Female figbird and dollarbird

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Birdgirl2009
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Female figbird and dollarbird

I took my camera on my morning walk again to look for the grey-crowned babblers. I was daydreaming when I realised the 3 were on a fence right in front of me. I got out my camera and when I looked up they were totally and utterly gone. All the dogs on the other side of the fence started barking at me because I had my dog. I wandered around looking into all of the trees and noticed a figbird, which I have never seen there before. Then I saw a whole group of females and one male. I also saw a dollarbird. I used to think the park only had waterbirds, parrots, noisy miners and Indian mynas but it has so much more

abeleski
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Nice photos Birdgirl2009. And good work with the second photo focusing on the bird rather than the branches in front of it. :)

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birdie
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I saw these on FLickr and commented but you probably wouldn't have found that! LOL
Great shots Birdgirl and I love the Blues in the Dollarbird. Was that Figbird about to feed anything or just itself???

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Birdgirl2009
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abeleski - birds are very hard to focus on in casuarinas. Those 'needles' are always in the way.
birdie - no I didn't notice when I uploaded today. But I've read them now! The figbird ate it herself - she was lucky - most of the fruits in the photo are still very green

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