I sat in my backyard late this afternoon and watched about 30 little and long-billed corellas land in our gum trees. I thought they were settling in for the night, but they all left at once. I was watching their approach path and saw a BOP from my own backyard, which I think is a female nankeen kestrel. It seemed to be having a bit of a battle with a magpie or magpie-lark at one stage. I have posted a photo of my backyard to show the habitat
Long-billed corellas approaching our gum trees
Female nankeen kestrel
Female nankeen kestrel
Female nankeen kestrel
Noisy miner in banksia 'giant candles'
Our gum trees (unknown), bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis) and banksia 'giant candles' + Wolly, our wollemi pine
Great pics Birdgirl. The one withe the corellas in flight is great and lucky to get a kestrel over the backyard. I saw a sparrowhawk on my fence the other day chasing smaller birds but as usual I didn't have the camera with me and when i came back he had snuck off without a trace.
BTW.. nice backyard with all the gum trees and the bottle brush. Great habitat. Love the wollemi pine as well.
Cheers, Owen.
Good stuff Birdgirl.... that is a nice sharp shot of the noisy you have there!
Sunshine Coast Queensland
A BOP in your backyard. Now thats cool. And I so wish I had a big backyard like yours. I think I can spit from one side to the other of mine.
Thanks for sharing once again. Keep up the good work with that new setup you have :)
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