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DebDebz

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Birdo 🦅 Photographer- All photos my own. Musician. Artist. Organic Gardener. Sustainability. Kindness. Peace. Love. #auspol 🪷💗🕊️🪷

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DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · Sep 27

But look what’s grunting in our garden…woke me up in the middle of the night 🐨🩶

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 14h

Bet that’s helping you breathe easier too 💛✨😘

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 15h

Sorry to hear you’re still struggling with back issues despite the heavy duty meds Trish but great news about the absence of cancer in your bones 🤗

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 17h

If impressed, the female moves into the bower for mating & then leaves to perform the nesting duties on her own while the male readies himself for courting more prospective females! Feed mostly on fruits but during summer (breeding) also insects & leaves are often eaten during the winter months 4/4

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 17h

When a female appears
the male begins a ritualised display of exaggerated movements; strutting bowing with wings outstretched & quivering, accompanied by a variety of mechanical-sounding calls; buzzing & rattling & also mimicry. One of the bower decorations is usually carried in his bill. 3/4

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 17h

Males have glossy blue-black plumage only developed after 7years. Males are renowned for artfully decorating their bowers with blue objects to attract a mate: parrot feathers, flowers, seed pods, fruits, butterfly wings, biros, clothespegs, string, marbles, pieces of glass etc! 2/4

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 17h

Satin Bowerbird. Young males have the same plumage & colouring as the females: olive green with dark scalloping, violet-blue iris, brown wings & tails. Collectively known as ‘green birds’. 🧵1/4

#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

😞🫂😘

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

🌊🧜‍♀️🩵🧜‍♂️✨
#EarlyMorningSwim
#ColdWaterSwimming
#SometimesDreadedNeverRegreded 😉

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! Hope you had a wonderful sleep last night Lovely. Back spasms be gone!! 🤗😴❤️‍🩹

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

The pouch, bare facial skin & bill become bright salmon pink, chrome yellow & cobalt blue before the breeding season that begins with a ritualised courtship display with males following a female around the colony, clapping their bills & picking up small items and tossing them into the air. 5/5

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

Pelicans breed in colonies with sometimes 1000s congregating on islands or secluded shores. After monsoonal rains flood salt lakes in Australia’s arid interior, pelicans sometimes flock there in their thousands to breed. When it dries out again they head for more permanent wetlands or the coast 4/5

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

They are highly mobile, searching out suitable areas of water & adequate food. They can remain aloft for 24 hours, covering hundreds of kilometres using thermals to soar to heights of up to 3,000m. Found throughout Australia, New Guinea & E Indonesia & occasionally in NZ & W Pacific islands 3/5

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

Throat pouch can hold 13L of water but mostly used to catch fish. Pelicans have been seen drinking by opening their bills to collect rainwater. They have an extremely light skeleton, weighing less than 10% of their total body weight. 2/5

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 1d

Australian Pelican. Characterized by a long beak (the longest of any living bird) & a large throat pouch used for catching prey & draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. 🧵1/5

#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 2d

Best way to start the day 🩵 love it ✨

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 2d

🌊🧜‍♀️🩵🧜‍♂️✨
#EarlyMorningSwim
#ColdWaterSwimming
#SometimesDreadedNeverRegreded 😉

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 2d

The female makes a cup nest of sticks & bark lined with fine grass in dense vegetation near the ground. She also incubates the eggs but the young birds are fed by both parents. Several broods may occur in a breeding season
We are lucky to have 3 pairs of these amazing birds on our property!
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DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 2d

Found from N-Queensland to Victoria along the coastal band of eastern Australia. Feeds on insects & other small invertebrates usually caught on the ground. A breeding pair of Eastern Whipbirds occupies a territory which is defended year-round with the mates staying together for many years. 3/4

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 2d

Having mostly dark olive-green & black plumage & living in the dense undergrowth, it is heard more often than it’s seen. The birds are secretive but can be curious & will be seen if the observer remains patient. It took me almost a whole day to stalk & photograph them! 2/4

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 2d

Eastern Whipbird, Mallacoota, Victoria: The characteristic whip-crack call is made by 2 birds, the male makes the drawn-out whip crack & the female usually follows quickly with a sharp “choo-choo” 🧵 1/4

#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 3d

They’re weird & wonderful!

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 3d

🌊🧜‍♀️🩵🧜‍♂️✨
#EarlyMorningSwim
#ColdWaterSwimming
#SometimesDreadedNeverRegreded 😉

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 3d

❤️❤️❤️

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 3d

Feed mainly on nectar & sometimes fruit & insects in upper levels of the canopy foraging in flowers & foliage. Territorial with males advertising their territories by singing from the treetops. Compete with & often evicted by larger more aggressive honeyeaters such as Friarbirds & New Hollands 3/3

DebDebz @debdebz.bsky.social · 3d

Resident in the north of its range, seasonally migratory in south with movements associated with flowering of food plants. Occur in wide range of forest habitats, frequently seen in flowering shrubs & in urban areas where people have planted bottlebrushes & other nectar-rich species. 2/3