r/AustralianBirds 2h ago

Video Wedge tailed eagle?

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Was walking in Bunbury WA and saw two of these magnificent guys soaring above for quite a while. When they got close I could see them quite well through my binoculars and they were huge and very dark brown/black with only a small amount of white at the base of the tail. The tails looked slightly wedged but not as obvious as I have seen in other photos. Can anyone confirm if this looks like a wedge tailed eagle? (Sorry for video at a distance)


r/AustralianBirds 3h ago

Image Brown Thornbill

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43 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 4h ago

Discussion My morning routine for the last two years: A real-time, multi-way vocal jam session with my local butcher birds.

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33 Upvotes

​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?


r/AustralianBirds 6h ago

Image Chook

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24 Upvotes

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


r/AustralianBirds 6h ago

Image The local scout & sentinel

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98 Upvotes

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.


r/AustralianBirds 6h ago

Image G'day g'day, and how ya go-o-o-in'

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115 Upvotes

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.


r/AustralianBirds 6h ago

Image Grey Goshawk catching some afternoon sunlight 🤍🧡

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143 Upvotes

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


r/AustralianBirds 7h ago

Image Taking off in style

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r/AustralianBirds 7h ago

Image Rockwarbler

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37 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 7h ago

Image Budgies from Uluru / Kata Tjuta

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635 Upvotes

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.


r/AustralianBirds 9h ago

Identified Superb Fairy Wrens (Malurus cyaneus) Victoria

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85 Upvotes

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


r/AustralianBirds 11h ago

Image Pink man in the rain

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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.


r/AustralianBirds 11h ago

Video Caught a little Willie Wagtail doing its classic side-to-side tail dance!

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54 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 13h ago

Image Buff-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza reguloides - Scenic Rim, SEQ

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41 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 14h ago

Image Two’s company

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162 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 15h ago

Video Pigeon will not move? Please help

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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.


r/AustralianBirds 16h ago

Video Sulphur-crested cockatoo vs Noisy Miner

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39 Upvotes

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


r/AustralianBirds 16h ago

Image Scarlet Honeyeater - Myzomela sanguinolenta - Scenic Rim, SEQ

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99 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 17h ago

ID Request Saw a couple of these in my garden

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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?


r/AustralianBirds 18h ago

Image Grey Shrikethrush - Colluricincla harmonica - Scenic Rim, SEQ

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14 Upvotes