The latest on the Channel-billed Cuckoo – Garden Guests Diary

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 Garden Guests Diary 20 January 2010

As this massive bird matures, his host crow parents are coming down to our garden a little bit more often, frantically looking for food for their adopted offspring.  To my utter frustration, the channel-billed cuckoo was in my garden twice today screeching for food but as soon as I crept …

Kookaburras Graphite Drawing – Stage 5

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 Featured, News from the Studio 20 January 2010

I managed to get a little bit of the second kookaburra done and it’s easier on my eyes since I purchased the magnification lenses from the Chemist.

What we thought was the whole family! – Garden Guests Diary

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 Garden Guests Diary 17 January 2010

This afternoon, I happened to witness the whole family of magpies visit our yard and the two juvenile magpies were down at the same time which I had not seen before. What follows is a series of shots with my sense of humour thrown in as titles!

First time down for this juvenile Magpie – Garden Guests Diary

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 Garden Guests Diary 16 January 2010

We knew that soon we would be introduced to the new offspring of our resident magpie pair, “Toenail” and “Skitsy”. Sure enough, we heard the unmistakable “feed me” squawking nearby and there he was, one of the two chicks, demanding to be fed.

Amorous Male Lorikeet caught in the act!

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 Garden Guests Diary 24 September 2008

I have been filming some of the birds in my garden recently and have been using my old four megapixels camera so the quality is not wonderful.  To make up for this, I think that you will find this clip of an amorous male rainbow lorikeet “hiliarious” as he “struts his …

Sharing Supper – Garden Guests Diary

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 Garden Guests Diary 27 July 2008

I captured Mr and Mrs Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo sharing supper late this afternoon.  Our seed bell had been munched to the point where it had fallen to the ground and these birds are known for their intelligence.
Sharing Supper – Garden Guests Diary

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