Tranquility Found

Magpie siblings deciding who will be more dominant or just brothers arm (leg) wrestling? The one on the left is usually more dominant. Their sister watched on from the sidelines. They stayed in this position for over two minutes. @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #magpie

Easter awesomeness. Mistletoe Bird has come to eat the fuchsia berries in our garden.

@ripperriver 😆😅😂🤣😉

The Artemis toilet looks frightening if something should go wrong!😥

@JeaneneHyles Happy Easter to you, Jeanene! 😄🐰🐣🐇🥚

Happy Easter everyone! At least with DLS finished we are all back in sync! #goldcoast

This has to be one of my favourite images from Thailand. This Asian Green Bee-eater sat on this small branch in the early morning sun right next to my car. Every now & then it would catch a bee & return to the same branch. Magic #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdsseenin2026

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) at Lake Colac in south-west Victoria, Australia Breeding season is July to May, and this male is moulting to eclipse plumage

This is a male Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)

An Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) having a good stretch at Lake Colac in south-west Victoria, Australia The Australian Pelican has survived virtually unchanged in Australia for 30-40 million years, having completely adapted to is environment

I popped out to the local steppe to see if I could find a Northern Wheatear & found another 3 Western Black-eared. I think this is my best photo so far. That’s 9 so far this year. Just as I was leaving I did find a Northern (my first this year). #birds #birdphotography #birding

A pair of Galahs warming themselves outside of their tree hollow as the morning sun climbs into the sky... @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz

This is a female Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) It is neither a Magpie nor a Lark. It is more closely related to Monarchs, Fantails and Drongos and Flycatchers. @DivineDropbear

@Photos2Print @fred_od_photo Thanks Mark! I always appreciate your comments 😀

@DivineDropbear @fred_od_photo Great video👍🏽

The Pied Currawong dawn chorus... It's beautiful to listen to but how I miss seeing all the tiny birds that used to visit. @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #birdsong #WildOz

@park_loveseco @fred_od_photo I've noticed that. I find it so much harder to find the fairy-wrens finches and silvereyes that were once sighted regularly on my walks 😢

@DivineDropbear @fred_od_photo My hikes have gone quiet too. Habitat restoration could bring back the dawn chorus diversity we need.

@JeffMNeale They have. I originally had only magpies a couple of years ago but today there are twice as many Currawongs.

I hear this every morning. The Currawongs seem to have taken over from the Magpies lately.

@Photos2Print Thanks so much Mark 😊

@DivineDropbear @fred_od_photo Nice video👍🏽

Magpie Geese feeling the heat on another very warm Brisbane morning. @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #waterfowl #WildOz

@Photos2Print @fred_od_photo Thank you Mark! 😊🙏 🪿🦜

@DivineDropbear @fred_od_photo Lovely photos👍🏽

Reflections of Australasian Darter and Pacific Black Duck Lake Eden, Qld @fred_od_photo #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #waterbirds #WildOz

A large group of Pied Currawongs arrived in the backyard this morning. Among them was the one on the left which has half of its bill missing but still seems quite healthy, for now. @fred_od_photo #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #currawong #WildOz