John Cooper

If it wasn't for the birds and the booze I'd have played for the Blades #birdingblades

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Last night in Lesvos after an enjoyable week. Here's a phone shot of Squacco Heron from near the hotel.

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I'm old enough that these windows in an old building take me back to childhood Winter mornings

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A still of today's Peregrine

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A rare visitor to the Bowes Museum today. I think its the first Peregrine I've seen in Barnard Castle

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Those wild Cockatoos

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Bin Chicken

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Kookaburra sitting in our old gum tree ....
if you remember the song

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Humpback Whale watching trip today. Jane's phone video is far from the best. You get to see the tail near the end of the clip. I'll try and post better from my camera when we get home.

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More of the Wedge-tailed Eagle

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Wow. Got info from friends about a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles visiting a carcass. As Tay says 'Eagles - giant eagles,'

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Do you see what it is yet?

A bird I really wanted to see whilst in Australia, the Tawny Frogmouth.

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A couple of photos from today you might have been expecting

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A couple of little birds from today ....
Little Corella and Little Pied Cormorant

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My bird of the day was Australian Brush turkey, but my bird of the night was a Powerful Owl perching on next door's clothes line.

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A couple of butterflies from today -
Australian Painted Lady & Meadow Argus

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Yesterday was WET. Apparently most rainfall in a day for 130 years, so good to get out today. Here's a pair of Chestnut Teal, but one of the highlights was 23 Bar-tailed Godwits. Just like being back in the UK.

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@atherbron Yes, here for a few weeks, not emigrated.

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Australian Pelican on its lamppost today.

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Yeah, just here for a month, not emigrated

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Silver Gull at the beach