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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 · 18/09/2025
The ever musical Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica) #birdsinmybackyard
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
First plover chicks for the season #birdsinmybackyard
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
One of my favorite winter visitors, the hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Another white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) looking cold
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
A couple of galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps) beating a hasty retreat
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
A black swan (Cygnus atratus) stepping out
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
A tidy looking hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
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 · 16/08/2025
Today's Tassie superb fairywren pic (Malurus cyaneus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A great egret (Ardea alba)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A Tassie superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) just starting to come into its spring plumage
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
galah /ɡəˈlɑː/ (Eolophus roseicapilla), a local clown
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The compact version of a white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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 · 12/08/2025
A black swan (Cygnus atratus) having breakfast
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
A beady eyed Tasmanian superb fairywren
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Cuter than a rubber Duckie: the hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Big name for a little bird: Malurus cyaneus cyaneus
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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 · 11/08/2025
The colder the weather, the rounder the Tasmanian superb fairywren gets
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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 · 11/08/2025
A chilly morning, just right for basking. The superb fairy wren ageed
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
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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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) doing an aerial survey for unsuspecting molluscs.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Some days it's hard to get up... great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo),
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Another mudflat dweller, the great egret (Ardea alba). Those pristine white feathers must take a lot of maintenance in this environment.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A turbo chook (Tribonyx mortierii). I don't know much Latin, but my imagination has fused this bird's death stare with the 'mortierii' part of its scientific name
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), doing its thing over the local mudflats
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The little pied cormorant, little shag or kawaupaka (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The grey shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is one of the best-loved and most distinctive songbirds of Australasia
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The forest raven (Corvus tasmanicus, also commonly known as the Tasmanian raven). This one's having a good old singalong. Making up for a lack of musical talent with an over abundance of enthusiasm
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west pacific. They like to eat all the grapes off my vines too.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A grey fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa), staying still for a brief moment. Just long enough for a quick photo
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
black swan (Cygnus atratus). A New Zealand subspecies was apparently hunted to extinction by Māori
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A couple of little wattlebirds (Anthochaera chrysoptera), engaging in a bit of airial shenanigans
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A little posse of hoary-headed grebes (Poliocephalus poliocephalus). Thes breed in southern parts of Australia and Tasmania and winter throughout the island.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known by its Māori name: karoro
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) reflecting on life, the universe, and everything
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in Australia. Looks like it might make a tasty snack, but luckily it's protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Before, during, and after shots of this weekend's #pottery firing
Pottery in a kiln before starting the firingPottery in a kiln during the firingPottery in a kiln after the firing
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Another firing in my tiny pottery kiln. I'm keen to crack it open again tomorrow to see how it turned out.
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A black cormorant #birdsinmybackyard
black cormorant
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A curious little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) #birdsinmybackyard
little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Last white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) pic for today #birdsinmybackyard
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
More white-faced heron action (Egretta novaehollandiae) #birdsinmybackyard
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) showing its best moves #birdsinmybackyard
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A Tasmanian native hen (Tribonyx mortierii) giving me a look. #birdsinmybackyard
Tasmanian native hen (Tribonyx mortierii)
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Peter Shanks @botheredbybees.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) in flight #birdsinmybackyard
white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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