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Hix said:
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129. Pink-eared Duck

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Hix
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beautiful bird. I only ticked them off earlier this year. You are really getting into your birds, Hix. It's good to see. I've noticed your lists on birdline. Before you know it you will be hooked. Let me know if you see a grey falcon in the illawarra area.
 
boof said:
beautiful bird. I only ticked them off earlier this year. You are really getting into your birds, Hix. It's good to see. I've noticed your lists on birdline. Before you know it you will be hooked. Let me know if you see a grey falcon in the illawarra area.
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I still want to see a pink-eared duck. And a freckled duck. Apart for a few northern species (spotted whistling duck, radjah shelduck and the two pigmy geese) those are the only Australian waterfowl I haven't seen yet.
 
Chlidonias said:
I still want to see a pink-eared duck. And a freckled duck. Apart for a few northern species (spotted whistling duck, radjah shelduck and the two pigmy geese) those are the only Australian waterfowl I haven't seen yet.
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spotted whistlers are now breeding at FNQ and in Darwin. self introduced.
 
boof said:
beautiful bird. I only ticked them off earlier this year. You are really getting into your birds, Hix. It's good to see. I've noticed your lists on birdline. Before you know it you will be hooked. Let me know if you see a grey falcon in the illawarra area.
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Almost went to the Illawarra today, but it clouded over in the afternoon so I went home and saw The Lone Ranger instead. Saw the Pinkears at Berrima.

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Hix
 
taking a bird off my list. my grey headed albatross was probably a bullers. back to 227.
 
179 Least Tern - Sternula antillarum
180 Budgerigar - Melopsittacus undulatus*
181 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
182 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
183 Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
184 Willet - Tringa semipalmata
185 Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
186 Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
187 Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
188 Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger
189 Inca Dove - Columbina inca
190 Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens

*not officially countable.
 
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191 Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
192 Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis
193 Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
 
nanoboy said:
100. Common Bronzewing [Wilson's Reserve, Eastern Melbourne suburb]
101. Bell Miner [Wilson's Reserve, Eastern Melbourne suburb]
102. Black Kite [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
103. Swamp Harrier [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
104. Peregrine Falcon [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
105. Nankeen Kestrel [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
106. Painted Button-quail [You Yangs National Park (in the carpark!), west of Melbourne]
107. Pied Oystercatcher [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
108. Sooty Oystercatcher [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
109. Red-necked Avocet [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
110. Crested Tern [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
111. Yellow-faced Honeyeater [You Yangs National Park (in the carpark!), west of Melbourne]
112. White-naped Honeyeater [You Yangs National Park (on the Great Circle Drive), west of Melbourne]
113. Eurasian Tree Sparrow [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
114. Zebra Finch [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
115. Little Grassbird [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
116. Golden-headed Cisticola [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
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117. Australian King-Parrot [Near my house, Melbourne suburb]
 
189 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo*
194 Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja
195 Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
196 White-tailed Hawk - Geranoaetus albicaudatus
197 Lesser Nighthawk - Chordeiles acutipennis

*Replaces a mis-ID'ed Inca Dove (turned out to be a juvy mourning). Found the Common Tern while looking at a photo of a big mixed flock of terns.

3 more til 200.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Found the Common Tern while looking at a photo of a big mixed flock of terns.
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So, if something shows up in a photo, but you didn't actually see it on the day (and recognise it as something different), you can still count it?

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Hix
 
Absolutely. Also, my dad only gave me enough time to take about 10 photos of the birds. I took the photos and had to ID them all later.
 
Hix said:
So, if something shows up in a photo, but you didn't actually see it on the day (and recognise it as something different), you can still count it?
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not for me. I would just consider that an annoyance that you didn't actually see it!
 
You southern hemisphere birders are far stricter in your rules than we are. You don't even count heard birds.
 
Birds
131. Long-billed Corella
132. Mallard

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Hix
 
jbnbsn99 said:
You southern hemisphere birders are far stricter in your rules than we are. You don't even count heard birds.
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to quote ( or misquote) Kenny Bostick from the big year, "how do we know it's not another birder making bird noises?"

or something similar.
For me it's bird watching not bird listening.
 
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