Some recent bird images from friends Mike Peisley and Rob Mancini, plus a few of my own.
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Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis). University of Southern Queensland wetlands. Photo Robert Ashdown.
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Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides). Boondal Wetlands, Brisbane. Photo Mike Peisley.
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Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae), with chick. Newport Lakes, Melbourne. Photograph Rob Mancini.
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Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni). Wild bird at Fleays Wildlife Park, Burleigh. Photograph Robert Ashdown.
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Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima). Near Gatton. Photograph Robert Ashdown.
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Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia). Shorncliffe Pier. Photograph Mike Peisley.
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Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis). University of Southern Queensland wetlands. Photo Robert Ashdown.
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Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) and Plum-headed Finch (Neochmia modesta). Near Gatton. Photograph Robert Ashdown.
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Barking Owl (Ninox connivens). Captive animal, Fleays Wildlife Park, Burleigh. Photograph Robert Ashdown.