Our first day at Currawong Beach was wet
See Intermezzo, a few posts down.
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Spurwing plover, Vanellus novaehollandiae
is an early riser, as dawn breaks he is already
a busy bird.
The combination of hand held camera and
minimal light does nothing for photo quality.
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Little pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanuleocos
Another early riser, drying off just as the sun is rising.
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Grey butcherbird, Cracticus torquatus
feasting on bacon rind
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Little raven, Corvus mellori Trying to muscle
in on the BBQ breakfast
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Only to be sent packing by the butcherbir returning
for a helping of scrambled eggs
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Noisy miner, Manorina flavigula is never backward
in coming forward where food is concerned.
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He doesn't try to muscle in, just pick pockets here and
there and gets his share none the less.
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Rainbow lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus
another early bird, feeding well before sunrise
and any other time of day.
For breakfast it's nectar from Erithrina x sykesii
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A Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii too late
for bacon rinds, whistfully surveys the the scene.
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Black-backed magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen,
happy with crumbs from the royal feast
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and lucky last, a Brush turkey, Alectura lethami
cleans up after every one has finished
.