#TawnyFrogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner | #AustralianBird of the year 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/tawny-frogmouth-2025-australian-bird-year-winner

#Nature #Australia

Going extinct ‘right under our noses’: the quiet plight of #Australia’s rarest bird of prey | #AustralianBird of the year 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/going-extinct-right-under-our-noses-the-quiet-plight-of-australias-rarest-bird-of-prey

Restricted now to the tropical north, the mysterious red goshawk is fast disappearing as a result of #ClimateChange and #HabitatLoss

We can thank cunts like Donald Trump & Anthony Albanese.

#Australian bird of the year: an avian popularity contest with a deeper purpose | #Australianbird of the year 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/australian-bird-of-the-year-deeper-purpose

#Conservation #Preservation

Little corella | Cacatua sanguinea

A colourful end to what was a wet and windy day.

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Australasian darter sunning itself out at Mulligans Flat yesterday.

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Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) this morning.

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Spotted pardalote are tiny and fast which makes photographing them a little tricky. Was nice to see them visit this morning.

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Another different visitor this morning. A couple of spotted pardalote were darting in and out of the gum tree.

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A group of silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) landed in the front yard this morning. I'd seen them around a bit recently but getting a photo had been challenging.

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A group of silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) landed in the front yard this morning. I'd seen them around a bit recently but getting a photo had been challenging.

#birds #canberra #nature #australia #photography #winter #silvereye #ausbird #ornithology #australianbird #canon #gardening #inthegarden #biodiversity #naturelovers #naturephotography #august #bird #horticulture