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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I love White-browed Scrubwrens. They are so Small but their personalities are Big. #ausbirds

This is a picture of damp soil in the forest. There’s some little plants, adorned with dewdrops. Also there’s a bird. It’s mostly brown, with a grey head and fabulous white eyebrows.

Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I've apparently reached the stage of my life where being invited to go to a sewerage treatment plant to look at waterfowl is genuinely my idea of a great social outing. RIP to my youth I guess. Anyway, here's a bunch of (mostly) ducks. #birding #ausbirds

This is a picture of a lot of ducks on a mud bank.

More ducks, mostly Australasian Shovellers, this time swimming. There's one on the far right that's got some incredible eyeliner going on, he's probably going to join some kind of emo band.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our local quoll showed up again and this time I actually managed to get a decent picture. This might be the best thing that has ever happened to me. #auswildlife #wildoz #marsupial #mammal

A spotted-tail quoll, alert and facing the camera. It is standing on a cut log.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Please enjoy my ugly gremlin babies. They are Noisy Friarbirds so this look isn’t really going to get much better. #ausbirds #wildliferehab

Two baby birds that are mostly feathered, except for their bald heads. They are in a fabric nest. One is shouting for food, which is activity they engage in approximately every 5 minutes.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Nankeen Night-Heron showed up on our dam last week, which was very nice of since I got to record it in my #AussieBirdCount surveys. Doesn’t like having its photo taken, but I finally got it! #ausbirds

A bird with a chest back, white belly and black-capped head. It has a yellow eye and black bill, and it looks slightly alarmed. It is standing amongst reeds and other pond vegetation.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

My children have set up a box from which to spy on the brown cuckoo-doves. The cuckoo-doves are suspicious of the giggling box but not enough to pass up the offer of seeds.

A cardboard box with a hole cut in the bottom. A child’s nose and glasses are visible peeking through the hole. On top of the box is a brown cuckoo-dove, and another stands in front of the box. Occasionally the doves slap each other (not pictured) which is hilarious, according to the box-dwellers.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Succeeded at my Snipe hunt today ✅ #ausbirds

A Latham’s Snipe, that is, by some miracle, not flying away so the only picture I get is a vague brown blur. It is wading through a grassy bit of wetland. Not pictured: the other four Latham’s Snipes I saw today, who all bailed out before I’d even lifted the camera.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Some releases are exciting and beautiful celebrations of freedom, as the animal flies/hops/runs away from us. Echidna releases are…. not like that. Safe travels little one! #wildliferehab #auswildlife

An echidna curled up amongst leaves and grass, going nowhere fast.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Female Scarlet Myzomela - they look so delicate. #ausbirds

A small brown honeyeater with red cheeks in a tree full of red flowers. If you look closely you might also notice a Silvereye lurking in the background.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A great day of birding for #OctoberBigDay - we finished with 86 species, 3 lifers for me, and a sunburn because I forgot to pack sunscreen. #ausbirds #ebird

A lair pair of black and white storks flying overhead.

A nondescript brown bird on a weathered log. It is a Rufous Songlark and it had a lot to say.

A brown bird on a wire. (Australian Pipit)

A cute little yellow bird on a branch. (Yellow thornbill)

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Ah yes, the elegant Great Egret. So graceful. #ausbirds

A Great Egret (big white leggy bird) attempting to land and failing. It is carrying a twig.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Scruffy little Eastern Yellow Robin fledgling ❤️ #ausbirds

A mostly brown and grey fledgling with yellow feathers just starting to come in on it’s breast. It is perched on a stick with a green leafy background.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Found this cutie while gardening yesterday. A Three-toed Skink! 🦎#auswildlife #backyardwildlife

A skink with very tiny legs and a beautiful yellow belly, held in a hand.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Black-necked Stork showed up at the local wetlands. Legs for daysssss #ausbirds

A black and white bird with a huge black bill and long orange legs, walking through long grass.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Hooray for migratory shorebird season starting 👏👏👏 #ausbirds

A Bar-tailed Godwit standing on a sandy tidal flat.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Did our spring Waterbug survey today. Please enjoy this video of the gills on this mayfly larva.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Gotcha! The Emu-wren decided to play nice today and let me take a picture. There were a pair actually, it was a great day for birding. #ausbirds #wildoz

A tiny brown bird with a blue bib and a long wispy tail perched in a twiggy stem.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We've lived on this property for 13 years and I've been trying to catch a quoll on my trail cams basically since we moved in. Never seen one. But today one turned up and tried to break into the (fortunately secure) aviary. This is the most exciting thing ever. #wildoz #ausmammals

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

It started pouring with rain on our walk yesterday. Anyway fun fact turns out pelicans drink rainwater by just sitting there with their bills open. They even moved to align themselves with the direction the rain was coming in. So that's cool. #ausbirds #wildoz #pelican

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A Wedge-tailed Eagle showed up at the wetlands yesterday. The resident pair of Black-shouldered Kites were very unhappy about it. #ausbirds #wildoz

An airborne brown eagle being pursued by a smaller white kite.

A large brown eagle being attacked by a smaller white kite.

A large brown eagle, looking up at a smaller white kite. The kite is screaming at the eagle.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

He does! Though personally I think a better name could have been chosen, since you don't see the red rump from most angles. (And the poor female gets saddled with a name for a feature she doesn't have.)

A small parrot walking through the grass. He has a green head, yellow belly, turquoise wings and a barely visible red rump.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

It’s amazing well these little guys camouflage in the grass. (Red-rumped Parrot) #ausbirds #wildoz

A brightly coloured parrot with a green and turquoise head, yellow belly and turquoise wings. He is eating yellow flower heads.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The way rails flick their tails while foraging is the cutest. (Buff-banded Rail) #ausbirds #wildoz

A bird with a mottled brown back, black and white streaked breast, chestnut head and white eyebrows. It is walking through grass with one foot raised and its tail flicked up. Reeds and yellow flowers are visible in the background.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This shade of blue. 👌 Male Variegated Fairywren. #ausbirds #wildoz

A tiny bird with sky blue cheeks, a black bib, chestnut shoulders and brown wings. The top of his head is brown because he hasn’t finished moulting into his breeding plumage.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Babe I got you a Rose (Robin). #ausbirds

A Rose Robin (small bird with a pink breast, grey head and white belly) perched on a branch.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

My seven year old described Royal Spoonbills as having a mullet and now I can't unsee it. #ausbirds #wildoz

A very handsome white bird with a black spoon-shaped bill and yellow eyebrows. And yes, a plume of feathers at the back of the head that could, perhaps, be called a mullet.

The same bird, with its beak in puddle splashing about.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Female King Parrot, blending in. #ausbirds

A green bird with a red belly, in a tree with pink berries. If it weren't for the red tum, it would have been very hard to spot as her head is the same colour as the leaves surrounding her.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Found a seal at the beach while birding. Never seen one here before so that was cool. #auswildlife

A young seal laying on sand with a flipper in the air

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Look at this little cutie moulting into his Fancy Plumage in the most adorable way possible by starting with his cheeks. #ausbirds #fairywren #wildoz

A small brown bird with bright blue cheeks, perched on a stick.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Went looking for the emu-wren again. No luck there but I got a nice picture of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater. #ausbirds

A pretty little olivey-coloured bird with a bright yellow stripe on it's face.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This isn't a good photo but I'm ridiculously excited to have seen my first Southern Emu-wren today. #ausbirds #wildoz

Mostly this picture looks like a mess of dry grass growing alongside a star picket. However if you look very closely there's a small bird behind the grass. Not pictured: the 13 other shots where I missed the bird entirely.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

There are loads of Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes at my local wetlands lately. #ausbirds

A grey bird with a black face, perched in a tree with orange foliage

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Okay back to little brown birds. This one is very little and very brown. (Brown Thornbill). #ausbirds #wildoz

The same bird, this time looking at the camera

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Might be winter but it was sunny enough today for this beautiful Red-Bellied Black Snake to emerge. 🐍 #auswildlife #wildoz #herps

A black snake with pretty red scales on the face, surrounded by dirt, leaves and grass

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Today I was having a cup of tea with my Nan when a Noisy Pitta hopped across her garden, which may well be the luckiest thing that will ever happen to me as a birder because they're normally very elusive and have to be searched for in rainforests and such. #ausbirds #wildoz #birding

A colourful little bird on the grass. Brown and black head, yellow chest, green back, and a flash of red and blue.

A noisy pitta perched on the side of old wooden steps (my childhood cubby house, now much dilapidated). It is looking down into green foliage.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Another day, another little brown bird. This one is a Brown Honeyeater. #ausbirds #wildoz

A small brown bird with a curved bill. Perched on a stick amongst grass.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

My little brown bird for today is a Large-billed Scrubwren. #ausbirds #wildoz

A nondescript little brown bird perched on a twig

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I'm really into little brown birds right now. Tawny Grassbird. #ausbirds #wildoz

A small brown bird with a streaked back perched on a dry weedy stem

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I'd probably yell too if I had to do the splits like that. (Golden-headed Cisticola) #ausbirds #wildoz

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

At the kid’s soccer game this morning and kept getting distracted by a pair of Ospreys building a nest on top of the lights. #ausbirds #wildoz

An Osprey with a stick clutched in its talons

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We released a female Gang-Gang this week, she’d been hit by a car and spent a few weeks in care recovering. The very next day a flock of 9 showed up on our lane. I’d like to think it was her flock. This gorgeous boy sat and watched me curiously. #wildliferehab #ausbirds #wildoz

A male Gang-Gang (grey with a red head) perched in a tree.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Glanced out my bedroom window while getting dressed and look what I spotted. Naturally they took off by the time I fetched my actual camera. #ausbirds #wildoz

A yellow-tailed black cockatoo sitting in a small tree. Another is lower down, mostly concealed by leaves.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

My mother, who is learning pottery, made me a Brush-Turkey butter dish. It is wonderful and will hopefully keep the ants out. #ausbirds #pottery

A butter dish - the base is white, with a channel for water. The lid is green and has a little sculpted brush-turkey for a handle.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This picture is not doing the vibrant yellow of this Yellow-tufted Honeyeater justice. Anyway that’s a lifer for me. 😊 #ausbirds #wildoz

A honeyeater with a yellow and black striped face, perched in a eucalyptus tree.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I could see pardalotes every day of my life and I’d still be delighted every time. #ausbirds #wildoz

A tiny little bird in a eucalyptus tree. The angle isn’t good enough to show all the spots on its back. This bird is not as plain as it would appear.

An out of focus picture of a pardalote’s rear as it flies away. A bright orange-red rump is visible, as are white spots bordering black wings.

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Always tempted to pet the furry creatures I find in the forest. #fungi

A bracket fungi on a tree with a furry white… tummy?

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Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Happy to see at least one of the local wombats survived the flooding and is back home. #wildoz #ausmammals

A wombat grazing peacefully on a field of green grass, which was under a raging torrent of floodwater a week ago.

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