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Henry Cook

@Manic_Henry

Ecologist & wildlife photographer. A big fan of budgerigars. #WildOz

 beautiful Penrith
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Joined October 2012
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Threat display in a #Kimberley Knob-tail #Gecko (Nephrurus sheai). Formidable. #Wildoz #biodiversitysurveys
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馃摲 Henry Cook @Manic_Henry #June2018 Juvenile Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) came in to our perches on a bit of a grey day .. perfect for snuggling up with a tripod and doing some low-light photography #Sydney #Australia #WildOz
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Google's new AI search results are having quite the week. Here's a thread with some of my favorite answers:
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I'm over halfway now and picking up speed! Here's three fluffed up Double-barred Finches for your Wednesday night 馃榾 #birdart #drawing #birds #illustration
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This magnificent beast is a Pilbara endemic: the Pilbara Cave gecko (Heternotia spelea). While Heternotia are generally regarded among herpetologists as "the best geckos", H. spelea is usually considered as one of the "best of the best". #herping #wildoz #gecko #hetlyf #Hetisbest
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Name a mammal that's more perfectly spherical than a young wombat. I'll wait. #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombats #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat
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Leo@leo_qbn9 May 2024
Brown Gerygone at Goodenia Rainforest near Pambula. #birds #WildOz
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Bassian Thrush at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park, Queensland. #birds #WildOz
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Big drive yesterday & landed in Parkes for some real work. Of course the camera accompanied me - lucky too. Some breathtaking birb watching is a pure bonus. Details in the Alt-text as usual. #wildoz #ozbirds #wildlifephotography
Driving out to Bogan Gate early this am & the instantly recognisable from of a Wedge-tailed eagle loomed large from the gloom as it perched alongside the road in a tree. This image is the best I can do to extract it from harsh light. I didn鈥檛 realise at the time that it was spying me spying it.

ALT Driving out to Bogan Gate early this am & the instantly recognisable from of a Wedge-tailed eagle loomed large from the gloom as it perched alongside the road in a tree. This image is the best I can do to extract it from harsh light. I didn鈥檛 realise at the time that it was spying me spying it.

Such a thrill to spot (@ 100km/hr) these two gorgeous Pink cockatoos on my drive out to Bogan Gate this morning. Spent a precious 10min with them. Such an interesting call they have too. Left my phone in the car so fixated was I to get them on the D750.

ALT Such a thrill to spot (@ 100km/hr) these two gorgeous Pink cockatoos on my drive out to Bogan Gate this morning. Spent a precious 10min with them. Such an interesting call they have too. Left my phone in the car so fixated was I to get them on the D750.

Only second time seeing an Eastern (Greater) bluebonnet. Good parrots these guys - when they sit still!

ALT Only second time seeing an Eastern (Greater) bluebonnet. Good parrots these guys - when they sit still!

Come in #15, your time鈥檚 up! Nankeen kestrel with a rat! Organic rodenticide at its efficient best zero prospect of 2掳 poisoning.

ALT Come in #15, your time鈥檚 up! Nankeen kestrel with a rat! Organic rodenticide at its efficient best zero prospect of 2掳 poisoning.

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A young Silver Gull on an old jetty rail in Merimbula Lake. #birds #WildOz
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Bar-tailed Godwit (from the archives) for #WorldMigratoryBirdDay. #shorebirds #WildOz
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Swift Parrot feeding on yellow gum blossom (饾槍饾樁饾槫饾槩饾槶饾樅饾槺饾樀饾樁饾槾 饾槶饾槮饾樁饾槫饾槹饾樄饾樅饾槶饾槹饾槸) in 2015. These beautiful parrots are critically endangered and are one of only three migratory parrot species in the world. #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #birds #WildOz
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NOT A SNAKE! This really beautiful little creature called a Delma. They're related to geckos, are almost limbless and are cute as buttons, either as a baby (left) or as a big stonking adult (right). #wildoz
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While the #Pilbara is an OK birding destination, the best thing about the joint (and indeed many places) is the lizards. This particularly handsome species is the Spotted Ctenotus (Ctenotus uber). They love the heavy soils & hard country. Great lizards, cute as a button! #wildoz
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Lots and lots of the worlds best bird: the budgerigar. They were coming in to a drying water hole- by the end of the survey the water was gone and so were the birds. No more finches, budgies or chats. #wildoz #pilbara #birding
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Managed to find a couple of Mulga Dragon (Diporiphora amphiboluroides) on this survey too. Strangely none went into the traps and were instead found resting on dead timber. #wildoz #pilbara
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Abundance of grasshoppers meant there were Australian bustards around. I even saw a tiny baby, so conditions have been good enough for them to breed. #wildoz #pilbara
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I was up in the Pilbara a week or so ago on a survey. One of the highlights was seeing the disjunct "occidentalis" race of the Blue-winged kookaburra. They differ by having a blue tail and an unmarked head- really handsome birds. #wildoz #pilbara
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BOOOOM, Marcelina has just pushed another 527 kms northwest, currently on the Newcastle Creek between Daly Waters and Tennant Creek! She is now over 2100 kms from her spring home in Balranald. This is incredible to witness.
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