Monday, July 8, 2013

Wild Bird Wednesday & Nature Notes - Arid Land Birds


These photos are from our last trip to the inland desert country

Click to enlarge to get a better view.

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater and young


White-plumed Honeyeater, Lichenostomus penicillarus


Inland Thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla
this is the teeniest weeniest tiniest little bird, seen 
mainly in family groups of 10 to 12 and constantly chattering


this is as much as I could crop it


I have narrowed this one down to the Southern Whiteface,
Aphelacephala, leucopsis

again, it is  a very small bird and if I have identified correctly,
a lifer for me.


another view.
These were taken well before the sun was up so clarity
is not the best.


Lastly, the terrain they make their home in.

This is one of the last shots my husband took before he no 
longer could remember how a camera works.


As you may have noticed, I just love the desert country!

Linking with Stewart's


and Michelle's


30 comments:

  1. Beautiful! I especially like those first two shots!

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  2. Arija, wonderful birds found in your desert. Thanks for sharing their habitat too! Have a happy day!

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  3. Arija - I am sure I would love the desert country too if we had any here - I love your photographs.

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  4. What delightful birds. Thank you for sharing your trip with us.

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  5. Great shots of the birds and I like your husband's shot very much.

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  6. Thanks for sharing your desert birds.

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  7. How interesting to see these desert birds!

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  8. sweet birds! love the rough terrain, too.

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  9. Lovely captures! Honeyeaters are such cute birds. I spent a lot of time in the desert when I was in Australia. I love it.

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  10. I am amazed that wildlife can survive and find food and water..it does have a different kind of beauty.. and I always appreciate your comments on my blog because I know they come from a place of love and caring.. Michelle

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  11. I enjoyed your photos Arija, the birds are lovely and I enjoy the desert scenery. I don't get to the desert very often but I loved visiting it years ago. It has a whole lot of beauty out there.
    Denise
    An English Girl Rambles

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  12. I love the desert too! Wouldn't really want to live there but love visiting it. (I wish we could go every year.)

    Can almost hear those little birds chattering.

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  13. I agree - the desert is beautiful and all those birds are great - someday I might get the chance to see some of them!

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  14. The desert is a great place to go, Beautiful birds.

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  15. All are great Arija, and I so love visiting the desert too. The Singing Honeyeater is my fave in these shares, such lovely feathers. Take good care~

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  16. Great post Arija! I love spending time in arid country as well - just don't do enough of it! Congratulations on the whiteface! I'm thinking the first pic may be of Spiny-cheeked honeyeater.

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  17. I'm in the desert myself - but birds rather thin on the ground - will have a look at the white face when I have more books at my disposal!

    Cheers and thanks for the link to WBW.

    Stewart M

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  18. Lovely birds! I'm sure I will love the desert country when I will visit Australia... someday.

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  19. Lovely photos - I love the desert country too. When I lived at Nectar Brook in the Flinders, my favourite walk was quite some distance from the homestead, to see the chirpy little finches in the wild - so noisy as they fought and scrambled in the scrubby thorny bushes around the waterhole - made so much noisier by the quietness of the place.

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  20. What pretty birds. I like the desert too, as long as it's not too hot...

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  21. Thanks for sharing your desert birds. I have never been to the desert.
    Thanks for visiting me too.

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  22. Beautiful collection of birds.
    The first and second pictures are my favorite.
    Regards, Irma

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  23. Congratulations! Pilchard took one look at your Southern Whiteface pix and confirmed that's what they are!! Especially with your husband's fine photo of their habitat - that's exactly the kind of place we've seen them!! The coast has many attractions, but the desert is something special to which I shall always return!

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  24. You are so clever with animals and in this post with birds specifically. Besides your photos are taken with great care.
    Thanks for your visit! Yes, I didn 't realize that the goat was the one and only not indigenous animal, but then again:goats do live everywhere!

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  25. Your photographer rebelled on you? Glad you kept him on task for so long as photos of these different species to what we see are so welcome. :-)

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  26. First off, I too love the desert landscaping...I lived in the Sonoran Desert for a decade. Miss it a lot.

    As for your bird photo shares?!!! They're all amazing, such a wonderful array.

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  27. That desert scene reminds me of my surroundings in my former home in New Mexico.

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  28. Beautiful shots of these interesting birds Arija. It's nice to see the habitat as well.

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  29. Hi there - I'll go with the Southern Whiteface as well.

    This last week was not my first trip into Central Australia - but ti was the first with my own kids - its reasonable to say they were impressed!

    Cheers - Stewart M

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