has happened in the world in their absence from Australia. There has been no community transmitted coronavirus for many months.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

This year we have a lot of people visiting from the south of Australia in the search for warmer weather during the winter months. We are lucky in Western Australia that we are one of the few places in Australia not in lockdown, but our beaches are also seeing a lot more vehicles than normal.

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MARCH 5, 2023

We continue to bird-watch from the bitumen and rain continues to fall across the north of Australia. Magpie Geese stood on gates to get away from the flooded landscape We are always conscious of the fact that every flood event in the north of Australia brings cane toads closer to Broome.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

Apparently, the Rufous Whistler used to be known as the Rufous-breasted Thickhead due to its “noticeable breadth of cranium” The source website itself quotes its own source, the delightfully titled “The Useful Birds of Southern Australia”, R Hall, 1907. This is the most common swallow in Australia. .

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

Yellow-faced Honeyeaters – Calygavis chrysops are found in the eastern and south eastern parts of Australia. They are not present in Western Australia or the Northern Territory, so not a bird species that we get to observe very often. Our recent observations of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters have been in dense forest.

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JULY 23, 2023

White-winged Choughs – Corcorax melanorhamphos are native to southern and eastern Australia and one of the bird species that is likely to suddenly make you jump when you walk through a forest. Spend time with them and enjoy their antics!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

It has been more than 5 years since I last went to Australia, and I was even less of a qualified bird photographer then than I am now. All photos were taken in Australia in December 2016 – locations included Brisbane and surroundings, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Melbourne, and the coast near Melbourne.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Collared Kingfisher (Brisbane, Australia, Jan 2017). Red-backed Kingfisher (Alice Springs, Australia, Dec 2016). Red-backed Kingfisher (Alice Springs, Australia, Dec 2016). Sacred Kingfisher (Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2016). Common Kingfisher (Mumbai, India, Feb 2019 and Nanhui, China, Apr 2020).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2020

In Australia we have two egg-laying mammals. We have observed a lot more Echidna in Australia than Platypus. Platypus prefer a water habitat and their location in Australia means we have rarely travelled to where they live. As most of you know, we do have some incredible birds in Australia as well as mammals.

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Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

There are camels in Australia? Tags: cull camels australia environment. Apparently so and they are considered feral pests. you know what that means.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2022

In order to get their residence visa, Bruce and Lynn needed to spend a full year in Australia. And in 2015- 2016, they travelled the entire continent of Australia birding and writing about it. I do not know the Australian birds, nor do I have any book on them.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2022

Hakea macrocarpa is endemic to Australia and will quite happily grow in very poor soil. It would also apply to other areas of Australia with a similar climate and soil. The trees will be flowering for a few months now and they are currently attracting a lot of birds and insects to their flowers.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Northern Rosella are resident in the north of Australia, but not in large flocks. If you happen to be in the north of Australia then keep your eyes out for Northern Rosella and remember they may be at your feet or way up high in the foliage. We rarely encounter more than one pair at any location. Northern Rosella in the trees.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to Wikipedia, the national bird of Australia is the Emu – which I have not seen yet. On the other hand, some websites state that the Laughing Kookaburra is Australia’s national symbol. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia.

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Critter News

JANUARY 5, 2010

New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. Tags: australia whales new zealand Japan. It's non-lethal. Eighteen scientists will set sail for Antarctica next month to study minke, humpback and blue whale populations.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2020

Cattle Egret should not be in breeding plumage in June in the north of Australia! Cattle Egret have been recorded in Australia since 1948. It was clearly a Cattle Egret , due to the orange feathers, but it is June! The Derby wetlands water had all gone green. They are usually observed in flocks around cattle, but this one was alone.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The species is only in the north of Australia and they are often found in locations that are hard to get to year round. We have been able to observe Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens in a few locations across the north of Australia and they were quite easy to see in the car-park at Big Horse Creek in 2017.

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JUNE 6, 2021

They are widespread throughout Australia , but it does not mean you necessarily easily observe them. By the size of the juvenile birds the adults must have laid the eggs several months ago when the rains came to that area of Western Australia. We soon observed several bird species and then a Yellow-billed Spoonbill flew overhead.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

” He continues to describe how the introduction of sheep to Australia affected both the Aborigines and the Long-billed Corella : “They once ate murnong, a daisy whose tubers sustained Aboriginal people, until the sheep of the squatters grubbed it up, bringing ‘deprivation, abuses and miseries’, as one missionary wrote. .”

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2023

Pied Oystercatcher eggs It is Winter here in Northern Australia which means plenty of cloud-free blue sky and there are definitely worst places to be sitting for twenty eight days watching the world go by! You’ll need to ask yourself why you didn’t get to Australia yet! Maybe one day our paths will cross……

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MAY 30, 2022

Rainbow Lorikeet (Brisbane, Australia). Little Corella (Melbourne area, Australia). Maybe not very surprising. Here are some bird photos that I like. They are the second part of a two-part series – a description of the backstory is here. Reed Parrotbill (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Siberian Rubythroat (Nanhui, Shanghai, China).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2020

” Budgerigar (Ayers Rock, Australia, Dec 2016). Rainbow Lorikeet (Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2016). Superb Fairywren (Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2016). Black-winged Stilt (Nanhui, China, May 2019). Almost abstract bird patterns. Blue Tit (Visselhoevede, Germany, Jul 2018). “You`re so juvenile!”

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