The striated pardalote - a cute Australian bird with a short tail

@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

Birds can be hard to photograph. The photographer got a great shot with this.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (48480)

• Mojave, California

12 Dec 21

@JudyEv Hell yeah they did. Is that someone you know who took took that you said brother in law maybe him. Very cool and I always love the eyes of any animal. Windows to the soul and that bird just has a neat eye look like I live my life right.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

@crossbones27 Credit is given in the first para: This photo is courtesy Fir0002, GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459684)

• Switzerland

12 Dec 21

This is a pretty bird, I would like to see the babies coming out from the pot too.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459684)

• Switzerland

13 Dec 21

@JudyEv - Animals seem to know when we are not around.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Dec 21

@LadyDuck That's true but the parents seem to be used to people and went in and out quite unworried.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

They would have to sit in the doorway and just take off and hope for the best.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307688)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Dec 21

It's a beautiful bird. I hope he sees them emerge.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307688)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Dec 21

@JudyEv I'm sure you would. Do you know how long they sit on the eggs?

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

@just4him I don't know exactly but I think between ten days and two weeks.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

I think I'd be sitting there keeping a 24-hour watch. Well, maybe a 12-hour one as I don't suppose they'd fly out at night.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17915)

• London, England

12 Dec 21

A handsome little fellow. We get some finches nesting in front and they can be quite noisy!

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

Some little bodies can certainly make a lot of noise. Do you know what sort of finches they are?

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17915)

• London, England

14 Dec 21

@JudyEv The only ones I can remember are wag tails, not sure if they are actually finches, and blue finches. There are a couple of others, but I can't recall the names

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17915)

• London, England

16 Dec 21

@JudyEv Total opportunists!

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Dec 21

It is a cute little bird. I to enjoy watching the babies.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

We had a little family of willy wagtails nest on our verandah one spring. They gave us a lot of pleasure.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Dec 21

@CarolDM They do bring a lot of pleasure. I miss our birdbaths very much.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Dec 21

@JudyEv I watch the birds each year as you know.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54407)

• United States

12 Dec 21

as always - awesome picture!!! what an interesting bird. I suspect they don't fly long distances?

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

They would have a limited territory I think. Not that I know for sure.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Dec 21

@DocAndersen That makes sense. Good thinking.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54407)

• United States

13 Dec 21

@JudyEv interesting - birds with shorter tails tend towards shorter flights, the tail feathers help when working with wind! (more stability)!

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58444)

• Philippines

12 Dec 21

I'm sure your brother-in-law is excited to see the new young birds.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58444)

• Philippines

12 Dec 21

@JudyEv nice to know.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

He has several bird baths too and gets a lot of birds visiting his gardens. I'm sure he will let us know when the little ones start to fly.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (45579)

• India

12 Dec 21

A very cute bird indeed! And hopefully not as much trouble causing or filth causing as our daily visiting pigeons who seem to have outnumbered almost all other birds like Mynahs, Sparrows etc.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (45579)

• India

12 Dec 21

@JudyEv Till a few years back, we used to be joyous at watching them. Now they are becoming almost like pests. We had to spend on Nets in two places due to the mess they created and might need even one more.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (45579)

• India

13 Dec 21

@JudyEv And Pigeon netting has become a business by itself here.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

I'm not at all fond of pigeons. They are in the inner city areas but I haven't seen them around here much. They do make a horrible mess.

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (37763)

• Philippines

16 Dec 21

This is a cute bird. I like the it's white color with accent of yellow and black

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Dec 21

They are quite pretty really.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95959)

• Marion, Ohio

12 Dec 21

It is a pretty little bird

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

Some of the tiny birds are quite colourful.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (157742)

• United States

12 Dec 21

What a cute, cute bird.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

I love his stubby little tail.

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Rashna Gandhi

@Rashnag (30594)

• Surat, India

12 Dec 21

It's such a cute bird with vibrant colours. Glad to know about it

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

Thanks. I think it is cute too.

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Rashna Gandhi

@Rashnag (30594)

• Surat, India

13 Dec 21

@JudyEv

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Bouta

@Babino (5761)

• Morocco

12 Dec 21

That bird is so cute, your brother is lucky to be able to see it and hear his voice every now and then.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

He is very fond of the birds that visit his garden.

Disha Singh

@ThatDisha (4010)

• India

12 Dec 21

Adorable

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 21

He looks big here but he is actually very tiny.

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Disha Singh

@ThatDisha (4010)

• India

13 Dec 21

@JudyEv ooh

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (48497)

• Canada

12 Dec 21

Your post reminded me of JJ, he was so informed on many different types of birds. Its a pretty bird, we don't have any around here that look like that.

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