Daniel Bastaja
@kupac1.bsky.social
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) flyover yesterday. From the size, I figured this was a male and it looks like he just had a good lunch. Check out the bulging crop. #BirdingHungary #falcons #birdsofprey
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) flyover yesterday. From the size, I figured this was a male and it looks like he just had a good lunch. Check out the bulging crop. #BirdingHungary #falcons #birdsofprey
Another view of some of the Greater White-fronted Geese from yesterday. A few hundred thousand winter in the Carpathian Basin #BirdingHungary #geese #wildgeese #waterfowl
December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Another view of some of the Greater White-fronted Geese from yesterday. A few hundred thousand winter in the Carpathian Basin #BirdingHungary #geese #wildgeese #waterfowl
Back in the Big Paprika now, but still have lots of pics from my Australia trip. I will post more over the coming weeks. Meanwhile winter in Hungary means lots & lots of #geese Here's a tiny flock of Greater White-fronted Geese. Trying to find a Lesser White-front in this mess. 🤪 🤯 #BirdingHungary
December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Back in the Big Paprika now, but still have lots of pics from my Australia trip. I will post more over the coming weeks. Meanwhile winter in Hungary means lots & lots of #geese Here's a tiny flock of Greater White-fronted Geese. Trying to find a Lesser White-front in this mess. 🤪 🤯 #BirdingHungary
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis). Something I REALLY like about birding in Australia.. they only have one pipit! ONE! No tearing your hair out trying to get a decent look at a tiny, brown, streaky thing in the grass to figure out which of 10 pipit species it could be. 😂 #BirdingAustralia #pipits
December 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis). Something I REALLY like about birding in Australia.. they only have one pipit! ONE! No tearing your hair out trying to get a decent look at a tiny, brown, streaky thing in the grass to figure out which of 10 pipit species it could be. 😂 #BirdingAustralia #pipits
The wide open spaces of down under 😀 #Australia #BirdingAustralia
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The wide open spaces of down under 😀 #Australia #BirdingAustralia
One more honeyeater.. because you need some sweetness in your life! 😄 This is the Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
One more honeyeater.. because you need some sweetness in your life! 😄 This is the Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
Another Australian honeyeater.. the Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
December 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Another Australian honeyeater.. the Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
There are 186 species of honeyeater in the world, all but one east of the Wallace Line. Australia has about half of the species. Here's one of the larger ones... Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) #BirdingAustralia #wattlebirds #honeyeaters
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There are 186 species of honeyeater in the world, all but one east of the Wallace Line. Australia has about half of the species. Here's one of the larger ones... Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) #BirdingAustralia #wattlebirds #honeyeaters
Just waiting for this Bennet's Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) to finish trashing my terrace at the Bruny Island Hotel. I guess it didn't appreciate me calling it a red-neck 😂 Red-necked Wallaby is their alternate common name. #WildTasmania #WildAustralia #wallabies #macropods
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just waiting for this Bennet's Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) to finish trashing my terrace at the Bruny Island Hotel. I guess it didn't appreciate me calling it a red-neck 😂 Red-necked Wallaby is their alternate common name. #WildTasmania #WildAustralia #wallabies #macropods
Close-up of feeding time at the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo near Taranna. No... not Toronto (for you Ontario natives. 😂 )! When these little bad boys eat, they eat everything! Flesh, skin, fur, bones. Not a scrap left. 😳
#WildTasmania #WildAustralia #TasmanianDevils
#WildTasmania #WildAustralia #TasmanianDevils
December 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Close-up of feeding time at the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo near Taranna. No... not Toronto (for you Ontario natives. 😂 )! When these little bad boys eat, they eat everything! Flesh, skin, fur, bones. Not a scrap left. 😳
#WildTasmania #WildAustralia #TasmanianDevils
#WildTasmania #WildAustralia #TasmanianDevils
One more honeyeater for today. A New Holland Honeyeater at a nectar feeder on the Tasman Peninsula. This was by far the commonest of the #honeyeaters on my trip. It was everywhere and in all kinds of different habitats. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One more honeyeater for today. A New Holland Honeyeater at a nectar feeder on the Tasman Peninsula. This was by far the commonest of the #honeyeaters on my trip. It was everywhere and in all kinds of different habitats. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia
Saw lots of these in Tasmania but always in overflight. Never saw one sitting in a tree. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funereus) #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #cockatoos #parrots
December 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Saw lots of these in Tasmania but always in overflight. Never saw one sitting in a tree. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funereus) #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #cockatoos #parrots
Another Tasmanian endemic.. the Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis). #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
December 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Another Tasmanian endemic.. the Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis). #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
Just couldn't get a decent shot of Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) because it was so preoccupied. Digging into and stripping the Eucalyptus bark to find insects. Found only in Tasmania. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just couldn't get a decent shot of Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) because it was so preoccupied. Digging into and stripping the Eucalyptus bark to find insects. Found only in Tasmania. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
So many flightless birds have either become extinct or are critically endangered. This one is bucking that trend. The Tasmania Native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii). Endemic to Tasmania, where it is very common. This one was taking a big bug back to the nest. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia
December 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
So many flightless birds have either become extinct or are critically endangered. This one is bucking that trend. The Tasmania Native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii). Endemic to Tasmania, where it is very common. This one was taking a big bug back to the nest. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia
Australasian Shoveller (Spatula rhynchotis). The faint outline of a crescent on the face in front of the eye and the reddish on the flanks makes me think this may be an immature or eclipse male rather than a female. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #ducks #waterfowl
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Australasian Shoveller (Spatula rhynchotis). The faint outline of a crescent on the face in front of the eye and the reddish on the flanks makes me think this may be an immature or eclipse male rather than a female. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #ducks #waterfowl
Here's the female Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #flycatchers #FlycatcherFriday
December 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Here's the female Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #flycatchers #FlycatcherFriday
Male Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca). A member of the Monarch #flycatchers which are found primarily in Australasia. This species is migratory in Tasmania, heading north in the winter. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #FlycatcherFriday
December 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Male Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca). A member of the Monarch #flycatchers which are found primarily in Australasia. This species is migratory in Tasmania, heading north in the winter. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #FlycatcherFriday
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) about to devour a small crab. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #gulls #seegulls
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) about to devour a small crab. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #gulls #seegulls
Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) having a good stretch. #BirdingAustralia #grebes #waterfowl
December 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) having a good stretch. #BirdingAustralia #grebes #waterfowl
Very few #grebes in Australia. Here is one of only 3 species regularly found on the continent... the Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus). Also one of the few species with a tautonym. #BirdingAustralia #waterfowl
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Very few #grebes in Australia. Here is one of only 3 species regularly found on the continent... the Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus). Also one of the few species with a tautonym. #BirdingAustralia #waterfowl
"I can fly! I know I can fly!" Meanwhile, his buddy in the back is like "Yeah, right." 😂 It was fun watching the Australian Fur Seals on Bruny Island. #WildTasmania #seals #pinnipeds
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"I can fly! I know I can fly!" Meanwhile, his buddy in the back is like "Yeah, right." 😂 It was fun watching the Australian Fur Seals on Bruny Island. #WildTasmania #seals #pinnipeds
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
One more wader for #WaderWednesday .. a Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) I'm digging that bright yellow eyebrow. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #spoonbills
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One more wader for #WaderWednesday .. a Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) I'm digging that bright yellow eyebrow. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #spoonbills
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) in flight. The bird kind of gets lost in that pebble background. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #waders #WaderWednesday #sandpipers #stints
December 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) in flight. The bird kind of gets lost in that pebble background. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #waders #WaderWednesday #sandpipers #stints