Funnily enough, this looks almost exactly like the Red-tailed Black Cockatoos that we have lots of around here. They're noisy birds and destructive buggers (hardly the only cockatoos that are like that, mind) but it's still heartening to see a bunch of them flying around.
Their numbers still aren't back to the levels before the monster storm we had over 7 years ago now, but they are very definitely building back up.
Male superb fairy wren
It's weird, these look a lot like half-coloured Splendid Fairy Wrens that we have around some parts of Perth. I assume the Superbs are much like the Splendids, in that their colouration really doesn't convert to photos well, utterly failing to capture the sheer intensity of their plumage.
Willy Wagtail
Angry little Wagtail! I *adore* how you can tell how angry they are by how much of their white eyebrows are showing. Such feisty and fearless little fluffballs. <3
Purple Swamphen. Ahh, I do like Coots and swamp-hens. Water-chickens, I call them, even though that's only the Chinese name for one of the group. They are all just Water Chickens to me. <3
Black Swan
Proper Swan. All Proper Swans are black. Non-black swans are just weird.
Welcome Swallows
Twiggets! (This is a name I got from the same person that taught me about Water Chickens, and it's just so apropos for me I always think of them as Twiggets.) They always cheer me up.
Poor old George. I don't normally have a lot of sympathy for Pelicans, having met too many unfortunately closely as a child. George does get it though.
Pacific Black Duck
I'm always amused that these are mostly Not Black, and for the local ones, definitely *not* Pacific. ;)
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Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Funnily enough, this looks almost exactly like the Red-tailed Black Cockatoos that we have lots of around here. They're noisy birds and destructive buggers (hardly the only cockatoos that are like that, mind) but it's still heartening to see a bunch of them flying around.
Their numbers still aren't back to the levels before the monster storm we had over 7 years ago now, but they are very definitely building back up.
Male superb fairy wren
It's weird, these look a lot like half-coloured Splendid Fairy Wrens that we have around some parts of Perth. I assume the Superbs are much like the Splendids, in that their colouration really doesn't convert to photos well, utterly failing to capture the sheer intensity of their plumage.
Willy Wagtail
Angry little Wagtail! I *adore* how you can tell how angry they are by how much of their white eyebrows are showing. Such feisty and fearless little fluffballs. <3
Purple Swamphen. Ahh, I do like Coots and swamp-hens. Water-chickens, I call them, even though that's only the Chinese name for one of the group. They are all just Water Chickens to me. <3
Black Swan
Proper Swan. All Proper Swans are black. Non-black swans are just weird.
Welcome Swallows
Twiggets! (This is a name I got from the same person that taught me about Water Chickens, and it's just so apropos for me I always think of them as Twiggets.) They always cheer me up.
Poor old George. I don't normally have a lot of sympathy for Pelicans, having met too many unfortunately closely as a child. George does get it though.
Pacific Black Duck
I'm always amused that these are mostly Not Black, and for the local ones, definitely *not* Pacific. ;)