BirdyBurney
@anttanager.bsky.social
Naturalist/Goldfish Whisperer based in Western Australia and specializing in bird research/conservation.
After several failed attempts, we finally found a Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldii). Endemic to SW Australia, they only emerge a few nights a year to find mates.
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#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
October 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
After several failed attempts, we finally found a Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldii). Endemic to SW Australia, they only emerge a few nights a year to find mates.
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
Pair of Galahs at Thompsons Lake Nature Reserve near Fremantle, Western Australia (male with darker eye). Very common throughout Australia.
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#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
August 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Pair of Galahs at Thompsons Lake Nature Reserve near Fremantle, Western Australia (male with darker eye). Very common throughout Australia.
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#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
Wedge-tailed Eagle from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wedge-tailed Eagle from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June.
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#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
Spotted Pardalote from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June. Widespread and fairly common in healthy forest.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Spotted Pardalote from Capertee Valley, NSW in mid-June. Widespread and fairly common in healthy forest.
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#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
Scarlet Robin from Perth Hills last week - sitting on an old Grass Tree flower stalk.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Scarlet Robin from Perth Hills last week - sitting on an old Grass Tree flower stalk.
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#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
New birds for me from the Capertee Valley region, NSW:
1. Apostlebird
2. Black-chinned Honeyeater
3. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
4. Diamond Firetail
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1. Apostlebird
2. Black-chinned Honeyeater
3. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
4. Diamond Firetail
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July 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New birds for me from the Capertee Valley region, NSW:
1. Apostlebird
2. Black-chinned Honeyeater
3. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
4. Diamond Firetail
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
1. Apostlebird
2. Black-chinned Honeyeater
3. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
4. Diamond Firetail
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birders #auswildlife #australianwildlife #ausbirds #australianbirds #birds #canon
Herdsman Lake in Perth, WA - great site to see and photograph these species:
1. Freckled Duck
2. Pink-eared Duck
3. Hardhead
4. Australian Hobby
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
1. Freckled Duck
2. Pink-eared Duck
3. Hardhead
4. Australian Hobby
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
July 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Herdsman Lake in Perth, WA - great site to see and photograph these species:
1. Freckled Duck
2. Pink-eared Duck
3. Hardhead
4. Australian Hobby
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
1. Freckled Duck
2. Pink-eared Duck
3. Hardhead
4. Australian Hobby
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
June 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Quick trip to Fraser Hill in Malaysia - some of the frogs we found. A few are extremely rare and local.
1. Tung's Narrow-mouthed Frog
2. Malayan Flying Frog
3. Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad
4. Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
1. Tung's Narrow-mouthed Frog
2. Malayan Flying Frog
3. Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad
4. Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
June 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Quick trip to Fraser Hill in Malaysia - some of the frogs we found. A few are extremely rare and local.
1. Tung's Narrow-mouthed Frog
2. Malayan Flying Frog
3. Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad
4. Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
1. Tung's Narrow-mouthed Frog
2. Malayan Flying Frog
3. Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad
4. Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
Quick trip to Fraser Hill in Malaysia - many thanks to the local herpers sharing their skills and knowledge. As more of a birdwatcher, I learned a lot.
1. Banded Coralsnake
2. Blue Coralsnake
3. Siamese Peninsula Pitviper
4. Highlands
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #snakes
1. Banded Coralsnake
2. Blue Coralsnake
3. Siamese Peninsula Pitviper
4. Highlands
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #snakes
June 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Quick trip to Fraser Hill in Malaysia - many thanks to the local herpers sharing their skills and knowledge. As more of a birdwatcher, I learned a lot.
1. Banded Coralsnake
2. Blue Coralsnake
3. Siamese Peninsula Pitviper
4. Highlands
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #snakes
1. Banded Coralsnake
2. Blue Coralsnake
3. Siamese Peninsula Pitviper
4. Highlands
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #snakes
Recent trip to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - one of our target birds was the African Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus ssp. alienus).
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
June 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Recent trip to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - one of our target birds was the African Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus ssp. alienus).
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Rainy season underway in Western Australia - frogs out and about:
1. Humming Frog
2. Moaning Frog
3. Whooping Frog
4. Hooting Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
1. Humming Frog
2. Moaning Frog
3. Whooping Frog
4. Hooting Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
June 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Rainy season underway in Western Australia - frogs out and about:
1. Humming Frog
2. Moaning Frog
3. Whooping Frog
4. Hooting Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
1. Humming Frog
2. Moaning Frog
3. Whooping Frog
4. Hooting Frog
#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs
June 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Starting my underwater photography with a OM System Tough TG-7 - easy to control and hard to destroy. Some pics from recent dives around Perth, Australia.
1. Maine flatworm
2. Western Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena sumptuosa)
3. Chromodoris westraliensis
4. Red Rock Crab (Guinusia chabrus)
#addOcean
1. Maine flatworm
2. Western Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena sumptuosa)
3. Chromodoris westraliensis
4. Red Rock Crab (Guinusia chabrus)
#addOcean
May 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Starting my underwater photography with a OM System Tough TG-7 - easy to control and hard to destroy. Some pics from recent dives around Perth, Australia.
1. Maine flatworm
2. Western Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena sumptuosa)
3. Chromodoris westraliensis
4. Red Rock Crab (Guinusia chabrus)
#addOcean
1. Maine flatworm
2. Western Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena sumptuosa)
3. Chromodoris westraliensis
4. Red Rock Crab (Guinusia chabrus)
#addOcean
Trip out to Camel Soak, Western Australia - lots of interesting species that don’t occur near Perth.
1. Mulga Parrot
2. Crimson Chat
3. Diamond Dove
4. Masked Woodswallow
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
1. Mulga Parrot
2. Crimson Chat
3. Diamond Dove
4. Masked Woodswallow
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
April 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Trip out to Camel Soak, Western Australia - lots of interesting species that don’t occur near Perth.
1. Mulga Parrot
2. Crimson Chat
3. Diamond Dove
4. Masked Woodswallow
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
1. Mulga Parrot
2. Crimson Chat
3. Diamond Dove
4. Masked Woodswallow
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Recent dive out near Rottnest Island in Western Australia - first encounter with a Grey Nurse Shark.
#sharks #marinelife #sketchart #australia #fish #nature
#sharks #marinelife #sketchart #australia #fish #nature
April 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Recent dive out near Rottnest Island in Western Australia - first encounter with a Grey Nurse Shark.
#sharks #marinelife #sketchart #australia #fish #nature
#sharks #marinelife #sketchart #australia #fish #nature
Some mammals from recent trip to South Africa.
April 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Some mammals from recent trip to South Africa.
Late last year, we traveled to South Africa: the Cape, along the Garden Route, and ended in Addo Elephant NP. A mix of stuff seen along the way:
1. African Penguin
2. Orange-breasted Sunbird
3. Southern Olive Woodpecker
4. Cape Sugarbird
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
1. African Penguin
2. Orange-breasted Sunbird
3. Southern Olive Woodpecker
4. Cape Sugarbird
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
April 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Late last year, we traveled to South Africa: the Cape, along the Garden Route, and ended in Addo Elephant NP. A mix of stuff seen along the way:
1. African Penguin
2. Orange-breasted Sunbird
3. Southern Olive Woodpecker
4. Cape Sugarbird
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
1. African Penguin
2. Orange-breasted Sunbird
3. Southern Olive Woodpecker
4. Cape Sugarbird
#birds #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Some more sea life in and around Bremer Bay, Western Australia - mid-March 2025.
1. Flesh-footed Shearwater
2. Long-finned Pilot Whale
3. Silver Gull
4. Great Crested Tern
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #australiabirdphotography
1. Flesh-footed Shearwater
2. Long-finned Pilot Whale
3. Silver Gull
4. Great Crested Tern
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #australiabirdphotography
March 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Some more sea life in and around Bremer Bay, Western Australia - mid-March 2025.
1. Flesh-footed Shearwater
2. Long-finned Pilot Whale
3. Silver Gull
4. Great Crested Tern
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #australiabirdphotography
1. Flesh-footed Shearwater
2. Long-finned Pilot Whale
3. Silver Gull
4. Great Crested Tern
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #australiabirdphotography
Quick trip down to Bremer Bay to catch a whale-watching boat. Some of the wildlife we observed:
1. Pacific Gull
2. Sooty Oystercatcher
3. Striped Dolphin
4. Sperm Whale
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife
1. Pacific Gull
2. Sooty Oystercatcher
3. Striped Dolphin
4. Sperm Whale
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife
March 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Quick trip down to Bremer Bay to catch a whale-watching boat. Some of the wildlife we observed:
1. Pacific Gull
2. Sooty Oystercatcher
3. Striped Dolphin
4. Sperm Whale
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife
1. Pacific Gull
2. Sooty Oystercatcher
3. Striped Dolphin
4. Sperm Whale
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canon #wildlife
Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii ssp. naso) - listed as vulnerable. Fairly easy to find in and around Fremantle at the moment. Pics from Kensington Bushland Reserve, Western Australia.
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canonphotography #canon #wildlife
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canonphotography #canon #wildlife
March 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii ssp. naso) - listed as vulnerable. Fairly easy to find in and around Fremantle at the moment. Pics from Kensington Bushland Reserve, Western Australia.
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canonphotography #canon #wildlife
#birds #birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #canonphotography #canon #wildlife
Yellow-billed Spoonbills at Bibra Lake, Western Australia - water getting very low as the dry season is nearly over.
#birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #birds #canonphotography #naturephotography #westernaustralia #wildlifephotography
#birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #birds #canonphotography #naturephotography #westernaustralia #wildlifephotography
March 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Yellow-billed Spoonbills at Bibra Lake, Western Australia - water getting very low as the dry season is nearly over.
#birdphotography #australia #australianwildlife #birds #canonphotography #naturephotography #westernaustralia #wildlifephotography
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Birdlife at Point Walter Reserve, Western Australia.
#birds #birdphotography #australianbirds #nature #westernaustralia
#birds #birdphotography #australianbirds #nature #westernaustralia
March 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Birdlife at Point Walter Reserve, Western Australia.
#birds #birdphotography #australianbirds #nature #westernaustralia
#birds #birdphotography #australianbirds #nature #westernaustralia
Few photos recently from parks near Perth, Western Australia.
February 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Few photos recently from parks near Perth, Western Australia.