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Peter Shanks
@botheredbybees.bsky.social
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Born: 318ppm Data officer on the Australian Antarctic icebreaker, RSV Nuyina. In the past: morse code operator, clown, programmer, and teacher. When not staring at a screen: mandolin player, photographer, potter All photos taken by me: public domain.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 21d
The ever musical Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica) #birdsinmybackyard
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 22
First plover chicks for the season #birdsinmybackyard
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 17
One of my favorite winter visitors, the hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 17
Another white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 17
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) looking cold
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 15
A couple of galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps) beating a hasty retreat
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 15
A black swan (Cygnus atratus) stepping out
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 15
A tidy looking hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 15
A black-headed honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis), endemic to Tasmania. Despite its name, the black-headed honeyeater eats predominantly insects.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 15
Today's Tassie superb fairywren pic (Malurus cyaneus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 13
A great egret (Ardea alba)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 13
A New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 13
A Tassie superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) just starting to come into its spring plumage
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
galah /ɡəˈlɑː/ (Eolophus roseicapilla), a local clown
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
The compact version of a white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
A Tasmanian native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii) giving me it's ”what are you looking at?" look.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
A black swan (Cygnus atratus) having breakfast
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
A beady eyed Tasmanian superb fairywren
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
Cuter than a rubber Duckie: the hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 12
Big name for a little bird: Malurus cyaneus cyaneus
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 11
A Tasmanian rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) that dropped by to eat the grass seeds hidden under the fruit netting we haven't quite gotten around to packing up. Laziness has its own rewards :)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 11
The colder the weather, the rounder the Tasmanian superb fairywren gets
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 11
The New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is a honeyeater species found throughout southern Australia. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 11
A chilly morning, just right for basking. The superb fairy wren ageed
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · Aug 9
Another view of the pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris), departing. Like so many of my bird photos. They almost outnumber the blurry ones
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