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Wren: That looks so fake, you couldn’t put one of those together if you tried.
Even if it’s technically possibly, it’s beyond my skill set.
That’s one amazing bird.
Weird that the colours in general are so muted and the neck has such bright colours
I’m guessing late August is breeding season, given the serious nest-building I saw going on. That yellow is nice and cheery, isn’t it?
oohh! he’s pretty fancy! i like him!
Those are some really colorful wattles! Nice photo!
Sweet shot!
OOOH! It looks kind of like a cross between a turkey and a TURKEY VULTURE!!
Cool bird!
Lynne, I hadn’t made that connection, but I’m not surprised you did. And yes, I can see the resemblance now that you’ve pointed it out.
Another interesting bird from your wanderings Wren! Very bright in front and is that tail vertical like a rudder? The eyes look like thy could see all the way around that bird for predator control too. Cool.
Cool shot of the Turkey, It is colorful. It is wonderful seeing all these birds from around the world.
…what a colorful turkey. It looks like he has an old yellow balloon strung around his neck!! Very cool…
Great photo. You certainly saw lots when you were out here. btw the more usual name is a Brush-turkey.
I think they’re also called Bush-turkeys, aren’t they? A bit smaller than the wild turkeys we have in the US, but much more colorful.
I can’t say that I’ve been following along your blog recently, but I’m a big Australia fan. When did you go? I saw plenty of brush turkeys at Lamington National Park back in 1999, but obviously, none were males, or had anything close to this yellow and red neck pouch. Amazing. And on your Echidna shot- great photo. I had the fortune to also see an Echinda in the wild back in 1999 in Carnarvon gorge national park. I was lucky, lucky lucky! It might be my all time coolest wild animal observation actually, they are just really cool creatures.
End of August, beginning of September. Not nearly enough time to explore even the city of Brisbane and its surrounds, but a wonderful opportunity to at least be there. I think it must have been breeding season, because I first noticed the turkeys when I observed a male building a nest. He was too active for me to get a good photo, but I was intrigued enough to read up a little on them and then was watching for others as I wandered around. Pretty tame and acclimated to people, at least the ones I saw.
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