Birds

[lynnb]

Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis at Long Reef, Sydney, August 2025.
Pentax K-5 smc PENTAX-DA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 ED AL [IF] @250mm

#6110
ISO800 1/200 f/9


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ISO800 1/200 f/13

 

[deadrangefinder76]

The Migthy Canadian Goose

 

[lynnb]

Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys at Long Reef beach, Sydney, August 2025. #6049
This species is ubiquitous across mainland Australia. They are plentiful amongst the coastal dune scrub around Sydney.
Pentax K-5 smc PENTAX-DA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 ED AL [IF] @250mm ISO400 1/800 f6.3

 

[lynnb]

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The Migthy Canadian Goose

Magnificent birds and every pilot’s nightmare!

 

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[lynnb]

Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca at Long Reef, Sydney, August 2025. #6185
I came across a pair of these foraging along the edge of Dee Why coastal lagoon.
Pentax K-5 smc PENTAX-DA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 ED AL [IF] @250mm (375mm equivalent) ISO800 1/500 f/16

 

[lynnb]

Another Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis at Long Reef, Sydney, August 2025. #6164
This finch was close by the cafe where I’d stopped today for coffee with my wife and daughter - a pleasant sheltered spot behind the coastal dune. It’s a very small bird. It was eating those barbed seeds on the yellow flowered weed right in front of it.
Pentax K-5 smc PENTAX-DA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 ED AL [IF] @250mm (375mm equivalent) ISO800 1/500 f/8

 

[lynnb]

A New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae was feeding on this Banksia flower at Long Reef, Sydney, August 2025. #6078
Pentax K-5 smc PENTAX-DA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 ED AL [IF] @250mm ISO800 1/250 f/6.3

 

[Vince Lupo]

One of our Saturday hummingbirds at the feeder.


Our Saturday Hummingbird by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[deadrangefinder76]

Olympus XA @Canada Place, Vancouver 2025

 

[kxl]