After reading other people’s blogs about their 2019 birding experiences, we were motivated to share a few of our photos with you. After a lot of culling, processing and checking on ABID, we’ve finally finished our list of the birds we photographed in WA, last Spring.
We had no intention of going to WA this year but when we heard about the BirdLife Photography Conference in Perth in September we started planning. We highlighted all relevant eBird lists, plotted a route using WikiCamps, packed our van and headed off in early August.
At the conference Gaz enjoyed learning about contemporary photography processes and we met some amazing bird photographers willing to share their knowledge and experiences.
We found lots of birds in a wide variety of environments as we drove through NSW, SA and around the south west of WA.
After 3 months and 15000 kms we were glad to be back to the Zone of Happiness on the Sunshine Coast.
[Editor’s
note – I am very happy that ‘Born Again Birders’ Gazndeb have shared some of
their images from their first full on year of birding and bird photography. If
anyone asks you the question, ‘Why birds?’ – I think the photographic
collection below is part of the reason why…..]
Warrumbungle NP, NSW
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| Turquoise Parrot |
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| Diamond Firetails |
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| Yellow Thornbill |
Cobar, NSW
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| Red winged Parrot |
Living Desert NP Broken Hill, NSW
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| Redthroat |
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| Chirruping Wedgebills |
Arid Gardens Port Augusta, SA
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| Pied Honeyeater |
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| Singing Honeyeater |
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| Red capped Robin |
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| Spiny cheeked Honeyeater |
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| White fronted Chats |
Ceduna, SA
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| Broad billed Sandpiper |
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| Black faced Cormorant |
Cactus,
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| Banded Stilts |
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| White fronted Honeyeater |
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| Weebill |
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| Common Greenshank |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Red capped Dotterel |
Eyre Bird Observatory, WA
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| Brush Bronzewing |
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| Spotted Pardalote |
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| Spotted Pardalote Jnr |
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| Major Mitchell Cockatoo |
Esperance, WA
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| Red Wattlebird |
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| Red capped Parrot |
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| Red eared Firetail |
Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA
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| male Southern Emu wren |
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| Western Spinebill |
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| Noisy Scrubbird |
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| Western Whipbird |
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| Western Bristlebird |
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| Red winged Fairywren |
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| White breasted Robin |
Augusta Lighthouse, WA
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| Rock Parrot |
Margaret River, WA
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| Baudin's Black Cockatoo |
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| Red tailed Black Cockatoo |
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| Red winged Fairywren |
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| Common Bronzewing |
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| Inland Thornbill |
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| Australian Ringneck Parrot - '28' |
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| 28's |
Swanbourne Beach
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| White winged Fairywren male |
Lake Herdsman, WA
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| Australian Reed Warbler |
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| Freckled Duck |
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| Blue billed Duck |
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| Australian Shelduck |
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| Musk Duck |
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| Pink eared Ducks |
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| Carnaby's Black Cockatoo |
Lake McLarty near Mandurah
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| Scarlet Robin - male |
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| Regent Parrot |
Dryandra, WA
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| Rufous Treecreeper |
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| White browed Babbler |
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| Purple crowned Lorikeet |
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| Golden Whistler |
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| Blue breasted Fairywren |
Merriwa, NSW
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| Australian King Parrot |
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| Eastern Rosella |
