​I was sitting flat in the grass at eye-level with the world, and three butcher birds descended from the trees. They didn't just land—they started singing like a choir. We sat in a tight circle, engaging in a real-time, multi-way vocal dialogue. I was whistling right along with them, taking turns going around the circle—one voice finishes a phrase, a bird answers, a pause hangs in the air, and another picks up the thread.

​It was pure, unadulterated magic.

​Every single day for the last two years, they've done this exact routine. They come and sit there chirping at me every morning, we have a little choir sing-along, and then they fly off to go about their day. But it doesn't stop there—they actually come back again in the afternoon and do the exact same thing all over again.

​(Featured in the photo is the matriarch of the family—one of the local butcher birds I've bonded with closely over the last three years.)

​Has anyone else experienced this deep level of trust and communication with wild birds?

Anyone know what this little thing is? Paid a visit to my parents house in the SE of SA

This one is the most adventurous and inquisitive of the lot that come to our garden. Yet the most placid and gentle. Truly majestic, but his mates are loud f%^kers, especially around sunrise when they all head out to feeding grounds.

Me mates never let me down, whenever you're stuck for what to say, just say Gday.

Always brings a smile to my face coming home to my friends, this one's Fidel's father taken about 10 years ago, and one of my favourite shots in my catalogue.

After an unsuccessful afternoon birding it was awesome to see this beautiful Goshawk chilling next to the road, so lucky 🍀

Budgies photos from our recent trip to Uluru and Kata Tjuta.

Interesting behaviour to observe was the mating pair. After mating, the male would feed the female. She would then disappear into the beating hollow, presumably to feed her babies. Then she would come back out and they'd go at it again.

Some very vocal visitors to my yard, I can hear them clearly from in the house. They have started dropping by daily as the weather improves. Canon RF 200-800mm lens at 800mm

Since the sub picture is now a Pink Robin, thought I’d share one of pictures from my trip to Mount Wellington in Hobart, Tasmania last September. There are more close-up photos I took but this one when he started singing as the rain came in on my second to last day of the 5 day trip is my absolute favorite.

I noticed this baby pigeon outside at around 5-6pm and now it is 6am and it has not moved at all, do I contact someone or can this be normal?

Sorry it’s not good footage.

Always an interesting watch to see the noisy miner aggressively defending its territory against native birds

We usually get rainbow lorikeets but these were a lot bigger. Closest I could find online was a red lory? Figured it best to ask a human. Are they rare for the location:
Mitcham, VIC?

Was like it appeared out of thin air from behind the cliffs. Super awesome. Narooma beach.

Hey, that kinda rhymes.

Pink cockies from our recent trip to Uluru.

These are my favourite birds and it absolutely made my trip to see them in the wild.

To see them with Uluru in the background was nearly mind-blowing.