Howdy!

Can anyone identify this bird from its feather? We found it in Wellington NSW today (spring)

Any help is much appreciated!

Heya,

I'm a wildlife carer but I normally only do possums.

This little kingfisher was in my yard. I'm assuming it is a sacred kingfisher but can I get an age estimate? It won't survive my yard on the ground as even if I move my dogs the neighbours cats will come over as soon as the dogs are moved.

Missing a few fathers from a wing but otherwise seems okay. I'll duck over to a vet shortly.

This one was just chilling on the ground in the middle of a resort, and didn't even try to run away. Anyone know why?

Hey all,

I was out on a walk and saw a magpie fledging on the ground. We didn’t touch hun and I looked around but couldn’t see his parents anywhere. We gave him a lot of space. So when I got home I grabbed a box and drove back to where we saw him.

He was still there and this time I could see Mumma magpie after a while and the nest, but it was really high up in the tree. He probably fell with these winds in my area.

I called the vet they said get him off the ground if you can and Mumma will do the rest.

So I wedged the box with some bark in it for him to grab on to in a nearby tree that had a lot more foliage that was more solid and wasn’t moving in the wind as much He stopped crying as soon as he was up high again.

I backed off and waited around for a while but I didn’t see Mumma come back. I hope I did the right thing and he’s being looked after. I’ll do another walk by tomorrow.

https://reddit.com/link/1gme7vn/video/8lciyjpl5nzd1/player

This mom seems pretty young, as she still has some grey fuzz on her belly. But I'm not sure about this.

We get two Cockies which come visit every so often for a feed and the noisy miners are always swooping them when they come, and occasionally the Magpie's too. But this afternoon for some reason, our local Currawong started swooping one of the Cockies. I've never seen our Currawong swoop or get angry at anyone before so it come as a bit of a surprise.

Haa anyone else ever seen the Currawongs having a go at the Cockies?

Love that the Paleheaded Rosellas are getting more comfortable in my yard. I don't have a bird feeder, so I just let them be.

I stood around some shrubs watching these wrens hunt for their food and managed to capture one of it. 🥰

I was in my yard earlier and heard some bird noises overhead. It appeared to be a magpie giving a raptor some grief, as they do.

It was quite high up but I could hear a distinct chirp, chirp chirp which was repeated numerous times.

The raptor's wings were spread as raptors do. Likely dark brown wings underneath with quite a distinct white patch perhaps mid underwing. A fair bit bigger than the magpie, but not huge.

Ive seen a few sea eagles around near the Georges River and Peregrine Falcons but this guy looked different.

Location inner south west Sydney

Not much to go on but worth trying.TIA.

I think this is the spot for dolphin feeding later (free fish).

I'm re reading "Three Crooked Kings" by Matthew Condon (highly recommend) and came across this

"Between official engagements, Whitrod escorted Prince Philip in his second-hand Holden to various bird-watching spots around Canberra, and even took him ‘mist netting’ at Lake George, north of the city. Mist netting involved setting up almost invisible nets before dawn, trapping birds as they foraged for dawn food, and tagging them. ‘He enjoyed that very much,’ Whitrod later recalled."

https://reddit.com/link/1gm5rom/video/6h6qy1fgokzd1/player

Noisy Miners enjoying the pot base I put out for the local birds in summer. I was between cats.