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Big Ticks; What Was Your Last New Family?

10,000 Birds

There is a good chance I’ll finally get my first bird-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae), boatbill (a recently split family, Machaerirhynchidae), logrunner (Orthonychidae), platypus (Ornithorhynchidae), rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodontidae) and bettong (Potoridae).

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Week 13: Melbourne, Australia Part 2

10,000 Birds

It just seemed wrong to post any stories about Australia without at least one Kangaroo, so on our second hike, those featured in the cover picture showed up on the edge of the forest. After leaving The Farm, we headed in land, to find some bush birds. The first stop was at Little River.

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