Birds
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This poor quality photo, which I took with a film camera before I went digital, shows the world's most dangerous bird - the cassowary. Cassowaries live in tropical north Queensland and New Guinea and are capable of disembowelling a man when it lashes out with its very sharp claws. It is the third largest bird in the world.
I took this photo at Adelaide Zoo.
Good photo of just what a cassowary does when it attacks here
I took this photo at Adelaide Zoo.
Good photo of just what a cassowary does when it attacks here
I was extremely excited to see an ivory-billed woodpecker in one of the trees in our backyard about 30 years ago. I have not seen one since.
Here is a googled photo:
I've never understood it either.British Humour?
I was extremely excited to see an ivory-billed woodpecker in one of the trees in our backyard about 30 years ago. I have not seen one since.
They were absolutely stunning. You are very lucky to have seen one.
Green Rosellas on the back fence of my previous home. They are the largest of the rosellas and are endemic to Tasmania. They are rather noisy especially if you have a flock of 30 or 40 feeding in one tree.
That pileated woodpecker is awesome. While the great spotted woodpeckers are quite common here, we sometimes get black woodpeckers, which are also about the size of crows. Here's a google'd photo:
Returning to blue tits, here's one that keeps inspecting the bird house on my mom's balcony. It's not in use yet, but who knows... I took the photo through a window on a cloudy day, so it's not that good.
Returning to blue tits, here's one that keeps inspecting the bird house on my mom's balcony. It's not in use yet, but who knows... I took the photo through a window on a cloudy day, so it's not that good.
Am I the only person here that was hoping for photos of different sort of birds?
There are... places for that.
Common everyday Silver Gulls behaving in their usually way
Kelp Gulls - which look like Pacific Gulls but are considerable smaller
Kelp Gulls - which look like Pacific Gulls but are considerable smaller
If that thread appears in misc I'll probably stop coming here. There is more than enough of that elsewhere on the boards.
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Yesterday was a sunny day, so I took the opportunity to take some photos.
The hard life of city pigeons:
A female great spotted woodpecker:
And a grumpy-looking greenfinch:
The hard life of city pigeons:
A female great spotted woodpecker:
And a grumpy-looking greenfinch:
Thought everyone would enjoy this video. The reaction of the parent robin at the end is priceless!:
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip...e=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip...e=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Heehee, cute 
Btw, since there are a lot of seagull pic sin this thread: are they spreading in your respective countries, too? When I was a kid we had them only at the coast but now you find them all over the continent.
@Finn: Judging by the beak form and general habitus I'd count your duck to the gender Anas or its immediate relations, but I am uncertain as to which members of that group would be native in your country. Your specimen looks like a young female to me.
Btw, since there are a lot of seagull pic sin this thread: are they spreading in your respective countries, too? When I was a kid we had them only at the coast but now you find them all over the continent.
@Finn: Judging by the beak form and general habitus I'd count your duck to the gender Anas or its immediate relations, but I am uncertain as to which members of that group would be native in your country. Your specimen looks like a young female to me.
I know it has been four years since this thread had a new post, but since I started this one.. Hope it's okay
I'm at my folks took some pictures of birds at their bird feeder. I'm not sure what kind of birds these are. Their beaks seem to suggest a Finch type bird, but the guide they have doesn't seem to have a good match.
I'm at my folks took some pictures of birds at their bird feeder. I'm not sure what kind of birds these are. Their beaks seem to suggest a Finch type bird, but the guide they have doesn't seem to have a good match.
