GordonAplin
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Left-wing Atheist and Feminist. Tweet on science and Aus politics. Living on Whadjuk/Noongar land #OzResist.
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Looking back over my non-bird photos this year and the Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest stands out in my memory. It is at the top of Washington, close to the Canadian border.
Such a beautiful place and we had such perfect weather.
This is Mount Shuksan as seen from Picture Lake.
#bestof2025
Such a beautiful place and we had such perfect weather.
This is Mount Shuksan as seen from Picture Lake.
#bestof2025
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Looking back over my non-bird photos this year and the Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest stands out in my memory. It is at the top of Washington, close to the Canadian border.
Such a beautiful place and we had such perfect weather.
This is Mount Shuksan as seen from Picture Lake.
#bestof2025
Such a beautiful place and we had such perfect weather.
This is Mount Shuksan as seen from Picture Lake.
#bestof2025
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It's Wrensday Wednesday!
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It's Wrensday Wednesday!
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
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And another favourite fairywren shot for Wrensday Wednesday.
A female splendid fairywren spotted at Gluepot Reserve in May.
#wrensday #bestof2025
A female splendid fairywren spotted at Gluepot Reserve in May.
#wrensday #bestof2025
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
And another favourite fairywren shot for Wrensday Wednesday.
A female splendid fairywren spotted at Gluepot Reserve in May.
#wrensday #bestof2025
A female splendid fairywren spotted at Gluepot Reserve in May.
#wrensday #bestof2025
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I remember taking this shot.
I was sitting quietly by a sheep trough when I saw this spotted harrier approaching.
So I got ready and rattled off some shots as it flew by - low and slow - hunting.
It had no idea I was there.
My favourite raptor, btw.
I was sitting quietly by a sheep trough when I saw this spotted harrier approaching.
So I got ready and rattled off some shots as it flew by - low and slow - hunting.
It had no idea I was there.
My favourite raptor, btw.
December 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I remember taking this shot.
I was sitting quietly by a sheep trough when I saw this spotted harrier approaching.
So I got ready and rattled off some shots as it flew by - low and slow - hunting.
It had no idea I was there.
My favourite raptor, btw.
I was sitting quietly by a sheep trough when I saw this spotted harrier approaching.
So I got ready and rattled off some shots as it flew by - low and slow - hunting.
It had no idea I was there.
My favourite raptor, btw.
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Good morning.
One from a few days ago.
One from a few days ago.
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Good morning.
One from a few days ago.
One from a few days ago.
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An excellent experience this year was the birding cruise out of Bellingham where I got to see puffins for the first time. In this case, they were tufted puffins - seen at Smith Island in the Salish Sea. Such a fantastic day shared with my son, daughter-in-law, and good friend, Mary.
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
An excellent experience this year was the birding cruise out of Bellingham where I got to see puffins for the first time. In this case, they were tufted puffins - seen at Smith Island in the Salish Sea. Such a fantastic day shared with my son, daughter-in-law, and good friend, Mary.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Thank goodness we still have journos like Laura Tingle
Thank goodness we still have journos like Laura Tingle
The focus on Clinton raises questions about how curated the files were
The thousands of photos paint a picture of a life spent with the rich and famous but little that is incriminating to anyone but Jeffrey Epstein.
www.abc.net.au
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Thank goodness we still have journos like Laura Tingle
Thank goodness we still have journos like Laura Tingle
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White Bellied Sea Eagle, flying along the base of a cliff, recently.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
December 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
White Bellied Sea Eagle, flying along the base of a cliff, recently.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
Always a thrill photographing this.
Wish I was swimming but it’s too hot to do anything today. 40+ here.
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Sharing again - one of my personal favourites from my archives:
Spotted pardalotes collecting nesting material at Spring Gully Conservation Park, South Australia.
Male (L) with white spots and female (R) with yellow spots.
Tree is a red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha).
Spotted pardalotes collecting nesting material at Spring Gully Conservation Park, South Australia.
Male (L) with white spots and female (R) with yellow spots.
Tree is a red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha).
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Sharing again - one of my personal favourites from my archives:
Spotted pardalotes collecting nesting material at Spring Gully Conservation Park, South Australia.
Male (L) with white spots and female (R) with yellow spots.
Tree is a red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha).
Spotted pardalotes collecting nesting material at Spring Gully Conservation Park, South Australia.
Male (L) with white spots and female (R) with yellow spots.
Tree is a red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha).
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A look at the wings of a mulga parrot.
Such pretty little parrots.
Gluepot Reserve.
Such pretty little parrots.
Gluepot Reserve.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A look at the wings of a mulga parrot.
Such pretty little parrots.
Gluepot Reserve.
Such pretty little parrots.
Gluepot Reserve.
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It is a relief to see Girri knows how to use her brakes to good effect when she's wingercizing. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It is a relief to see Girri knows how to use her brakes to good effect when she's wingercizing. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
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Another one from the vault ...
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Another one from the vault ...
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
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A feisty Ms Girri enjoying some raucous fun and more wingercizing.
Comment from Dr Cilla Kinross earlier today: "A shy retiring peregrine is unlikely to thrive in falcon-world. Feistiness is an essential attribute."
#OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
Comment from Dr Cilla Kinross earlier today: "A shy retiring peregrine is unlikely to thrive in falcon-world. Feistiness is an essential attribute."
#OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A feisty Ms Girri enjoying some raucous fun and more wingercizing.
Comment from Dr Cilla Kinross earlier today: "A shy retiring peregrine is unlikely to thrive in falcon-world. Feistiness is an essential attribute."
#OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
Comment from Dr Cilla Kinross earlier today: "A shy retiring peregrine is unlikely to thrive in falcon-world. Feistiness is an essential attribute."
#OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
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Peregrine Falcon, a few days ago.
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Peregrine Falcon, a few days ago.
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Predictably, News Corp have ignored teachers’ pleas for them to stop pitting schools against each other by publishing uncontextualised rankings. Since they’ve ignored this, I’m sharing the list of Australia’s most untrusted brands. News Corp number 8 - should be higher! A toxic stain on Australia.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Predictably, News Corp have ignored teachers’ pleas for them to stop pitting schools against each other by publishing uncontextualised rankings. Since they’ve ignored this, I’m sharing the list of Australia’s most untrusted brands. News Corp number 8 - should be higher! A toxic stain on Australia.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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White Bellied Sea Eagle with lunch, a few days ago.
Have a great day.
Have a great day.
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
White Bellied Sea Eagle with lunch, a few days ago.
Have a great day.
Have a great day.
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This big bruiser of a euro (wallaroo) looks like he's had some fights in his time.
Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This big bruiser of a euro (wallaroo) looks like he's had some fights in his time.
Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
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Pelican just about to go to sleep, yesterday.
Cute.
Cute.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pelican just about to go to sleep, yesterday.
Cute.
Cute.
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I almost forgot to have a little brag 🙂
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I almost forgot to have a little brag 🙂
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
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More kangaroos at Bald Hill Beach.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
More kangaroos at Bald Hill Beach.
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Good morning.
Brown Falcon. Taken in July during the desert trip.
Brown Falcon. Taken in July during the desert trip.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Good morning.
Brown Falcon. Taken in July during the desert trip.
Brown Falcon. Taken in July during the desert trip.
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Marvel to see Girri stand right up on those legs. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Marvel to see Girri stand right up on those legs. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons