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pebblesapothecary.bsky.social
This is a kererū, a native wood pigeon of Aotearoa (NZ). It visits my garden every day in autumn and winter. I'm so blessed to have this magnetic being around 🙏🏻😊✨.

#photography #NewZealand #nature #Aotearoa #nativebird #bird #healing #herbalist #herbalistsky
May 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
dxk.bsky.social
Hi @robertarnol.bsky.social , I'll see your wombat "mower" yesterday, and raise you a dozen or more wood ducks helping the groundsman at a rugby field in South Rockhampton. #photography #nativebird
A late afternoon photo of some of a dozen or more Australian Wood Ducks dining on the short grass of a rugby field in South Rockhampton, Australia.
September 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
dxk.bsky.social
My son called to me this morning: What's that? It's hard to look like a stick when sitting on a Hills Hoist #photography #nativebird :
A tawny frogmouth (bird) sitting on a clothes line with green leaves in the background.
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
taicheuk.bsky.social
Texas Territory Northern Mockingbird Bird #TankTop #taiche #zazzle #texas #texasstate #stateoftexas #mockingbird #statebird #wildbird #vectorart #wildlife #texashome #texaspride #nativebird #birdart #avianart #bird www.zazzle.com/z/azfaurxi?r...
February 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
woici.bsky.social
#blackbird #bird #birds #wildlife #nativebird
March 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
dxk.bsky.social
All Hail! The Cormorant, King of the Log, has arrived. Worship Me ... if you will. Another of the denizens of Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. #photography #nativebird
Cormorant spreading it's wings to dry in the afternoon sunshine, perched on a log in Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia.
July 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
dxk.bsky.social
The local masked lapwings have successfully raised another pair of babies. These would have to be the youngest and fluffiest I've ever seen. #photography #nativebird
Very young masked lapwing looking for bugs to eat. The yellow part over the beak will grow larger as the bird grows.
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
dxk.bsky.social
A photo taken just now, of a sulphur crested cockatoo leaning into the SE wind at the top of a neighbourhood gum tree. #photography #nativebird
A sulphur crested cockatoo leaning into the wind, perched in the high branches of a gum tree.
April 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
dxk.bsky.social
A heron looking for dinner at low tide in Ross Creek, Yeppoon, Queensland: #photography #nativebird
A heron hunting for dinner at low tide in Ross Creek, Yeppoon, Queensland. The bird is white with a black beak and a crest feather hanging from the back of it's neck. The background is mud, the water it is standing in is silvery.
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 AM
dxk.bsky.social
It's not a shag on a rock, it's a cormorant on a post! Taken at Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton. #photography #nativebird
A cormorant sitting on a post in the middle of Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton. The wings and tail are glowing in sunset light.
June 4, 2026 at 7:56 AM
dxk.bsky.social
A closer look at one of the spoonbills in my previous post, just to prove I wasn't imaging things. Photo has been cropped to centre the bird. #photography #nativebird
A spoonbill standing high up on a dead tree branch. Blue sky in the background.
July 12, 2026 at 7:36 AM
dxk.bsky.social
More of the native bird life on Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. This one is a cormorant or possibly a (similar) darter, resting on a stump in the middle of the lagoon and enjoying some afternoon sun. #photography #nativebird
A cormorant or similar bird on a stump in the middle of Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia.
July 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
dxk.bsky.social
There was a mob of corellas in a Pony club's field, feeding and fooling around as they do. The one in this photo must have thought it picked up a twig ... did a somersault and came up biting it's own foot: #photography #nativebird
A corella that did a somersault while biting it's own foot. Australian native bird.
September 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
dxk.bsky.social
The kangaroo was not the only thing I photographed at Yeppen Lagoon, this duck was obviously on a mission: #photography #nativebird
A duck swimming in Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton AU leaving a wake in the water, with floating vegetation in the foreground and reflections in the watery background.
January 27, 2026 at 5:22 AM
dxk.bsky.social
When I was chasing the storm cloud photos in my previous post, I also found this seriously scruffy kookaburra, sitting on the fence of one of the lookouts. I suspect it was a very young fledgling only just out of the nest, because it sat examining every car that drove past. #photography #nativebird
A scruffy young fledgling kookaburra, sitting on a railing and examining the strange things all around.
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 AM
dxk.bsky.social
Well, it might not be much consolation, but a few days ago I went looking at a spot that often has birds and saw none. As I reversed out of that spot I looked around and saw 4 in the long grass beside my car! Immediate stop, grab the camera: #photography #nativebird
Four swamphens in long grass. Red beak and crest, shiny blue chest and black back.
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 AM
dxk.bsky.social
Another photo of a cormorant or darter, taken at Woolwash Lagoon, Rockhampton. It was on the near shore of the lagoon so I didn't even need my long lens! The sunshine is showing clearly the striped feathers near the base of it's wings. #photography #nativebird
A cormorant or darter drying it's wings on a tree branch in Woolwash Lagoon, Rockhampton. The sunshine is showing clearly the striped feathers near the base of it's wings.
August 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
dxk.bsky.social
The good part of driving a quiet EV is turning into your driveway & the local magpie ignores you & continues digging in the lawn for tasty snacks: #photography #phone #nativebird
An Australian Magpie looking for snacks in the lawn amongst a few leaves scattered around.
February 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM
bigearthdata.ai
Australia to vaccinate vulnerable native birds against H5N1 bird flu
->Anadolu Agency | More on "Bird flu vaccination in Australia" at BigEarthData.ai | #h5n1 #bird flu #vaccinate #native bird #pandemic #health
Australia to vaccinate vulnerable native birds against H5N1 bird flu
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www.aa.com.tr
August 11, 2026 at 6:23 AM
dxk.bsky.social
There aren't a lot of sulphur crested cockatoos around right now, but what they lack in numbers, they make up for with volume. These two seem to be going "Who said that?": #photography #nativebird
Two sulphur crested cockatoos in a neighbouring tree, looking left.
May 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
dxk.bsky.social
I have again been surprised by a species of bird, that I did not know lived in this area: Spoonbill. There were 3 high in a dead tree, along with a heron. Photo taken in South Rockhampton. #photography #nativebird
3 spoonbills and a heron (2nd highest) high up on the branches of a dead tree. There is blue sky behind them and some foliage of another tree in the bottom right corner. The lowest bird has it's head behind the branch.
July 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
umamiplant.bsky.social
Welcome to 𝔹𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕪 ʻ𝔸𝕝𝕒𝕖 ʻ𝕌𝕝𝕒— where all bread for birds is baked by brickfire! 🥖🔥🍞🔥🥧

#alaeula #bread #bird #nativebird #endangeredspecies #carBIRDhydrates #drawing #illustration #digitalart #procreate
An illustrated mock-poster that reads "Bakery ʻAlae ʻUla". The poster depicts a bakery scene. An ʻalae ʻula (Hawaiian gallinule) in a tall chef beret bakes bread in a brick oven, blowing fire from it's red beak into the oven. Baking tools and batter litter the counter. In front, a few zebra doves ogle the bread in the glass display, debating what to order. On top the counter, there is a jar full of seeds that's like a tip jar for the birds.
June 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
dxk.bsky.social
My usual aim at Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton is to capture the abundant birdlife. But in this instance, the cormorants/darters standing on the log were photo-bombed by passing cattle. #photography #nativebird
A number of cormorants or darter birds sitting on a log above water, with a few grey Brahman cattle passing on the shore behind them.
June 14, 2026 at 5:51 AM
bigearthdata.ai
Australia to roll out bird flu vaccines for most vulnerable native birds
->BBC News | More on "Native bird flu vaccination efforts" at BigEarthData.ai | #bird flu #native bird #pandemic #vaccine #health
Australia to roll out bird flu vaccines for most vulnerable native birds
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www.bbc.com
August 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
chookeofnobility.bsky.social
On a trip to @australiazoo.bsky.social a few years ago, a friend and I saw this beautiful Australian glossy ibis. It’s so much smaller than the white ibis, but has that same signature long beak and slow, deliberate walk. #glossyibis #nativebird #australianwildlife #longbeaknobility #thenobleibis
August 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM