Bird of the Week Challenge: 21st April - Happy

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Bird of the Week Challenge: 21st April - Happy

Happy Easter everyone. Hope you got to do some birding over the past few days. I had an exhausting weekend running an activity at Centennial Park for 1000 kids! (and no sign of the Powerful Owl which had been sighted recently sad)

One more day off though and that made me feel HAPPY - so that is the theme for this week. Post a photo of a bird (or birds) that to you, look happy and are geniunely enjoying their day.

 

Lets limit it to 3 photos per person this week.

Share your joyous, happy photos.

 

Elsie
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Well, here is my little friend the Golden whistler. He was sitting in the sun and whistling very happily to himself, and when his little girlfriend flew up next to him he trilled out beautifully and hopped all around her, as if he had been away from her and had missed her. If you look closely enough I think he is even smiling :)

Araminta
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made me smile, Elsieheart

M-L

Araminta
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This one is having a good , happy  laugh (that's how I see it)

M-L

Araminta
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Took this photo yesterday, after some rain these Red-browed Firetails were very happy to play in a puddle.

M-L

shoop
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To have three completely different types of birds together on the same bird bath makes not only  me very HAPPY  to see but I could only imagine how content and HAPPY they must be to be able to share in peace with each other .

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Elsie
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Haha! I love the Pelican M-Lheart I wonder what made him laugh? smiley I also love the little finches, they are so sweet.

It must be lovely to have so many bird visit your birdbath Shoop, I must see about getting one very soonsmiley 

shoop
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CAN'T SEE ANY HAPPY PHOTOS PEOPLE !!!

Here is one to warm your heart heart, they both look completely HAPPY to me smileysmiley

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Rick N
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They sort of look happy. Most of my birds look ambivilent or P****d offsmiley

pacman
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The juvenile Wandering Albatross was happy to get burley from the back of the boat

Peter

Rick N
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OK having been kicked along by Shoopsmiley here is my second happy contribution. Looks like he's amused by something.

dwatsonbb
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This Buller's Albatross looks grumpy, albatross always look grumpy, but "happily" waited for any scraps we threw it.

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

Araminta
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She looks "happy" to me.

(but then again, happiness obviously can have different meaning to different people and birds(?)

M-L

shoop
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Oh that duck is gorgeous heart Rick, I so love ducks they can be so photogenic. He certainly looks very amused about something.

Dale, oh I am green with envy at your Albatross photos. Last time we took the boat over to Rotto ( here in WA) I had my camera in hand just waiting to get a glimpse of one , but no such lucksad.  I still have yet to mark that one off my list . They remind me of when my kids were little and at birthday parties they would put their party hats over their mouths pretending to be a bird . It so looks like a permanent elastic line they have attached to their beaks .

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

pacman
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this young Zebra Finch was happy to be with mum

Peter

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Oh Peter, those Zebra Finches are gorgeous heart

M-L

rawshorty
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He must be happy, he is doing the happy dancelaugh

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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WhistlingDuck

These gulls are happy just having a cuddle ...

Lorikeet is happy to be home

Annie W
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Happy, just been fed and happy, knowing you're next... smiley

West Coast Tasmania

Elsie
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This mummy duck looks quite pleased with her babiessmiley Great photos every oneheart

shoop
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Ok as the old saying goes ...''Lucky 7''...well I think the only lucky one here is the HAPPY 1 out of the 7 Coots that has the chip !!!!!!!!!!! 

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Rick N
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My third and last for the comp was a toss up between Pelican and Magpie.Magpie wonsmiley Looks happy to be singing. Have been some great photos posted.

birdie
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Here is a little red Backed Fairy Wren happy to be singing to his harem

Sunshine Coast Queensland

birdie
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 Nom nom nom this Yellow Tailed Black was really happy when he was munching on Banksia cones smiley and I was extrememly happy to find myself underneath them

Sunshine Coast Queensland

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