BIRDS OF THE SUMMIT
(PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - BUT GETTING THERE)
A glossary of the birds I've seen at Mt Barker Summit, with links to photos and further information at Birds in Backyards and other sites
One of the few photos I've taken of a bird at MtBS
that doesn't look like a black speck in a forest A Superb Blue Fairy-wren, of course. |
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Adelaide Rosella
Australasian Kestrel Blackbird Black-capped sitella Black-faced cuckoo shrike Brown falcon Brown Goshawk Brown thornbill Buff-rumped thornbill (?) Collared Sparrowhawk Common Bronzewing Eastern spinebill European Goldfinch Galah |
Golden Whistler
Grey Currawong Grey fantail Grey Shrike-thrush Laughing Kookaburra Little Raven Little thornbill (?) Mistletoe bird New Holland Honeyeater Red wattlebird Red-browed firetail (finch) Red-rumped parrot Silvereye Striated Pardelote |
Striated thornbill
Stubble quail Sulphur-crested cockatoo Superb blue fairy-wren Wedge-tailed Eagle White-backed Magpie White-browed babbler White-browed scrubwren White-tailed Tree Martin Willie Wagtail Yellow-faced honeyeater Yellow-rumped thornbill Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zebra Finch, juvenile |
The following photos are from the excellent Birds in Backyards website. For more information on each bird, click on the photo, or the bird's common name, and you'll be directed to their website.
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
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Brown Falcon
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Brown Goshawk
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Brown Thornbill
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Buff-rumped Thornbill
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Collared Sparrowhawk
Photo:
J. Irvine
J. Irvine
Common Bronzewing
Photo:
M.L. Schaefer |
Eastern Spinebill
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European Goldfinch
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Galah
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Golden Whistler
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