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Heleioporus' photostream
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Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda), Roebuck, Western Australia.
One of my favourite birds from this trip and one of the prettiest. I stopped for petrol at the Roebuck Roadhouse and there was a flock of these feeding on the lawns.
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), Derby, Western Australia.
A large ground-dwelling cuckoo which makes a pretty cool call.
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata), Derby, Western Australia.
Of the several species of finch I saw these were by far the hardest to photograph.
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis), Derby, Western Australia.
This bird was wandering around the camp area collecting nesting material when it saw me and dropped its bundle.
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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012
Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
Striated Heron (Butorides striata), Derby, Western Australia.
I inadvertently flushed this bird as it skulked amongst the rocky shoreline near a stand of mangroves.
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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012
