Australian Bird of the Year

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? 3 years ago "the Magpie" was voted the Australian bird of the year in the Guardian's inaugural annual vote.

Which of our feathered friends deserves to be the Australian Bird of the year? (I'm sure I set up a topic on this 3 years ago but coudn't find it)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/27/australian-bird-of-the-year-2019-vote-for-your-favourite

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3 suggestions from the list:


1. "Who's a clever cockie? Why everyone should vote for the sulphur-crested cockatoo"....

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/whos-a-clever-cockie-why-everyone-should-vote-for-the-sulphur-crested


2. Nicks own Pied Piper Andrew Stafford:

"Why I'm voting No 1 regent honeyeater in the Australian bird of the year poll"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/04/why-im-voting-no-1-regent-honeyeater-in-the-australian-bird-of-the-year-poll



3. Van Badham's choice the Raven

Warrior, trickster, messenger, god: the raven is the best of all birds

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/warrior-trickster-messenger-god-the-raven-is-the-best-of-all-birds

[Wokko]

Has to be the Bin chicken for sure. Majestic!

[David]

I'm with Wokko. Ibises are beautiful, and I don't care what anyone else says.

[Bucks5]

Guys. I think the idea is to vote for the Magpie again.

[stui magpie]

^

I think that was the plan.

I like Magpies as a bird, smart birds. No fan of bin chickens, if it's not the Magpie it should be the Rainbow lorikeet

[Bruce Gonsalves]

Pied Currawong is a lovely bird.

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The bin chicken is good if the definition of good is "it's so bad it's good"; more your utility player, adaptable but not going to win you a match.

However the sulphur-crested cockie is well you know makes themselves heard on the field, is ominpresent and will win you a match by their swarming.

[stui magpie]

You want swarming go the long billed Corella. A few of those can take out a squadron of Cockatoos. Not to mention that a flock of them can eat a house

[Wokko]

[pietillidie]

Some wicked gems on there. Huge fan of the tawny frogmouth.

Don't forget the serious article on the topic in the same rag:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/how-australia-is-failing-its-birds-headed-for-extinction

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[pietillidie]

[think positive]

it really is. The council did a secret land swap 2 months after we bought our block, we didnt find out until the frame and bricks were up, on the house i designed overlooking the wild parkland. so now i will have a lovely view of them building across the street! hopefully they build single storey houses and i can still see the bay! From talking to people in the area, there was no warning, no way to object when you dont know. basically they swapped parcels of land. i thought half our view was safe, as its where the oldest tress are, and leads to the duck pond about 100 metres away, which is also surrounded by the most gorgeous old river gums. but they are going to within about 50-70 metres of the pond. so not sure how many birds will stay. its really dumb, there is a swampy area i doubt they can build on, about 2 house blocks away from the kerb. its the run off from the 2 ponds, i walked into it by accident one night, it was almost dark, i was in waist deep grass and reeds after following large birds, i actually thought they were bats in the tree, bloody huge! i just snapped off the pics, it wasnt till they all flew away i realised they were birds, and it wasnt until i downloaded them, and my sister said they are rare yellow tailed black cockatoos that i realised!

All taken across the road:
i had my 105mm macro on unfortunately when i saw the Cockatoos




there were 33 of them!

shot at 560mm




shot at about 1/3200!




taken from the balcony...


i thought there was a spot on my sensor, and zoomed in to clean it, original pic


can you see the insect its chasing?



and he caught it! shot the first day i tried out my 100-400mm L lens!

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[think positive]

who the hell voted for the black throated finch???