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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Found a flock of Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos at my local wetlands. About 10 adults and a few begging juveniles were feeding at the top of a few large Cypress Trees. #wetlands #YalikutWillamNatureReserve #Yellow-tailedBlack-cockatoos #ausbirds #birds #naturephotography

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Lately a flock of 14 Red-rumped Parrots have moved into the area to feed on various ground cover seeds and flowers. They can be quite confiding and calm just hopping out of the way when people walk past. #wetlands #YalikutWillamNatureReserve #RedrumpedParrot #ausbirds #birds #naturephotography

front on image of a colourful male Red Rumped Parrot with a mouthful of flowers/seed/petals of a local native ground cover.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Visited the local wetlands for a quick bird survey and found a small group of juvenile King Parrots feeding in the flowering gums. Uncommon around here but a welcome colourful visitor as they migrate through. #ausbirds #KingParrots #YalikutWillamNatireReserve #wetlands #birds #naturephotography

Photo of an young Australian King Parrot

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A family of Musk Lorikeets resting during the heat of the day in a flowering gum, and dipping into the shallow waterway below. Napping, preening and yawning. #YalikutWillamNatureReserve #birds #Ausbirds #MuskLorikeet #wetlands #naturephotography

Adult Musk Lorikeet - A family of Musk Lorikeets rested during the heat of the day in a flowering gum, and dipped into the shallow waterway below. Napping, preening and yawning.

Adult pair - A family of Musk Lorikeets rested during the heat of the day in a flowering gum, and dipped into the shallow waterway below. Napping, preening and yawning.

Juvenile Musk Lorikeet - A family of Musk Lorikeets rested during the heat of the day in a flowering gum, and dipped into the shallow waterway below. Napping, preening and yawning.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Tawny Frogmouth at the local wetlands reserve. The juveniles are always very curious about what one is up to when walking under their daytime roost spots. #birds #ausbirds #yalikuwillamnaturereserve #wetlands #tawnyfrogmouth #natureinteraction #australia #naturephotography

Young Tawny Fogmouth staring at me from around a tree roost spot.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Walking to the car from shooting the sandpiper and Snipe I had to give the right of way to a nice sized Tiger Snake with a belly full of frogs. I often see snakes here at the WTP in summer. Not seen one this yellow before. #tigersnake #WTP #westerntreatmentplant #ausSnakes #wetlands

Walking back to the car from shooting the sandpiper and Snipe I had to give the right of way to a nice sized Tiger Snake with a belly full of frogs. It's pretty rare that in summer I dont see a snake here at the WTP. Photo of a long Australian Tiger Snake with bright yellow belly colour.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Wed I spent the day out at the Western Treatment Plant (aka Pooh Farm). While photographing a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Latham's Snipe popped out of the low salt bush and fed right in front of me. After several mins, it wandered into the scrub behind and vanished. #WTP #LathamsSnipe #AusBirds #wetlands

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Latest migrating visitor to the Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve: a female Flame Robin. A perching ambush hunter, she uses posts, fences and branches to spot her insect prey on the ground. #flamerobin #ausbirds #YalukitWillamreserve #wetlands #australia

image of a female flame robin perched on a fence post watching me photograph her while she hunts in the evening.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

An immature Black-shouldered Kite. Adults are pure white with grey upper and black shoulders. No threat to the ducks below preferring mice and insects. Ready for the evening hunt it stretched then waggled, rising on the breeze. #black-shoulderedKite #AUSbirds #YalukitWillamReserve #raptors #wetlands

An immature Black-shouldered Kite perched on a stump at the local nature reserve.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One of the many Rainbow Lorikeets attacking a Flame Tree in my backyard. I had Lorikeets, Cockatoos and Corellas feeding on the flower buds, the nectar and the large seed pods of the tree doing the day with Fruit Bats/flying foxes taking the night shift.

A picture of a Rainbow Lorikeet upside down feeding on the flower buds and nectar of an Illawarra Flame Tree in my backyard in Elwood, Victoria, AU.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Brown Falcon with captured Tiger snake. Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Vic. #raptors #Brownfalcon #tigersnake #westerntreatmentplant #ausbirds

Photograph of a Brown Falcon with captured Tiger snake. Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Vic.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A curious Juvenile Black-shouldered Kite on a road marker, Western Treatment Plant, Werribee. #Blackshoulderedkite #AustralianBirds #birdphotography #wetlands #raptors

A curious black-shouldered kite looking straight at the camera with a fierce gaze while perched on a road edge marker. Taken while driving around the famous Western Treatment Plant in Werribee, Victoria, Australia.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The resident Baillon's Crake at the Frog Pond in Yalukit William Nature Reserve. There are now between 3-5 of these tiny birds at the local reserve. #BaillonsCrake #Australianbirds #waterbirds #wetlands

An image of the tiny multi-coloured wetlands bird, the Baillons Crake, taken at my local wetlands: Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve. The reserve is only a few years old and is a converted 9 hole Golf course.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Tawny Frogmouth family, Braeside Park.

Three members of a Tawny Frogmouth family in a gum tree napping during the day. Nocturnal members of the nightjar family of birds.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A Baillon's Crake on the edge of the Growling Grass Frog Pond at the Yalukit William Nature Reserve.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Buff Banded Rail at the local nature reserve

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