Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Wild Bird Wednesday - Common Suburban Birds of Sydney


Back on line after my trip to Sydney, 
had lots of fun 
and my son took me to interesting places


a one and a half hour drive and a ferry ride
took us to The Basin off Palm Beach
where we found these common birds:
above, Kookaburra


crow


wood ducks wandering


and feeding.


27 comments:

  1. i love your sweet little wood ducks with their tiny bills. the kookaburra always steals the show, though. :)

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  2. Exciting birds you have! I love all your little birds today....and a Kookaburra always makes me smile. I also love ferry rides!

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  3. Oh, yes!! I do agree with Tex! The ducks are so cute, but I do love that kookaburra!! Hope your week is going well, Arija, Looks like you had a fun trip to Sydney!!

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  4. Funny how something common to one area is such an interesting treat to other from afar. I love that little kookaburra ~ I don't think I would tire of seeing them , such a cute little fellow .
    Thanks for the share.

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  5. Seems like crows are everywhere. Glad you had a good visit and journey. Welcome home.

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  6. Love it. And kookaburras are not nearly common enough in my neck of the woods.

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  7. Hi Arija, great bird shots. I especially love the one of the kookaburra. The only time I have ever seen one is in our National Zoo and I heard him trill also. Such a neat bird.

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  8. Great photos. I've never seen a photo of a kookaburra, thanks for sharing!

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  9. I'm glad you had a good time in Sydney, it's quite the city! Love your kookaburra!

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  10. You're back, and it sounds like you had a successful trip. The Kookaburra may be common to you, but they always make me smile.

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  11. Love the wood ducks! They are all awesome birds.

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  12. What an interesting array of birds you have this week .

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  13. Beautiful birds. It is delight to watch them.

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  14. I would LOVE to see the kookaburra in person!!

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  15. Similar looking bunch to the birds of Melbourne as well ('course they tell us the Sydney corvid is more likely to be Australian Raven rather than "our" Little raven down here)

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  16. Love the Kookaburra, such beauty and interesting birds to see. I always wince when I think that we have them in a cage a very large cage, yet still a cage at our local zoo. The Wood Ducks are so pretty, very different than the ones that roam around here. Hugs to you~!

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  17. Somehow the Kookaburra looks rather exotic to be common but I suppose it's all relative and I would just love the see one and hear that famous call.

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  18. It looks like fun, Arija! Nice birds to see! All are exotic to me!

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  19. That shot of the kookaburra is so cool!

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  20. how wonderful that your son showed you around.

    i love that Kookaburra!

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  21. Beautiful birds. I love the kookaburra.

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  22. Wonderful post and really love the Kookaburra.

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  23. Nice pictures. And always good to see a Mr. Kook as we tend to declare when we see one!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  24. Can't believe Kookaburras are "common." That is so cool!

    Iowa Voice

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  25. Love those birds -- nothing common about two of them for me anyway. And even the crow looks prettier than mine usually do.

    Happy to know you had fun on your trip and that you arrived safely home.

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