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Frigatebirds
Lesser Frigatebird malePortland Roads, Cape YorkOctober 2012I'm not so good with seabirds being an inland boy. These are some frigatebird pictures taken back in 2012 at Cape York. They seemed just high...
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Sleeping Ducks
Northern Pintail femaleHyoko, Niigata, JapanFebruary 11, 2014Enjoyed a national holiday today and spent my time sneaking up on sleeping ducks at Hyoko. I took over 500 photographs. It was fun. Here are...
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Duck Tones
Northern PintailsHyoko, Niigata, JapanFebruary 11, 2014Some more pics from my visit to Hyoko last Tuesday.
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Random Shots
Fukushimagata, Niigata, JapanFebruary 22, 2014 Decided to go out for a big walk at Fukushimagata today. We're having a mild winter compared to normal years. The rest of Japan is copping it, but as you...
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Two Honeyeaters
Varied HoneyeaterPortland Roads, Cape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2012Here are two species of honeyeaters enjoying a water pool at Cape York: Varied Honeyeater and Yellow-spotted Honeyeater. It...
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Buzzin' Raptors
Common KingfisherFukushimagata, Niigata, JapanMarch 9, 2014Been very quite here in Niigata the last few weeks. On March 1st, I walked around Toyanogata for about 5 hours and got a couple of poor pics...
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How Green Is My Cicada
Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii)Toowoomba, Queensland, AustraliaJanuary 12, 2014Here is a Bladder Cicada we saved from a path back in January. The photos are with my Nikon D800 and Zeiss Distagon...
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A Road to Nara
Messengers of Shinto Gods, Sika Deer wander freely around Nara’s world heritage site that incorporates several of Japan’s oldest temples and shrines. The deer are designated “National Living Treasures”...
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Tropical
Olive-backed SunbirdmalePortland Roads, Cape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2012My thoughts are with the people, birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and plants of Northern Queensland tonight. I have...
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Mejiro and the Moon
A variety of Cherry Tree at Junsai-ike, Niigata, JapanSunday, April 13, 2014Mr Honma and I braved the crowds in the hope of finding flycatchers at Junsai-ike last Sunday. We failed. Apart from a brief...
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Red-flanked Bluetail Female
Red-flanked BluetailFemaleJunsai-ike, Niigata, JapanApril 19, 2014Had a bird outing to Junsai-ike with Mr Honma this morning. This was our best find so are are three almost identical shots. Quite cool...
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Gabrielle of Healesville
GabrielleWedge-tailed EagleHealesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia1992April, 29 2014 Russell wrote: This Wedge-tailed Eagle was the star of the "flight show" at Healesville Sanctuary, in Victoria in...
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Golden Week Birds Niigata 2014
I guess this is a female Narcissus FlycatcherJunsai-ike, Niigata, JapanMay 3, 2014Don’t let these beautiful birds fool you, I’ve been rather miserable for the last week. We had a nice start to the four...
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Happiness
Japanese Green PheasantShinano River, Niigata City, JapanLast weekMy plan to photograph all the gull species along the Shinano River was totally missed as summer has arrived and the best time for gulls...
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coffee, cake, and eagle
Wedge-tailed EaglePreston Peak Wines, Toowoomba, Queensland, AustraliaJanuary 8, 2014We enjoyed coffee and cake at Preston Peak Wines on the last day of my last visit to Australia and this was the...
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Stilts I have known
Black-winged StiltsHimantopus himantopus"Seitaka-shigi" - JapaneseRice field next to Fukushimagata, Niigata, JapanNikon 1 V1 + Nikon ED50 FieldscopeMay 24, 2014Last weekend, Saturday May 24 2014, I was...
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Double-Bars
Double-barred FinchAbberton, South-east Queensland, AustraliaMarch 25, 2013Some pictures of Double-barred Finch as seen at Abberton last year.Cute little birds. Always a wonderful sight. Very glad to...
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Guardians of Westgate Park
Brown Falcon launching from a stone sculpture with the Westgate Bridge in the background.Westgate Park, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1990sHere are some photos from the Kodak Photo CD made on May...
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Joy and Stress
Common Kestrel(Eurasian Kestrel)Shinano River, Niigata, JapanMay/June 2014These two were doing this the day after their first chick fledged. I will have to see what becomes of it the weeks ahead.I...
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Goshawk Family 2014
Northern GoshawkNiigata City, JapanNewly fledgedJune 28, 2014This year Northern Goshawks raised three young in a park in Niigata City. I don't know which park. I was taken there blind-folded. (Not...
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