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Nankeen night heron
Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville
26 Jan 2014
Photo: Bev

Nascar boobies
Genovesa, Galapagos
Photo: Bev

New Holland honeyeater - chicks
Ardrossan on York Peninsula, SA
Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

New Holland honeyeater
Ardrossan on York Peninsula, SA
Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Noisy miner
- native very territorial
Photo: Bev

Noisy miner
Surrey Downs, Adelaide, SA
Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Noisy Pitta
Delicate Nobby, Crescent Head NSW
Photo: Bev

View You Tube videos of:
Nankeen night heron
New Holland honeyeater, Field of Mars Reserve, Gladesville, NSW, Dec 2012
Noisy miner - an Australian native becoming a pest in urban areas.
Noisy pitta

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Olive-backed oriole
Field of Mars Reserve
Ryde, NSW
Photo: Bev

Olive-backed oriole
Field of Mars Reserve
Ryde, NSW
Photo: Bev 2013-12

Olive-backed oriole fledgling
Terry's Creek, Epping NSW
See terryscreek.weebly.com
Photo: Irene Timmins 2014-12

Olive-backed oriole nest
Terry's Creek, Epping NSW
See terryscreek.weebly.com
Photo: Irene Timmins 2014-12

Osprey
Hibbard, NSW

Photo: Bev

Osprey
Big Hill south of crescent Head, NSW

Photo: Bev

Owl
Santa Crus, Galapagos

Photo: Bev

Owl - Southern boobook
in NSW Christmas bush
South Turramurra, NSW
Photo: Jenny Zvolanek 2014-09

Oystercatcher - pied

Rottnest Island, WA
Photo: Sarah Mitchell

Oystercatcher - pied

East coast Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Oystercatcher - pied
East coast Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Oystercatcher - pied
with Hooded plover
East coast Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Oystercatcher - sooty

East coast Tasmania
Photo: Bev

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Pacific baza
Putney Park, Putney, NSW
Aug 2011
Photo: Robbie Renu

Pacific baza eating green tree frog
Vimiera Park, Epping, NSW
Dec 2013
Photo: Irene Timmins

Pacific black duck, Mallard behind
Jubilee Lake, Wynn Vale
Adelaide, SA
Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Pacific black duck
Jubilee Lake, Wynn Vale
Adelaide, SA
Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Pacific black duck
Wynn Vale Lake, SA
Adelaide, SA
Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Pardalote - spotted
- female
Photo: Bev

Pardalote - spotted
- male
Photo: Bev

Pardalote - nest in embankment
Kelly's Bush, Hunter's Hill
Photo: Bev

Peacock - Indian
Launceston, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Peahen & chicks - Indian
Launceston, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Pelican
Coffs Harbour, NSW
Photo: Bev

Pelican
Point Plomer, NSW
Photo: John D

Pelican
East coast Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Pelican
East coast Tasmania

Photo: Bev

Pelican
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Pelican - red/brown feathers
near Adelaide
South Australia
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Pigeon - topknot
Riverglade Reserve
Gladesvilee, NSW
Photo: Bev

Pink galah

Photo: Bev

Pipit - Australasian
Point Plomer headland, NSW
Photo: John D

Pitta - Noisy
Delicate Nobby, Crescent Head NSW
Photo: Bev

Plover - hooded
East coast, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Port Lincoln parrot
near Mundaring Weir, WA
Photo: Sarah Mitchell

Powerful owl
- with Ring-tail possum
Photo: Bev

Powerful owl
- immature
Photo: Bev

Powerful owl
Terry's Creek, NSW
Photo: Jenny Stiles 2013-10

Powerful owl
Boronia Park, NSW
Photo: Bev 2015-10

View You Tube videos of:
Pacific black duck - mum and the kids.
Spotted pardalote
Pelicans thermalling
Pigeon - topknot
Pitta - Noisy
Hooded plover

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Quail - brown
Point Plomer, NSW
Aug 2016
Photo: Bev

Quail - painted button
Point Plomer, NSW

Photo: Bev

View You Tube videos of:
Brown quail.

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Rail - Buff-banded
Stranger's Creek, Ryde
Photo: Mark and Angela Chilton

Rainbow bee-eater
Northern Territory
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Rainbow bee-eater
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Rainbow lorikeet
- in Lilly pilly
Photo: Bev

Rainbow lorikeet
Gladesville
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Rainbow lorikeet - immature
Gladesville
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Raven - Australian
Gladesville, NSW

Photo: Roberta Johnston

Raven - Australian
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Red-backed fairy-wren female
Point Plomer, NSW
Photo: Bev

Red-backed fairy-wren male - launching
Point Plomer, NSW
Photo: Bev

Red-backed fairy-wren male
Point Plomer, NSW
Photo: Bev

Red-billed tropic birds
Espanola, Galapagos
Photo: Bev

Red-browed finch
- eating Bidens seed (weed)
Photo: Bev

Red-browed finch
- immature
Photo: Bev

Red-browed finch
- with nesting material & nest
Photo: Bev

Red-browed finch
- eating grass seed
Photo: Bev

Red-browed finch
Terry's Creek, Marsfield, NSW
Photo: Simon Day

Red-browed finch nest
- in Hakea 2012-01 Bedlam Bay
Photo: Bev

Red-rumped parrot
Meadowbank Park (7 in flock)
Photo: Marilyn Wise

Red wattlebird
Pembroke Park, Marsfield, NSW

Photo: Bev

Red wattlebird
Gladesville, NSW

Photo: Raymond Horsey

Red wattlebird
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Red-whiskered bulbul

Photo: Bev

Regent bowerbird
- male

Photo: Bev

Regent bowerbird
- female

Photo: Bev

Regent bowerbird - female
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

Regent bowerbird - male
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

Rose Robin
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Rosella - eastern
Gladesville, NSW

Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Rosella - eastern
Gladesville, NSW

Photo: John D

Rosella - eastern
eating fruit of Dianella longifolia
Gladesville, NSW
Photo: John D

Rosella - pale-headed
Rosedale, Qld

Photo: Marianna

Ruddy turnstone
East coast Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Rufous whistler
Tilligerry Habitat
Photo: Adam Stevenson

Rufous whistler
Boronia Park
Photo: Bev

View You Tube videos of:
Rainbow lorikeet
Raven - Australian
Red-backed fairy-wren
Red-browed finch or Firetail
Regent bowerbird - female
Regent bowerbird - juvenile male
Regent bowerbird - female - bathing

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Sacred kingfisher
Gladesville, NSW
Photo: Margaret Brown

Sacred kingfisher
Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville
Photo: Bev

Sanderlings
East coast, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Sea eagle
Taronga, Sydney

Photo: Robin Grindrod

Sea eagles
adult and fledgling
Big Hill Beach, NSW
Photo: Bev

Shining bronze cuckoo

Crescent Head, NSW
Photo: Bev

Shrikethrush - grey

Photo: Bev

Silvereye
NSW

Photo: Virginia Bear

Silvereye
- hiding in Lantana (weed)
Parramatta River, NSW
Photo: Bev

Silvereye
- hiding in hawthorn (weed)
Parramatta River, NSW
Photo: Bev

Silvereye
in native Bursaria
Launceston, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Silvereye
Kings Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Spangled drongo
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

Sparrow
Launceston, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Spectacled monarch
Crescent Head, NSW

Photo: Bev

Splendid fairy-wren
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Spotted pardalote - female
Field of Mars Reserve
Photo: Bev

Spotted pardalote - male
Tarban Creek, Gladesville
Photo: Bev

Spotted turtle dove

Photo: Bev

Starling
East coast, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Straw-necked Ibis
near Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Striated heron
Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville, NSW
Photo: Bev

Sunbird nest on campers ropes
Ellis Beach, Queensland

Photo: Gary W4

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Photo: Bev

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Superb blue wren
- immature male
Photo: Bev

Superb blue wren
- female, vineyard
near Launceston, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Superb blue wren
- male
near Ansons Bay, Tasmania
Photo: Bev

Superb blue wren or fairy-wren
- male
Scone, NSW - May 2013
Photo: Pam Ward

Superb blue wren or fairy-wren
- female or immature
Scone, NSW - May 2013
Photo: Pam Ward

Superb blue wren or fairy-wren
- male
Scone, NSW - May 2013
Photo: Pam Ward

Swallow-tailed gull & Iguana
Espanola, Galapagos

Photo: Bev

Swamp harrier
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

View You Tube videos of:
Sanderlings
Satin bowerbird - male
Sea eagle or White-breasted sea eagle
Sea eagles or White-breasted sea eagles in flight
Sea eagle family - mum, dad and the kids - Big Hill, NSW 2012-05
Shining bronze cuckoo, Crescent Head NSW
Silvereyes
Spectacled Monarch
Spotted pardalote
Starling, Common starling
Striated heron, Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Superb fairy-wrens - near nest in planted habitat area at Tarban Creek Bridge, Gladesville 2014-12
Superb fairy-wrens
Superb blue fairy-wrens bathing
Superb blue fairy-wrens using Lantana for habitat
Superb fairy-wrens - Gladesville Hospital
Superb fairy-wrens male - Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville
Superb fairy-wrens - Woolwich Dock
Superb fairy-wren male - preening - Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville
Superb fairy-wrens - he's mine move over - Riverglade Reserve, Gladesville
Superb fairy-wrens - a male and 2 females looking after each other.

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Tawny frogmouth
- with 2 chick
Photo: Bruce Lonnon

Tawny frogmoth
- with 2 chicks
Photo: Bev

Tawny frogmoth
- immature
Photo: Bev

Tawny frogmouth - camoflaged
Gladesville
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Tawny frogmouth - juvenile
Gladesville
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Tawny frogmouth - sun bathing
Gladesville
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Tawny frogmouth - family
Gladesville
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Tern - crested
East coast, Tasmania

Photo: Bev

Tern - crested
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

Tern - crested
Delicate Beach, NSW

Photo: Bev

Tern - fairy
East coast, Tasmania

Photo: Bev

Thornbill - yellow-rumped
near Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Thrush - Basian
Terry's Creek,

Epping NSW
Photo: Irene Timmins

Toucan barbet
Ecuador

Photo: Alex Portilla
Ecuagenera Orchid Nursery

View You Tube videos of:
Fairy tern
Fairy terns - in a southerly gale
Thornbill - brown

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Variegated wren
male - Delicate Nobby, NSW
Photo: Bev

Variegated fairy-wren
male - Delicate Nobby, NSW

Photo: Bev

Variegated fairy-wren
male - Lane Cove National Park
Pennant Hills, NSW
Photo: Simon Day

Variegated fairy-wren
male - immature
Delicate Nobby, NSW
Photo: Bev

Variegated wren
Kalbarri National Park, WA

Photo: Gary W4

Velvet-purple coronet
Ecuador
Photo: Alex Portilla
Ecuagenera Orchid Nursery

View You Tube videos of:
Variegated fairy-wren

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Wattlebird - little
Point Plomer, NSW

Photo: Bev

Welcome swallow
North coast Tasmania

Photo: Bev

Welcome swallow
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Photo: Lorraine Findlay

spinebill
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Western spinebill
Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Whip bird
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

Whip bird
Boronia Park - March 2015
NSW
Photo: Bev

Whistler - golden
male, Crescent Head, NSW

Photo: Bev

Whistler - rufous
Tilligerry Habitat

Photo: Adam Stevenson

White-bellied sea eagle
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

White-breasted woodswallows
Hardy's Bay, NSW

Photo: Peter Scott

White-breasted woodswallows
Tari, PNG
Photo: Bev

White-browed scrubwren

Photo: Bev

White-browed scrubwren
Woolwich Dock 2010

Photo: Bev

White-browed scrubwren
Bedlam Bay

Photo: Bev

White-cheeked honeyeater
Vimiera Park, Epping, NSW
Dec 2013
Photo: Irene Timmins

White-cheeked honeyeater
Kings Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

White-headed pigeon
Winmalee (North Springwood,
lower Blue Mountains)
Photo: Toni Benton

White ibis - Australian
Tarban Creek,
Gladesville
Photo: Bev

White-necked heron
Crescent Head, NSW

Photo: John D

Willy wagtail
Ardrossan on York Peninsula, SA

Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Willie wagtail
Tarban Creek
Gladesville
Photo: Bev

Willie wagtail nest

Photo: Bev

Willie wagtail
Field of Mars Reserve

Photo: Bev

Wood duck - male
Jubilee Lake, Wynn Vale, SA

Photo: Ron Johnson, Adelaide

Wood duck
Perth, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Wood duck
near Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Wompoo fruit-dove
Delicate Nobby NSW

Photo: Bev

Wonga pigeon
Winmalee (North Springwood,
lower Blue Mountains)
Photo: Toni Benton

Wonga pigeon
Delicate Nobby NSW

Photo: Bev

View You Tube videos of:
Whipbird - Eastern - searching for bugs in the leaf litter
Whipbird - Eastern - feeding - male and female calls can be heard
Whipbird - Eastern - bath time!!
White-browed scrubwren
White-browed scrubwren calling
White-cheeked honeyeater
White-cheeked honeyeater - Point Plomer, NSW
White-faced heron
White-throated treecreeper - Boronia Park, NSW
White-throated treecreeper - Field of Mars Reserve, NSW
Willy wagtail
Willy wagtail at Riverglade Reserve boardwalk
Wompoo fruit-dove high in the littoral rainforest canopy
Wompoo fruit-dove visiting again

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Yellow robin
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

Yellow-faced honeyeater
Crescent Head
NSW
Photo: John D

Yellow-rumped thornbill
Scone, NSW

Photo: Pam Ward

Yellow-rumped thornbill
near Bungendore National Park, WA
Oct 2016
Photo: Bev

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
North Epping, NSW

Photo: Simon Day

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View You Tube videos of:
Yellow-faced honeyeater
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo - along Tarban Creek Gladesville
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo - backyard in Gladesville

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