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[Archibald]

Great Egret.

 

[Archibald]

Kingfisher.

 

[Bill in Texas]

Black-throated blue warbler

 

[Graham121]

Golden-headed Cisticola, Vic, Au

 

[K9Kirk]

A common grackle perching nicely for me.

250cv-studio26Grackle by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[dpastern]

Interesting Dave. Rightly or wrongly I am going juvenile Peregrine based on these two images I took over the summer, but that is based only on these particular birds
The top is a heavily cropped image of this season's pair of local peregrines playing together almost too far away for anything useful whislt the bottom is one of the local young Hobbies giving me a close in fly-by.
PS monitor is/was calibrated but that was a while ago, maybe time to redo.
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Many thanks Graham. I guess juvenile Peregrine it is then (Duade Paton also thinks it's a juvenile male). I amended my eBird submission today. That Hobby is sure a beautiful bird. I've only seen 1 of them in the wild :-/

Hi Dave, my first thought was hobby (lack of yellow around eye and legs, and shape of hood) but the more I looked into the less sure I became, so I'm not much help.

Yeah that was my thought too, and the barring on the breast didn't look right for a juvenile Peregrine.

Went out to the same location today and 4 raptors spotted:

1 x Black Shouldered Kite

1 x Brown Falcon

2 x Whistling Kites

1 x Nankeen kestrel

add the Peregrine from yesterday. I've previously seen a Brown Goshawk here and others (but not myself) have reported Wedge-tailed Eagles. And it's very close to suburbia, a 10 minute drive from home. Bonus! There's 1 larger area of water, a smaller wetland lagoon in the area and plenty of grassland and some open forested areas. Perfect for raptors!

When I retire I will be hoping to see the Grey and Black Falcons, as well as the Red Goshawk, all things going well.

 

[dpastern]

Australian wood duck mum with chicks.

I was very careful to not spook them and kept a distance that didn't upset the family.

 

[dpastern]

Australasian Darter swimming in Golden sunlit water.

Dave

 

[realairlight]

Australasian Darter swimming in Golden sunlit water.

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At first glance, a darter swimming looks like any other waterbird—like a duck, goose, or swan. But something feels off… until you realise its body is actually submerged underwater.

 

[dpastern]

At first glance, a darter swimming looks like any other waterbird—like a duck, goose, or swan. But something feels off… until you realise its body is actually submerged underwater.

100%. Superb swimmers.

 

[dpastern]

This bird was feeling rather cocky. (there is a Red cast and despite my very best efforts, I wasn't able to fully remove it, despite multiple colour correction layers). This is an older image circa 2022 with my 60D. The 300mm f4 IS L lens used has *never* been tack sharp from new. Adding a 1.4x II TC to the mix wasn't a particularly good idea. It's not a silk purse, but it's not quite a sow's ear of an image LOL.

Dave

 

[Pippan]

Pied Heron doing a spot of fish juggling at Fogg Dam yesterday.

 

[Badds]

 

[Bill in Texas]

Louisiana waterthrush

 

[GeoffSFAs10]

Another Louisiana Water Thrush

singing thrush in water by Geoff Anderson, on Flickr

 

[Graham121]

Sacred Kingfisher, Vic, Au

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

Song thrush...

 

[Pippan]

Easter Sunday special: two for the price of one! Only at Fogg Dam! Pied Herons and egrets most welcome!

 

[K9Kirk]

Great blue heron.

221cv-studio26 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr