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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Apparently, the Rufous Whistler used to be known as the Rufous-breasted Thickhead due to its “noticeable breadth of cranium” The source website itself quotes its own source, the delightfully titled “The Useful Birds of Southern Australia”, R Hall, 1907. This is the most common swallow in Australia. .

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Big Ticks; What Was Your Last New Family?

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But there is one kind of tick that I genuinely do enjoy, and as I do more and more birding it becomes harder and harder to get; new families. Getting entirely new families is easy when you start birding. Sometimes you may even lose them, like the aforementioned woodswallows which are probably no longer a family.

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[5 pics] Quokkas are herbivore creatures from Australia, deriving from the kangaroo family. They aren't legal to interact with and you could be fined $300,000

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My favourite bird hide

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Bird hides are very rare around Western Australia and they are ideal for observing birds at close range, but so are vehicles! It has taken us around Western Australia on sealed and unsealed roads and over into the Northern Territory and shown us some amazing birding sights. Birding Australia Broome' Do people respect it?

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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

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This week finds us flying from Melbourne, Australia, to Alice Springs, in the center of this incredibly large country. This is truly the center if Australia, no matter what method you use to decided the actual location of dead center. But the diversity, that I have found to be Australia, remains.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. Paul’s family noticed that whenever he was about to have an attack, Tinker would get agitated. Caledonian crows live in small family groups and youngsters learn to fashion and use tools by watching adults.

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New Holland Honeyeater

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The nominate, was described from southeastern Australia. A couple of Island races exist on Kangaroo Is. Along with Australian Chats, Wattlebirds, Myzomelas, Friarbirds, etc, they make up 178 species in the family Meliphagidae. Birds Australia Honeyeaters' longirostris is from the southwest and P.n and in the Bass Strait.

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