Education & Reference Bird Nerds - For your Bird ID, Sharing Photos fix

[Bostonian]

Thought I would start up a thread for all the bird fans out there on BF do get a daily fix of the wonderful Birds of Oz.

See a bird and don't know what it is, ask it here. Taken a brilliant, good, pretty crap photo of a bird, share it here.

Give this thread a visit too https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/birds.1391025/ as it's the inspiration for this thread.

So here's a bird photo I took of a Willie Wagtail to get things going...

 

[Bostonian]

Australian Bird Of The Year 2025.

She's sitting there asleep every day when I walk past her tree. Must have a few hundred photos of her now.

 

[Headless]

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[Bostonian]

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A new pic for a new sub...

Took this yesterday while down the foreshore here.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

The Aussie bird count is on this week until 26/10. Takes five minutes to register and download the app, and then 20 minutes at a time to count birds in your backyard or wherever else you happen to be. It's sort of a census for birds.

Did my first count yesterday. 3 Australian ravens, 1 magpie, 3 rainbow lorikeets, 2 rock doves (pigeons).

The ravens have been visiting for about 6 months now and I'd assumed they were crows. The app told me otherwise.

Aussie Bird Count

Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the biggest citizen science project to hit Aussie shores. Join thousands of people from across the country, heading out into their backyards, local parks or favourite open spaces to take part in the Aussie Bird Count.

aussiebirdcount.org.au

 

[Bostonian]

The Aussie bird count is on this week until 26/10. Takes five minutes to register and download the app, and then 20 minutes at a time to count birds in your backyard or wherever else you happen to be. It's sort of a census for birds.

Did my first count yesterday. 3 Australian ravens, 1 magpie, 3 rainbow lorikeets, 2 rock doves (pigeons).

The ravens have been visiting for about 6 months now and I'd assumed they were crows. The app told me otherwise.

Aussie Bird Count

Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the biggest citizen science project to hit Aussie shores. Join thousands of people from across the country, heading out into their backyards, local parks or favourite open spaces to take part in the Aussie Bird Count.

aussiebirdcount.org.au

Thanks for posting that. Had slipped my mind.

Reckon I'll get out and add to the count on the weekend if the weather behaves itself.

Good point on the Ravens/Crows.

Think the only Crows in Victoria are up Mildura way. Everything else is a Raven.

 

[Bostonian]

Just a point and shoot photo, ready for the trash can until I thought I had something on my monitor, so tried to scratch it off. Turns out it wasn't my food on the screen, it was the bird's food it was chasing.

 

[Bostonian]

Today was a good day for birding, got lucky and ticked off a first for seeing a family of Powerful Owls in the wild.

Giving off massive stink eyes for daring to look their way.

He's sitting on their dinner keeping it warm.

 

[Bostonian]

The rest of the family.

 

[Bostonian]

The Aussie bird count is on this week until 26/10. Takes five minutes to register and download the app, and then 20 minutes at a time to count birds in your backyard or wherever else you happen to be. It's sort of a census for birds.

Did my first count yesterday. 3 Australian ravens, 1 magpie, 3 rainbow lorikeets, 2 rock doves (pigeons).

The ravens have been visiting for about 6 months now and I'd assumed they were crows. The app told me otherwise.

Aussie Bird Count

Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the biggest citizen science project to hit Aussie shores. Join thousands of people from across the country, heading out into their backyards, local parks or favourite open spaces to take part in the Aussie Bird Count.

aussiebirdcount.org.au

My list for the 20ish minutes from today.

 

[Bostonian]

Before the rain came down today. Not that he probably cares about the rain.

 

[Bostonian]

Golden Whistler on the weekend stroll.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Hydatina Physis JoshWoodenSpoon DemurePrincess

Found the perfect thread!

 

[74561347]

Caught this beauty in its native environment

 

[DemurePrincess]

How good are these pics

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

Hydatina Physis JoshWoodenSpoon DemurePrincess

Found the perfect thread!

 

[DemurePrincess]

My phone is filled with bird pics but not that quality but still!

Love em

I would very much like a pet pelican

 

[Hydatina Physis]

The baby ducks have spawned at my local pond. Have watched their parents grow, pair up and now get to watch the next generation waddle around. A pelican also moved in, his eyes carry the dark intentions of duckling consumption.

 

[Bostonian]

Caught this beauty in its native environment

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Never park where a bunch of these are sitting around.

Crap on your windscreen and it's a goner.

 

[Bostonian]

My phone is filled with bird pics but not that quality but still!

Love em

I would very much like a pet pelican
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With AI taking over I think going forward pictures like yours are much better to look at as there's no doubt it's a genuine photo.

Some people spend hours on a photo doctoring it with software and it ends up looking like AI.

All I do is point and shoot and crop the images down a bit smaller in size so they load quicker.

I also get one good photo in five hundred

 

[DemurePrincess]

With AI taking over I think going forward pictures like yours are much better to look at as there's no doubt it's a genuine photo.

Some people spend hours on a photo doctoring it with software and it ends up looking like AI.

All I do is point and shoot and crop the images down a bit smaller in size so they load quicker.

I also get one good photo in five hundred

I have loads.. lol


I’m a huge fan of the bird section at the Brisbane Ekka. Got a few good shots of these fellas this year



Even poultry can be stunning

 

[Bostonian]

I have loads.. lol


I’m a huge fan of the bird section at the Brisbane Ekka. Got a few good one shots of these fella this year
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Even poultry can be stunning

Photo dump in here by all means!

 

[Bostonian]

Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks would have been proud of this guys efforts.

 

[DemurePrincess]

Wedge tail Eagle at Dreamworld.
Goldie is nearly 25 years old.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Thanks for posting that. Had slipped my mind.

Reckon I'll get out and add to the count on the weekend if the weather behaves itself.

Good point on the Ravens/Crows.

Think the only Crows in Victoria are up Mildura way. Everything else is a Raven.

Yeah, what most people call crows are actually ravens. I guess the size is also a bit of a give-away.