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Chris Hail
@hailtheyounger.bsky.social
Hobbyist bird photographer around Meanjin/Brisbane Australia. Photos here all my own unless noted otherwise.
It's time to post raptors!

White-bellied sea eagle 🪶 at Eagle Hawk Neck, Tasmania.
October 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Male paradise riflebird 🪶 Mt Glorious QLD
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October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Black-shouldered kite 🪶 departing its perch. Oakey, QLD
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October 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
So that makes this a Crimecop scenario, then
October 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Green rosella 🪶, Port Arthur TAS
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October 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Fledgling pale yellow robin 🪶 in the dark forest
Cairns region, QLD
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September 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Scarlet myzomela honeyeater 🪶
Ipswich region, QLD
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August 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thanks! Didn't see any big stick insects, but there was this pretty healthy orb weaver up in the rainforest:
August 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Australian bustard 🪶 in deep grass. Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland
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July 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Goanna slowly climbing a tree, Cattana Wetlands
Cairns region, QLD
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July 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Eastern cattle egrets 🪶 commuting back to the roost after a long day of eating bugs in the fields.
Daintree River, QLD
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July 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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
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July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A hungry sulphur-crested cockatoo screaming for attention.
Cairns, Queensland 🪶
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July 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Scarlet honeyeater (myzomela) just coming in to his adult plumage. When it's all in, he'll be bright red all over his head and throat with a handsome black jacket and grey belly. 🪶
Hardings Paddock, Ipswich region QLD
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June 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Pale-headed rosella 🪶 Sherwood Arboretum, Brisbane QLD
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June 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Black-shouldered kite approaching a perch. Ipswich region, QLD
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June 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Always showing the skeptical eyebrows - Portrait of a willie wagtail, Cairns QLD
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June 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Squatter pigeon, far north Queensland
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May 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Rainbow lorikeets 🪶 really do use the whole colour spectrum, most of it in maximum saturation.
Ipswich, Queensland
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May 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
White-bellied sea eagle 🪶, Ipswich region QLD
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May 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
White-fronted chat 🪶 from last year at Werribee Treatment Plant.
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May 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Blue-faced honeyeater 🪶 in the blooms of the backyard umbrella tree. They take turns with the more numerous rainbow lorikeets.
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April 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The umbrella trees are blooming, and they're crowded with rainbow lorikeets. Three flowers are rich in nectar, which is all these birds eat.
Ipswich, QLD
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April 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A pair of silvereyes, stacked up on neighbouring twigs. 🪶
Hardings Paddock, Ipswich region QLD
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April 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Sometimes you have to just go for the obvious cheesy shot.
Sunset at Moreton Island, QLD
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March 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM