 Two is company!
12 June 2011. Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) and Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) on the Swan River.
|  Sunbaking on the Rocks
12 June 2011.
|  Darter looking to the Left
12 June 2011. Darter drying feathers in the Sun.
|  Darter looking to the Right
12 June 2011.
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 Darter looking into the Water
12 June 2011.
|  Pied Cormorant with two Darters
12 Jnue 2011.
|  Darter on river bank
12 June 2011.
|  Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) searches for food
12 June 2011.
|
 Crow holding a crust of bread
12 June 2011. It put the bread in its mouth and flew off.
|  The whole Family!
29 May 2011. Pair of Black Swans (Cygnus atratus) with five cygnets at Queens Gardens, Perth.
|  That's my Baby!
29 May 2011.
Black Swan with cygnet.
|  Cygnet about to go swimming
29 May 2011.
Queens Gardens, Perth.
|
 Ringneck Parrot on my Rose Bush
21 March 2011. (Barnardius zonarius). It is lovely to have them in my garden, but they bite off the new shoots and drop them on the ground!
|  Parrot is wary of the Camera
21 March 2011.
|  Ringneck Parrot close-up
21 March 2011. Barnardius zonarius.
In Western Australia, these parrots are known as 'Twenty Eights' from their contact call, a whistled 'twen-ty-eight' in the forests of the south-west.
|  Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
14 September 2010. Wattlebirds gather nectar from the Flame Grevillea (Grevillea excelsior).
|
 Wattlebird shouts a Warning
|  Wattlebird eyeing the Camera
|  Wattlebird glaring at the Camera
|  Wattlebird deciding to stay
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 Grevillea Nectar is tempting the Wattlebird
|  Wattlebird enjoying the Nectar
|  Juvenile Wattlebird thinks it is hidden
|  Galah at The Pinnacles
Nambung National Park.
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 Family of Black Swans
Cygnus atratus at Queens Gardens, Perth.
|  Black Swan with Three Cygnets
Cygnus atratus at Queens Gardens, Perth.
|  Three large Cygnets
Cygnus atratus at Queens Gardens, Perth.
|  Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
05 February 2009.
Nature walk at Karrinyup Waters Resort Caravan Park.
|
 Pacific Black Duck
(Anas superciliosa)
|  Eurasian Coot
(Fulica atra)
|  Eurasian Coot
(Fulica atra)
|  Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
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 Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
|  Three Sacred Ibis
(Threskiornis aethiopica)
|  Maned (Wood) Duck
(Chenonetta jubata)
|  Maned (Wood) Duck
(Chenonetta jubata)
|
 Australian Magpie-lark
(Grallina cyanoleuca)
|  Emus at Rest (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Two Emus resting at East Coast Natureworld. The Emu is Australia's largest bird and although flightless, the powerful legs can give them speeds up to 50 kph.
|  Young Emu
This young Emu with mud on his head was eyeing off my camera.
|  Young Emu
East Coast Natureworld operates as an animal rescue centre. Injured and orphaned animals, birds and reptiles are rehabilitated for return to the wild. If this is not possible then a safe and happy home is provided for the rest of their lives in as natural a setting as possible.
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