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Breeding Crested Pigeons in Broome

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The Crested Pigeon family remained in the tree away from danger for quite some time with both parents present. Although Crested Pigeons are quite a common bird Australia-wide you don’t always find a nest, so that you are able to observe the family grow.

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Tawny Frogmouths breeding again

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We are very lucky that here in Broome we have Tawny Frogmouths right in town. I didn’t hang around, but took a few photos to capture the Tawny Frogmouth family that has once again bred close to home. One of the adult Tawny Frogmouths appears to be blind in its right eye. Tawny Frogmouth with an odd right eye.

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Choosing the Right Breed for your Personality

4 The Love Of Animals

Bringing a dog into the family is no small decision. If you’re a homebody who cherishes your quiet time, you most likely don’t want a talkative breed that requires constant exercise, for example. There are many social breeds that are also playful and energetic. Over-Achievers.

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Sooty Oystercatcher family at Kalbarri

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We rarely encounter family groups of Sooty Oystercatchers Haemotopus fulginosus ophthalmicus at home in Broome, but more commonly we encounter a flock of approximately thirty non-breeding Sooty Oystercatchers at the northern end of Cable Beach. Family of Sooty Oystercatchers. Sooty Oystercatcher adults.

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The Cry of the Curlew

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Here in the Brecks – an area of poor, sandy soils on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk – we have a small but important breeding population. They favour the old heaths, but a number of pairs also breed on farmland. Brettenham Heath National Nature Reserve holds the highest density of nesting Curlews in the Brecks.

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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That fallacious family name seems to have encouraged all manner of knaves, dunderheads, and miscreants when time came to label species. Appropriate appellations should respect the birds, not 19th century naturalists and their friends and family. Naming a bird species for the part of the world in which it breeds or resides makes sense.

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Masked Lapwings breeding at Derby airport

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Over the past few months there have been a lot of birds breeding around Broome with the excellent rain events that we have been having and the vegetation is at long last revived. Masked Lapwings have been busy breeding for some months now and some may well be on their second clutch of eggs. Masked Lapwing protecting a nest.

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