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Brian Taylor
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Optical Scientist, Wild Life Photographer
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Platypus, St. George River, Lorne, Victoria Australia.

#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
Shows a platypus on the surface of the water. The platypus is eating causing circular ripples in the water that originate from the bill area.
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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A female Gang Gang Cockatoo eating seed pods of an acacia, Canberra Australia.

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#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
This image shows a female bird grasping a branch of an acacia tree to pull the branch to her mouth. She will clip the branch from the tree then while holding the branch in one claw, she will eat the seeds from the pods.
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Flying Fox colony, Commonwealth Park, Canberra

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#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
Several flying foxes roosting in a tree. This was taken in the middle of the capital city of Australia.
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Rainbow Lorikeet, In The Backyard, ACT, Australia

#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
Portrait of a Rainbow Lorikeet. Resting on a stick, the vivid blue head feathers create a spiky face to the bird.
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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"Lunch!", Silver Gull, #MulligansFlat, ACT, Australia

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#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A silver gull focused intently on a dragonfly. The gull is floating on the surface and with the dragonfly not too far from the beak. The gull is hunched down getting ready to pounce.
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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"In Flight", Welcome Swallow, Tidbindilla Nature Reserve, ACT, Australia

#tidbidbilla
#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A welcome swallow leaves a branch to go after an insect. The back ground is a nice golden color and the branch is grey and quite dead. There are small branches in the background behind the swallow.
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Welcome Swallow, Tidbindilla Nature Reserve, ACT, Australia

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#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
October 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Pacific Black Duck, Tidbinbilla, ACT, Australia

#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
Two pacific black ducks swimming toward the camera. Reflections of the ducks can be see in the dark dark green water.
September 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Silver gull and Chick, www.mulligansflat.org.au, ACT

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#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
An adult silver gull with a chick rest on a log in the center of a pond. The chick is quite young without flight feathers.
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Australian Raven, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW Australia

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#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
September 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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"Air Guitar"

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#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
Mom and joey eastern grey kangaroos. Joey is leaning back in a classical air guitar pose while mom looks on. Joey was actually scratching an itch but it looks like he/she is playing an air guitar.
August 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Raven, Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary, ACT, Australia

#birds #aussieBirds #australianBirds #nature #naturePhotogrpahy #nikon
A black and white photo of a Raven in a tree. The tree is dead so you see the bones of the tree reaching out from the lower left corner of the frame. The raven with head bowed is looking down at something in the water.
August 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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"A Cursed Roo", A Easter Grey in a field of Patterson's Curse. Warrumbungles National Park, NSW, Australia

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#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A somewhat bedraggled eastern grey kangaroo in a field of patterson's curse. A very pretty purple flower that is an invasive plant in Australia.
August 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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A rework of a previous image of a platypus at the Bombala Platypus Reserve, Bombala, NSW, Australia

#BombalaPlatypusReserve
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#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A portrait of a platypus. It is on the surface of the water with the bill toward the lower right of the screen. Ripples from the action of the platypus echo around it.
August 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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A yellow blotched forest skink, Dubuji boardwalk, Daintree, QLD, Australia.

#Daintree
#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A small skink looking out of a knot in a tree. Half of the body is out and the front two limbs are in place to hold the skink up. The image shows half of the tree with the skink partially unobscured from the tree.
July 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Baby Salty, Daintree River, Queenland Australia on SolarWhisper River tour.

#solarwhisper
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#photography
#nikon
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#WildlifePhotography
Baby saltwater crocodile sitting on the bank of the Daintree River. Was probably born this spring.
July 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Straw Neck Ibis, Mulligans Flats(www.mulligansflat.org.au)

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#photography
#nikon
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
#BirdPhotography
#australianBirds
6 straw neck ibis on a dead tree.
July 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Southern Cassowary, Daintree National Park, QLD Australia

#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
#BirdPhotography
#australianBirds
Head and shoulders of a southern cassowary. A large bird endemic to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Salty, Daintree River, Queenland Australia on SolarWhisper River tour.

#solarwhisper
#australianwildlife
#photography
#nikon
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
The head and upper body of a saltwater crocodile resting on the bank of the Daintree River. The head, teeth, and eye are in good focus with the body starting to develop a soft focus.
July 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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A platypus in the rain. Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, ACT, Australia.

#Tidbinbilla
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#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A platypus on the surface of a pond with rain coming down causing splatters in the water.
June 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Gentoo Penguin porpoising at Port Lockroy, Antarctica

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#nikon
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
#Antarctica
#PortLockroy
Gentoo Penguin porpoising out of the water to get some air. The beak is touching the water as the penguin dives back under the surface
June 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Estuary or Salt water Crocodile, Kakadu National Park.

#australianwildlife
#australianreptile
#photography
#nikon
#australianmammals
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
A salt water crocodile lying with mouth open only partially submerged. The reflection of the animal shows in the water.
May 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Black-fronted Dotteral, Mulligans Flat, ACT, Australia

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#photography
#birdphotography
#nikon
#mulligansflat
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
May 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Australian Pelicans, Mulligans Flat, ACT, Australia

#australianwildlife
#photography
#birdphotography
#nikon
#mulligansflat
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
Four Australian Pelicans lined up on a log, all snoozing.
May 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A juvenile Gang Gang Cockatoo.

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#photography
#nikon
#australianbirds
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
May 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM