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strykeroz, 2 days ago to Birds

A female Red-backed Fairywren soaking up some warm morning sunshine

Have a great #Wrensday everybody!

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 4 days ago to Birds

Large numbers of juvenile Chestnut-breasted Mannikins with all the grass seeds around, but didn't sight a single adult among them

Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Small brown bird perched on branch looking to left of shot
Small pale brown bird perched on branch with head turned to right of shot

strykeroz, 5 days ago to Birds

Rainbow Bee-Eater, seen here, eating a bee

Sometimes it is exactly what it says on the tin

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

dgar, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to random

Less than 24hrs to go before Fedivision 2024 kicks off!!

So many amazing and talented artists submitting 72 Original songs written specially for Fedivision and we are less than 24 hours away from hearing those submissions and voting for your favourites!

Each entrant was asked to provide a fictional faction to represent in the Fedivision Song Contest. Each of these factions has a four-letter code associated with it which will be your voting code. For example, my fictional faction is Dizzy Corp. and the four letter code is DIZZ.

Everyone who holds a Fediverse account is eligible to vote for three contestants. A full list of Factions represented, along with their four-letter codes is in the thread below.

Voting will be handled by the Fedivision Vote Bot (@vote) and instructions for how to vote are outlined on the profile page of the Vote Bot.

Be sure to follow the #Fedivision and #Fedivision2024 hashtags, and follow the Fedivision @announce channel for updates!

strykeroz, 16 days ago to Birds

It's treacherous business relocating along a power line when you have giant webbed feet

A male Australasian Darter using wings, tail, and at times the long neck to balance, catching himself with his left foot in a moment

There were plenty of perfectly good and safe trees to choose from here, but sure

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

A female Variegated Fairy-Wren needs to have a word

Happy #wrensday everyone!

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

Golden Headed Cisticola, not as I'd incorrectly ID'd them Little Grassbirds, seen here...in grass

Thanks @aviceda for the correction

Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea

#WildOz #Ozbirds #birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Three small birds with laple chests and brown heads perches on long grass stems. Background is blurred grassland

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

Happy #wrensday !

For all who celebrate Here's a female Red-backed Fairywren on a farm fence

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

A juvenile Forest Kingfisher sat on a properly kingfishery perch for a portrait

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Brisbane Oxley Creek Common

dgar, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

What’s the scariest Australian animal?
(Set 1/2)

tj, 1 month ago to diy

I would like to stick a coating onto my home office window to reflect infra-red radiation with minimal reduction of visible spectrum light. Does anyone know much about this?

Random internet searches mostly return results for mirror coatings, or broad-spectrum tints. Not quite what I'm after.

#diy

strykeroz, 2 months ago to Birds

Young Mistletoebird, on a head-height mistletoe, eating mistletoe berries

Australian native mistletoe fruit is bushtucker, and reportedly yummy, but at the rate he hoovered down the ripe ones we didn't get to verify this

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane Mount Glorious

Small bird on a branch inspecting some fruit to left of shot. Chest is mostly white with red patches towards the top, wings and face are dark grey/brown. Background is blurred green rainforest

strykeroz, 2 months ago to Birds

We watched this young Laughing Kookaburra for a while, hoping for a shot with some exciting prey. It swooped down from this hunting spot a few times, but for the most part I think it got to eat mud and bark (as evidenced by the beak-tip decorations)

The young birds have entirely black beaks, and what would be black features on the adult's face are brown

Hopefully it had better luck later, without our audience

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane Maiala picnic grounds, Mount Glorious

Medium sized bird with dirty-white chest on a mossy branch with head turned to left of shot. The bird's brown-banded tail extends below the branch. Background is out of focus branches and leaves

strykeroz, 2 months ago to wildlife

A Red-necked Pademelon scanning its surroundings while grazing the wet grass

The mountain was shrouded in cloud this morning with every surface covered in droplets

#WildOz #Wallaby #Wildlife #Brisbane Maiala picnic grounds, Mount Glorious

AbandonedAmerica, 2 months ago to random

Abandoned church

Find out why it was left in ruins: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/macedonia-free-will-baptist-church

strykeroz, 2 months ago to wildlife

Happy #WrensDay everbody

Brought to you today by this happy couple, a pair of Red-Backed Fairywrens in the early morning sun

#OzBirds #WildOz #Wildlife #Brisbane South Pine River

Two small birds perched on a branch framed by green leaves with a blue background. The black and red one on the right is preening the brown one one the left

strykeroz, 2 months ago to brisbane

While we were distracted getting a new roof, two new housemates moved in (one pictured). Roof possums!

Cage traps go in next week. They will be released back in our yard, because they can't get out again now the roof is complete

#Wildoz #Brisbane #possums #suburbanwildlife #wildlife

Rjdlandscapes, 2 months ago to NewZealand

So #newzealand

Food bill up by 50% in a year

My rates going up 24%

My insurance doubled over 4 years

What is NACT doing to address the cost of living crisis and these rises associated with climate change?

Nothing. They are firmly on the side of thoe causing these rises :/

#NZPolitics #nzpol

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/510447/price-of-common-foods-soars-more-than-50-percent-in-nz-report

dgar, 3 months ago to random

I found a chocolate in my pocket after laundry.

It was Lindt.

Hang on… They just discovered an Egyptian tomb filled with hazelnuts and chocolate.

They believe it's the tomb of Pharaoh Rocher!

No, wait… I got myself a hazelnut and chocolate sports car.

It's a Ferrari Rocher!

Okay, okay, one more… I bought a Mars, a MilkyWay, and a Galaxy, and the prices were astronomical!

Did I get any snickers?

strykeroz, 3 months ago to Birds

Pale-headed Rosella enjoying a feed of gum nuts

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife

strykeroz, 3 months ago to Birds

Happy #wrensday !

Here's a pair of Superb Fairywrens in the Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens

#WildOz #ozBirds #Birds #Wildlife

Small brown and tan bird singing in a tangled bush. Bird is partially obscured by foliage and in profile with open beak mid-song

strykeroz, 3 months ago to Birds

Australasian Darter drying his wings high in a dead tree overhanging the water

There's a lot more going on than plain black in the detail of those wing feathers

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens

strykeroz, 3 months ago to Birds

Apostlebirds on the ground, on a branch, on a wire, and on a nest

It's great when these are around - it's a telltale an adventure is underway as we don't get them at home

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens

Medium grey and brown bird sitting in a tree branch in the shade looking to right of image. Background is more tree branches and bright daylight out of focus
Three medium sized grey and brown birds sitting on a power line with another power line crossing the frame above them. Background is a clear blue sky
Medium sized grey and brown bird largely obscured by a bowl shaped mud nest it's sitting on. Black beak and face visible above and to left of nest, dark tail extending to the right. Background is blurred tree branches and leaves and bright blue sky

strykeroz, 4 months ago to Birds

You can't have too much Sacred Kingfisher

#WildOz #OzBirds #birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Blue and white kingfisher on a dead tree overlooking the water. Background is blurred tree trunks
Wet and puffed up blue and white kingfisher on a branch. Background is blurred sky and tree canopy

strykeroz, 4 months ago to Birds

Leaden Flycatcher male curiously checking out people on the walking track, losing interest and having a preen

The blue sheen in their face is prominent in this one

#WildOz #OzBirds #birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Small black and white bird on a branch. Head and face have a bluish metallic sheen. Background is blurred bushland
Small black and white bird on a branch facing away from camera with wing outstretched preeening his chest. Background is blurred bushland