Winter Backyard Birding

Black oil sunflower seeds transformed my backyard into a small avian metropolis.

https://islandinthenet.com/winter-backyard-birding/

Juxtaposition in my feed just now.

"Small steps to make your home a habitat for birds" indeed.

#duck #keyboard #wildlife #NativeBirds #KeyboardDuck #quack #quaaack #habitat #birds #RandomHourlyDuckBot

Council says warnings ignored about tree removal in Central West Orana REZ

The NSW government is being accused of wilfully ignoring warnings about the destruction of hundreds of native trees…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #centralwestoranarenewableenergyzone #energytransition #EnergyCo #environmentalpolicy #nativebirds #nativetrees #renewableenergyzone #REZ #threatenedspecies
https://www.newsbeep.com/286588/

By New Zealand artists Janine Williams and Charles Williams @charlesjaninewilliams at 3 Woods Road on the back of Flip Out Whangārei, facing towards Railway Road, Whangārei, New Zealand in January 2019. Photos taken February 2025. Thanks to @streetartcities app for leading me here.
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"The Kereru (wood pigeon) are symbolic of guardianship, forewarning, grief and awareness for Maori." @streetartcities
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Artist website: https://charlesjaninewilliams.com
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#aerosol #Aotearoa #artmural #birdgang #collaboration #contemporaryart #explorenewzealand #fewandfarwomen #globalstreetart #graffitimural #insearchofstreetart #jj_urbanart #mural #muralart #nativebirds #newzealand #newzealandartist #publicart #rsa_graffiti #sprayart #streetart #streetart_daily #streetarteveryday #streetartist #streetartphotography #urbanart #wallart #Whangagrei #womenwhopaint

Sacred Kingfisher - Decorative Bird Art 🌿🌿🌿
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sacred-kingfisher-decorative-bird-art-jan-matson.html

This artwork captures the Sacred Kingfisher’s luminous colours and tranquil spirit — perfect for bird lovers, nature enthusiasts and collectors of Australian wildlife art.

#SacredKingfisher #kingfisher #bird #birds #artist #painting #BirdsOfMastodon #CreativeToots #Wildlife #AustralianWildlife #NativeBirdsOfAustralia #NativeBirds

"From the mountains to the sea" by New Zealand artists Janine Williams and Charles Williams @charlesjaninewilliams at Wynyard Quarter’s pump station in Amey Daldy Park, 31 Daldy Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand in August 2021. Photos taken February 2025. Thanks to @streetartcities app for leading me here.
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'The placement and colour selection of the design reflects the natural habitat of the chosen birdlife (in consultation with mana whenua) while showing the comparisons of their physical size.”
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The birds included in the mural are:

Kuaka - Bar-tailed godwit
Karuhiruhi / Kawau - Pied shag
Tarāpuka - Black-billed gull
Pakahā - Fluttering shearwater
Kāka
Warou - Welcome swallow
Kōkako - Blue-wattled crow
Korimako - Bellbird
Pūkeko - Purple swamphen
Karoro - Southern black-backed gull
Tōrea - Oyster catcher
Tuturiwhatu – Dotterel'
https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2021/08/a-new-mural-in-wynyard-quarter-celebrates-our-native-birds/
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Artist website: https://charlesjaninewilliams.com
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#aerosol #ameydaldypark #Aotearoa #birdgang #commissionart #contemporaryart #explorenewzealand #fewandfarwomen #globalstreetart #graffitiart #insearchofstreetart #jj_urbanart #manumāori #mural #muralart #nativebirds #newzealand #newzealandartist #publicart #sprayart #streetart #streetart_daily #streetarteveryday #streetarteverywhere #streetartist #streetartphotography #streetartworldwide #urbanart #wallart #womenwhopaint