Friday 24 January 2020

2019 BIRDING - GAZNDEBQUIRK



After reading other peoples 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, weve 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


Turquoise Parrot

Diamond Firetails

Yellow Thornbill
 Cobar, NSW


Red winged Parrot
 Living Desert NP Broken Hill, NSW


Redthroat

Chirruping Wedgebills
 Arid Gardens Port Augusta, SA

Pied Honeyeater

Singing Honeyeater

Red capped Robin

Spiny cheeked Honeyeater

White fronted Chats
 Ceduna, SA

Broad billed Sandpiper

Black faced Cormorant
 Cactus, 


Banded Stilts

White fronted Honeyeater

Weebill

Common Greenshank

Curlew Sandpiper

Red capped Dotterel
 Eyre Bird Observatory, WA

Brush Bronzewing

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote Jnr

Major Mitchell Cockatoo
 Esperance, WA

Red Wattlebird

Red capped Parrot

Red eared Firetail
 Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA


male Southern Emu wren

Western Spinebill

Noisy Scrubbird

Western Whipbird

Western Bristlebird

Red winged Fairywren

White breasted Robin
 Augusta Lighthouse, WA


Rock Parrot
 Margaret River, WA


Baudin's Black Cockatoo

Red tailed Black Cockatoo

Red winged Fairywren

Common Bronzewing


Inland Thornbill

Australian Ringneck Parrot - '28'

28's
 Swanbourne Beach

White winged Fairywren male
Lake Herdsman, WA

Australian Reed Warbler

Freckled Duck

Blue billed Duck

Australian Shelduck

Musk Duck

Pink eared Ducks

Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
 Lake McLarty near Mandurah

Scarlet Robin - male

Regent Parrot
Dryandra, WA

Rufous Treecreeper

White browed Babbler

Purple crowned Lorikeet

Golden Whistler

Blue breasted Fairywren
Merriwa, NSW

Australian King Parrot

Eastern Rosella


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