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Colourful birds and bright flowers make a striking sight even on a cloudy day. Blue-faced honeyeater, Somerset Region, QLD 🪶 #ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a blue-faced honeyeater in a flowering tree. It has a white underside, olive-green wings, black throat, and a bare patch of blue skin around its eyes.
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Today marks one year that I've been on Bluesky. Here's a white-faced heron. #birds#ausbirds

Photo of a white-faced heron in a dense mangrove. It's a tall bird with a long neck held in an s shape, and a dagger-shaped bill. Its feathers are light grey, with white around its face.
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Topknot pigeon in the top of a fig tree. They're not fancy pigeons, that's just their natural look. Maiala, Moreton Bay QLD 🪶 #ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a topknot pigeon perched among green leaves. It is a big pigeon, with a thick orange beak, orange eyes, and a drooping crest of reddish feathers on top of its head. It looks a bit like the bird has a mullet haircut
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Red-necked avocet 🪶 wading in shallow water. Port of Brisbane, QLD #ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a red‐necked avocet standing in water. It is a medium sized wader, with a rusty red head and neck, a white body, and a black tail. It has a long, thin black beak that curves upward at the end.
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Laughing kookaburra, half in shadow. Maiala, Mt Glorious QLD 🪶 #ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a laughing kookaburra perched on a mossy branch. It is a large kingfisher type bird, with a stout beak. The bird's white head and chest are in shadow, with bright sunlight over the blue patches of its wings and the brown and black chevron pattern on its tail.
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Pacific (aka white-necked) heron. This one is just growing out of its juvenile plumage, with some spots still showing on its neck. @everyheron.bsky.social#ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a white-necked heron standing in grass in front of a pond. It is a large heron, with a long white neck. Its body feathers are dark bluish grey, with hints of maroon in the sunlight.
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There are 4 "Noisy ___" birds in the world, all from Australia. Three of them are fairly common. This, the noisy friarbird, is one of the common ones. It has a collar of feathers that resembles an amice, or liturgical collar. It's also bald like a vulture. #birds#ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a noisy friarbird perched on a branch. It is a gray bird with a long tail, and it has a white collar of feathers around its neck. Its head and beak are all black, with no feathers.
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Superb fairywrens - the male alone showing off his seasonal colours, and the couple, singing together. Ipswich, QLD 🪶 #ausbirds#ozwildlife

Photo of a bright male superb fairywren perched on a thin branch. He is a tiny bird with a long tail. His tail is dark brown, and the top of his body is mostly black, with a bright blue patch on his head and his cheek, plus a frill of blue around the back of his neck.
Photo of two small birds with their beaks wide open in song. The male on the left has a white belly, dark wings, and a black chest and head, with bright blue patches on his forehead and cheek. The female has a white belly and chest, with drab brown on her head, and her beak is dull orange.
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Female superb fairywren perched on a rose. Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens, NSW #birds#ausbirds#ozwildlife#photography

Photo of a female superb fairywren perched on a blooming red rose. It is a tiny brown bird with a white breast, an orange beak, and a long tail, held high.
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Silvereye in a gum tree. Birds of this type around the world are called white-eyes, but the Australian one is a silvereye. Maleny, QLD #bitds#ausbirds

Photo of a silvereye in a tree full of brushy red flowers. It's a small greenish yellow bird with a distinctive white ring around its eye.
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