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A good year for Zebra Finch

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This year has been different as we have a new visitor-the Zebra Finch. The last time we saw Zebra Finch visit our garden was a pair in 2004 and then suddenly in April this year they appeared in large numbers all around Broome’s coastline and at the Poo Ponds. I went out to sit on the lawn and take some photographs.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. If you like cute birds, you will probably like the Black-and-yellow Broadbill. Homework assignment: Is the bird in this video a male or a female? Maybe the birds I saw were not real. You can see why here.

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Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning

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But later in August, Alexander Suh at the University of Münster emailed me about a new paper he and his colleagues have just published: Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds (PDF). Now, you collect the nine pieces of paper from the last generation of copiers. Ringer Suh et al.

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Keep River National Park

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We always have our eyes peeled to the surrounding area as we drive along because many birds inhabit the bush and of course we were concerned for the young man. At Cockatoo Lagoon you can take a short walk along the edge of the billabong and there are a variety of birds, but not necessarily large numbers of any particular species.

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Layover in Singapore

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Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. You will either have to leave it at the airport and collect it later (using up precious time), or carry it with you in hot, humid conditions. Below are details for Paser Ris and Singapore Botanic Gardens. and take 23 minutes).

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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

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Not as interesting as birds, but easier to get photos of – see a few at the end of this post, just put there in an uncaring way as I really went to St. Lucia for the birds. I sometimes wonder why green birds are relatively rare. On the other hand, “at the same time birds want to blend in, they also want to stand out.

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Ellendale dam “bonus” birding

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Last week I told you of the amazing birding at Ellendale dam and you may have noticed I shared a lot of colourful birds, but only mentioned the huge variety of honeyeaters that were present. We often add a branch to a water body to help birds get to water and on this occasion it was no different.

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