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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Re: There is no Zed #177850 06/28/08 03:29 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania what a beautiful bird Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: There is no Zed #177854 06/28/08 06:59 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Wow, Zed! That truly is a gorgeous bird! I've never seen even a pic of one before. I would plotz if one showed up in my yard! Unfortunate that it's a threatened species... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blackbird fly ! BranShea #177987 07/05/08 12:57 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Last word on birds. Again. These passerine characters visit our apple tree every day. They are Yellow Wattle Birds (anthochaera paradoxa), an Australian native honeyeater that occurs only here and on the Bass Strait islands. The yellow wattle bird is larger than the mainland red wattle bird and little wattle bird. It is about a foot long from beak to tail. They are quite an ugly bird with a harsh call but impressive looking pendulous yellow wattles hanging from their cheeks. In these shots they are eating the last of the apples. You can see their furry little honeyeater tongues in some of the shots, that they normally use for eating nectar with. Last edited by The Pook; 07/05/08 01:10 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blackbird fly ! The Pook #178003 07/05/08 07:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Great pix, Pook. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blackbird fly ! Faldage #178005 07/05/08 07:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass but, truly, an ugli bird! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blackbird fly ! tsuwm #178007 07/05/08 11:58 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: tsuwm but, truly, an ugli bird! Yeah it kinds of reminds me a little of the alien hunter in Predator. Though it has a much nicer disposition of course! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blackbird fly ! The Pook #178011 07/06/08 02:33 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand  Originally Posted By: The Pook Yeah it kinds of reminds me a little of the alien hunter in Predator. Though it has a much nicer disposition of course! My next thought was a ballchinian* from Men in Black. * Sorry, don't google this if you are easily offended. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blackbird fly ! olly #178019 07/06/08 07:14 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: olly  Originally Posted By: The Pook Yeah it kinds of reminds me a little of the alien hunter in Predator. Though it has a much nicer disposition of course! My next thought was a ballchinian* from Men in Black. * Sorry, don't google this if you are easily offended. I don't remember this from the movie but I can guess from the pseudo-etymology of the word... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter NEW bird on the block The Pook #180077 11/04/08 04:47 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea OP Carpal Tunnel OP BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague True, I never said the last word about birds. This very cute specimen has entered the enclosed space of our city backyards.The Long-tailed Tit. A whole buch of them. Pretty sound they make too. They live in groups. I read about them and they are just...I hope the Tit family will always stay. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: NEW bird on the block BranShea #180080 11/04/08 07:52 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Man, that's cute! 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