DESKTOP 3263 - TRIPTYCH

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DESKTOP 3137 - BIRD ON A WIRE

A magpie admiring the sunset and singing.

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DESKTOP 3123 - CORELLA

Licmetis is a subgenus of the white cockatoos (genus Cacatua). They are collectively known as corellas in Australia. Three of the six species are primarily – or only – found in Australia, while the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Solomons each have an endemic species. They are relatively small cockatoos and – unlike the members of the subgenus Cacatua – all have pale bills. While most show yellow-tinged underwings and some red to the face, none has conspicuously coloured crests.

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DESKTOP 3027 - SUNNY

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DESKTOP 2909 - SIGNS OF SPRING

We are having a mixed bag of weather these last couple of weeks, with wind, rain, sunshine, cool and warm temperatures - all in the same day sometimes! However, the signs of Spring are about and they seem to be a little early this year... Not that we are complaining!

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DESKTOP 2816 - CORMORANT

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DESKTOP 2815 - SKY & BIRD

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DESKTOP 2769 - AUTUMN HAIKU

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DESKTOP 2759 - SUNRISE SKY

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DESKTOP 2584 - SUNSET SILHOUETTE

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DESKTOP 2392 - ABU SIMBEL

The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples at Abu Simbel (أبو سمبل in Arabic), a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan (about 300 km by road). 

The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments," which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh.

Their huge external rock relief figures have become iconic. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. The relocation of the temples was necessary to prevent their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River.

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DESKTOP 2318 - FLIGHT

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DESKTOP 2215 -CROW

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DESKTOP 2214 - DUCK

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DESKTOP 2178 - BIRD

A noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, enjoying the sunrise in Melbourne.

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DESKTOP 2176 - BLACK SWAN

The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in New Zealand, but later reintroduced. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic conditions. Black Swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills. They are monogamous breeders that share incubation duties and cygnet rearing between the sexes. We very often see black swans on Melbourne waterways and the Yarra at Southbank is no exception, where this beauty was photographed.

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DESKTOP 2158 - DUCK

Meet Deirdre Duck at home in the Darebin Parklands in Melbourne!

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DESKTOP 2090 - BY THE SEASIDE

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DESKTOP 2059 - SUNRISE

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DESKTOP 2040 - WALK THE DOG

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