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Red-necked Wallaby
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Cooby Dam, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
March 30, 2013 |
Enjoyed a nice outing at Cooby Dam with the kind folk from the Toowoomba Bird Observers. I think the highlight was a displaying Musk Duck. A first for me. Sadly, I failed to photograph the female and yet again, I have later thought about the benefits of having a video mode on my camera. I will have to look at it someday.
Now that I spend time overseas, I am excited by macropods, kookaburras and go gooey over fairy-wrens. I am pleased to see them doing well. Now is the time for wildlife to benefit after fire, rain and floods. The place is looking lush. I think the last time I visited Cooby Dam it was almost completely dry due to drought.
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| Musk Duck displaying male |
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| Gull-billed Terns
as I think it was concluded by TBO members?
Thanks to Mick Atzeni for pointing out an earlier error! |
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| Superb Fairy-wren male and female
This picture is a good example of how high and healthy the grasses were everywhere!
-making for lots of happy little birds. |
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| male Superb Fairy-wren and Double-barred Finch |
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Too bad I didn’t have a tripod with me,
-I could have stopped down a bit to get both birds in focus.
All pics here were handheld with Nikon D800 and Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4 and TC 1.4II. |
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| White-bellied Sea-eagle hiding on the opposite side of the dam. |
