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Chris Hail
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Hobbyist bird photographer around Meanjin/Brisbane Australia. Photos here all my own unless noted otherwise.
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Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora) and pink sun orchid (Thelymitra carnea) flowering close together near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC. These two small sun orchids combine to form some interesting hybrids at this location but I didn't see any out this year on my quick visit #orchids
Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora) and pink sun orchid (Thelymitra carnea) flowering close together near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Male paradise riflebird 🪶 Mt Glorious QLD
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of an adult male paradise riflebird perched on a post. It is a small bird, solid black in colour, with bright metallic blue father's on top of its head and around its neck. It has a hint of bright yellow around the base of its beak, which is used as part of its elaborate mating dance.
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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You have to twist your brain a little to understand this one 😆. An Australasian Gannet twists as it starts its dive to plummet into the water after a fish. #birds #birdphotography
An Australasian Gannet twisting in mid air to go from horizontal to vertical and from cruising to warp speed in the fraction of a second.
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Black-shouldered kite 🪶 departing its perch. Oakey, QLD
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of a black-shouldered kite flying toward the camera in front of a clear blue sky. It is a medium-sized raptor, white but for the edges of its wings, which are black. It has bright red eyes with dark feathers over the tops like eyebrows.
October 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Spotted sun orchids (Thelymitra ixioides) in open grassland near Genoa,VIC. This species usually flowers a little later at this location than coastal populations closer to Mallacoota - there were only a few early scattered flowers starting to open on this visit at the end of Sept. #orchids
Spotted sun orchids (Thelymitra ixioides) in open grassland near Genoa,VIC.
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Caladenia polychroma - Joseph’s Spider Orchid

This orchid can be quite variable in its colour, hence the name (poly - many, chroma - colour)
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
A clump of tall, wispy spider orchids with the late afternoon light behind them. There are three open flowers, some buds and a couple of finished flowers apparent in the picture. There are several fluffy grass heads mixed in
October 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Green rosella 🪶, Port Arthur TAS
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of a green rosella perched among blooms in a flowering shrub. It is a medium sized parrot which is not green, but largely bright yellow on its head and front, with blue wings. Its cheeks and chin are also blue, and it has spots of red feathers just above and below its beak, which is white.
October 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Australian native #orchids in early spring flower in the backyard jungle at #HeathcoteNSW #Sydney #NewSouthWales #Australia

#nature #wildoz #ozflowers #stormhour
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Fledgling pale yellow robin 🪶 in the dark forest
Cairns region, QLD
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of a pale yellow robin perched on a branch against a dark background. It is a juvenile bird with scraggly feathers and uneven colouring, with pale yellow on its belly and mottled grey elsewhere.
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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First Little Pink Fairy Orchid (Caladenia reptans reptans) of the season in the Perth Hills 🩷🌱🌿

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
Picture of a pink orchid flower with blurred leaf litter behind it
August 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Male king parrot visiting the yard early morning.

#birds #canberra #nature #australia #parrot #photography #winter #kingparrot #ausbird #ornithology #australianbird #canon
King Parrot
August 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Scarlet myzomela honeyeater 🪶
Ipswich region, QLD
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of a male scarlet honeyeater perched on a thin branch looking over its shoulder at me. It is a small bird with black feathers on its back and wings, a white underside and white edges on its wings, and its head and chest are as red as red can be. Literally; the camera's red sensor is maxed out in some parts of this image.
August 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Australian bustard 🪶 in deep grass. Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of an Australian bustard with just its head and neck showing through tall grass. It is a tall bird with a long neck, but it is stocky like a turkey, rather than slender like an egret. It has grey feathers on its face and neck, with a cap of dark blue on top of its head. Its eye has a light coloured iris, and its beak is short and robust.
July 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Sharing parental duties.. a stunning male spotted pardalote bringing nesting material to the pair’s burrow nest. Made my Sunday 😊. #wildoz #WeekendBirding
A small yellow and black bird with white spots on the top of the head and wings, perched on a branch with nesting material in beak, above a partially concealed burrow below. Bright yellow throat distinguishes male from female. Snapped Sunshine Coast hinterland, qld
July 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Goanna slowly climbing a tree, Cattana Wetlands
Cairns region, QLD
#ausreptiles #wildoz
Photo of a goanna - aka lace monitor - from the shoulders up, climbing the trunk of a tree. It is a large lizard, with thin wrinkly skin and a long face. It has bands of black and pale yellow on its lower jaw, as well as on its fingers. It is hugging the tree tightly, with its long claws gripping the bark.
July 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Little Pied Cormorant audition head shot while trying to channel a Cary Grant look.
🧐😎🎬

#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #Canon #R5 #Australia
An adult little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) is captured in a medium shot, facing slightly right but looking directly at the camera. Its head is tilted slightly, giving it an inquisitive expression. The cormorant's plumage consists of a dark grey cap extending down its neck and dark grey wings, contrasting with its clean white chest and belly. Its most striking features are its bright yellow-orange beak and the matching yellow skin around its eyes, which stand out against its dark eyes. The background is a soft, out-of-focus grey, allowing the bird to be the central focus of the image.
July 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Marking my last full day in Rwanda with this portrait of a Little Bee-eater.

📍Kigali, Rwanda.

#Birds #NaturePhotography 🪶
A small, mostly grass-green bee-eater with a canary-yellow throat separated from buff underparts by a black line across the throat. Singles and pairs occupy grassy savanna and wetland edges. They often perch lower than 1.5 m above the ground, and dart around hunting flying insects, then returning to the same small twig. Calls include a sibilant “s-lip” and other high-pitched notes.
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Eastern cattle egrets 🪶 commuting back to the roost after a long day of eating bugs in the fields.
Daintree River, QLD
#ausbirds #wildoz
Photo of four cattle egrets in silhouette, flying in front of soft clouds highlighted orange by the sunset. Their long necks are held tucked to their shoulders in flight, while their legs trail behind.
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Balance is a breeze.

Sooty oystercatcher at Sandon Point this afternoon. 🪶
Seabird with black plumage, red bill & circle round eye, reddish legs & feet. It is taking a step on a rock platform beside the windblown sea. Feathers are ruffled.
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Check out our journal #australianmammalogy - first observation of grey-headed flying foxes roosting in western New South Wales (Mo et al, 2025) - nearly 300km from nearest known roost! 📸 Andrew Mercer #wildoz #ausmammals @csiropublishing.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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From a great distance, i got this quick view of a grey goshawk 🪶 being mobbed by a mixed flock of lorikeets (mostly rainbow, but there are two scaly-breasted in this shot).
Hardings Paddock, Ipswich region, QLD
#ausbirds #ozwildlife
Photo of a grey goshawk in flight above about 20 lorikeets in a cloudy sky. The hawk is facing toward the camera, with its wings spread wide and its tail tilted. The lorikeets are all wheeling the same direction, so the undersides of their wings are visible. They have a blaze of yellow, with red and orange on their bellies. As they are far away in this photo, their more vbrant colours are difficult to discern.
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Meeting my new neighbours.
An eastern spinebill visited today. These little energetic birds can hover in mid-air while sipping nectar from flowers, just like a hummingbird.

#nature #birds #aussieBirds #naturePhotography #wildBirds #australia #spinebill #nikon
Easter Spinebill
July 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Spotted Pardalote from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June. Widespread and fairly common in healthy forest.

#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
July 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Australian gum tree forest painting - Sunlit Clearing 🍃🌿🍃🌿
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Textured palette knife oil painting of an Australian gum tree forest. Inspired by the soft hues of the Australian bush.

#LandscapePainting #AustralianLandscapeArt #NatureArt #JanMatsonArt
A vertical , textured oil painting of an Australian gum tree forest. Beneath the gum tree in the foreground, are native ferns.
July 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM