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Where could you go birding in Australia in 2023?

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With the end of the year approaching you could consider where you would like to go birding in Australia in 2023. Wherever you dare to go in Australia you won’t be disappointed by the birds that you encounter. Some places around Australia we only visited for a short time and others for much longer. Foster to Fish Creek.

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The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020

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Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers never seems to have a problem with incubating their eggs. They take it in turns over the twenty eight days sitting or hovering over the eggs. Pied Oystercatcher egg.

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Fully fledged Pied Oystercatcher chick

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There are still newly laid clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs on the northern section of Cable Beach , so there is hope still of more survivals. We are very pleased that at least one Pied Oystercatcher chick has survived this year when there has not been much good news for 2020. They do not attempt to breed for about seven years.

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Cable Beach Pied Oystercatchers continue to hatch

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Following on from the sad loss of our first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020 the other eggs are now also hatching. Somehow the twenty eight days passed without the eggs being run over. Pied Oystercatchers always try and move away from the nest site as soon as possible once both eggs are hatched. Pied Oystercatcher family.

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Camping by the Fitzroy River

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If you look at this header photo and then the header photo of our first camping trip in 2020 you will notice it is somewhat similar. It was actually ten years ago that we observed our first Painted Snipe in Australia on Grant’s birthday! Black-fronted Dotterel nest with one egg.

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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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Each chapter focuses on a specific geographic area of penguin population: (1) Antarctica, (2) South Georgia, (3) Falkland Islands, (4) South Africa and Tristan de Cunha, (5) New Zealand and Australia, (6) South America and Galapagos. Netherlands: Oliver Plantema, 2020. by Otto Plantema.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Owls live and migrate from Arctic circumpolar to Colorado prairie to South American rainforest to Southeast Asian islands, Galapagos islands, Canary islands–many many islands–to coastal Australia and onward. Jennifer Ackerman is one of my favorite bird authors.

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