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MatthewFrawley
wrote:
4 Nov 2025
Last photo is Dusky Moorhen but the first two photos show an Australasian Swamphen.
Gallinula tenebrosa
Untidy
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
Thank you. It was such a privilege to have them just a few metres away from us.
Egretta novaehollandiae
Jennybach
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
You’ve captured that poised moment that occurs just before the herons potential hunting energy becomes kinetic. Nice pic Tracy.
Egretta novaehollandiae
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- Calidris subminuta at Point Wilson, VIC
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