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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

looks great, I immediately want to make this for breaky

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 · 30/03/2026

Thanks Fiona, I have been putting in a bit more effort lately. The trip out to the pooh farm was very good, finding a Latham's Snipe then it photobombing my shot of the pectoral sandpiper was a highlight.

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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 · 11/01/2026

it was the post about sleeping badly for me, I was just thinking about the same thing and why I now have a bruised heel from just sleeping.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

thanks for the positive review Adam, just ordered it, will arrive tomorrow. Its been on my wishlist for ages.

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

there's another good photo in the batch: 1/2-140293-G, shows another angle, same day and the same people, including the photographer. the other lady is the sister. pretty cool trying to nut this out. I love old photos.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Interesting Mark, looks to me like a black man with a banjo in his lap teaching a young white woman, the other woman is a chaperone, all being photographed by a man placed in that position, the subject is the lady in white. The other photographer could be shooting the napping chaperone, head tilted.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A bit obscure for Spotify, can't follow along on this one...

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

I am lucky enough to have a pair stop for a few weeks over winter at my family farm in Moorooduc, Vic. I also find them along fencelines near open fields near forests. Fairly common bird in the right areas over winter

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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 · 25/03/2025

We have one that has moved into a bird house usually used by starlings. Warm day so he was cooling down with an arm out. #moorooduc #willowindfarm

Possum in a bird house with an arm hanging out.

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Elster Creek runs through Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve , so both

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Malt Padaderson @maltpadaderson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

a few more Grebes from the local creek.

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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 · 06/02/2025

its been a bit warm lately for too many visits but I did notice yesterday a pair of Australasian Grebes that were circling each other - hoping love is in the air.

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

must be strange going from a heatwave back to winter...maybe a nice change from the heat.

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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 · 30/01/2025

why? camera/lens combo too slow, birds too quick or too wary? lighting? trees in the way? you may have been spoilt by how easy it is to shoot the birds locally....congrats on the lifer, you are supposed to get a tattoo of the bird now or at least have a drink and dessert to celebrate.

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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