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I had a hot tip from someone at work that there was an "eagle type bird nesting in a tree by the AFL fields".

Sure enough, upon checking this morning, I found a nest, and its owner, a Brahminy Kite, high in a Kauri Pine.

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A substantial nest, hidden in the branches of a Kauri Pine. It looks to be approximately 1m or so in diameter, and about 40-50cm tall and is made of sticks.

A medium sized bird of prey perched in partial shade in a Kauri Pine. It has a shite chest and head, brown wings, tail and rump. It is staring down at the camera.

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@david@photog.social · 5 days ago

A pair of Willie Wagtails I came across yesterday.

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A small round black and white bird (black on top, white underneath), perched on a barbed wire fence. There are a couple of long grass stems nearby, but otherwise the background is smoothly blurred.

A small black and white bird (black on top, white underneath) that is mostly round. It has white brows and angled stripes on each cheek such that when it looks directly at you (as it is in the photo), there is a white cross that centres on the beak,.

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@david@photog.social · 7 days ago

Every year when I'm able, I take part in the annual Glossy Black Cockatoo survey. These birds are classified as Vulnerable to Endangered. Each year, I find evidence of the birds but no birds. The survey is usually Sept.

So this year, I decided to head out a month and a bit earlier than the official survey, and it paid off. I spotted a small flock of 6 birds, and managed to have a close encounter with a male/female pair feeding.

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Another pair (maybe the same) way off in the distance, just perched on a dead branch. Even at a distance, they aren't particularly black, or glossy.

The male and female pair feeding. Female is higher in the tree and behind the male. Both are nibbling on casuarina cones.

Male Glossy Black Cockatoo, holding a casuarina cone in one cone, nibbling at it. His body is facing the camera, but head is turned to the right. He's a more uniform black-ish colour (also not glossy), with red tail feathers visible.

Female adult Glossy Black Cockatoo feeding on casuarina cones. She is blackish (but not glossy), with a yellow neck, and formidable slate coloured beak. In this shot, she's holding a cone in one claw, and looking directly at the camera.

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