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    2013 *** Image of the Week 9/6/13-Winner**Mark McGuire** 

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    Published on 12-06-2013 09:14 PM
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    Congratulations Mark McMuire for winning this weeks Image of the Week with your wonderful photograph of an Eastern Spinebill feeding on a blossom whilst in flight. Well done, Mark! ...
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    2013 *** Image of the Week 2/6/13-Winner**Richard Huggett** 

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    Published on 05-06-2013 09:16 PM
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    Congratulations to Richard Huggett for winning Image of the Week with his fantastic Spotted Harrier photograph. Well done, Richard. ...
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    2013 *** Image of the Week 26/5/13-Winner**Greg Oakley** 

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    Published on 31-05-2013 07:47 PM
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    Congratulations to Greg for winning this week's competition with his Dusky Grasswren photograph. ...
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    2013 *** Image of the Week 19/05/2013-Winner**Greg Oakley** 

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    Published on 22-05-2013 09:04 PM
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    Congratulations to Greg for winning this week's competition with his Western Bowerbird image! Well done Greg. ...
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    2013 *** Image of the Week 12/05/2013-Winner**Chris Steeles** 

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    Published on 15-05-2013 09:01 PM
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    Congratulations to Chris Steeles for winning this week's competition with his Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater image! Well done Chris. ...
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    2013 *** Image of the Week 05/05/2013-Winner**Matthew Jones** 

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    Published on 08-05-2013 09:01 PM
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    Congratulations to Matthew Jones for winning this week's competition with his Rose Robin image! Well done Matthew. ...
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    2013 *** Image of the Week 28/04/2013-Winner**Rod Warnock ** 

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    Published on 01-05-2013 09:07 PM
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    Congratulations to Rod Warnock for winning this week's competition with his Orange Chat image! Well done Rod . ...
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  • Latest Member Photos

    adrianm

    Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

    Thread Starter: adrianm

    Another first for me from last weekend, this Little Egret was hunting along the mud of the Brunswick River in northern New South Wales.

    Pentax

    Last Post By: Richard Jackson Today, 08:21 PM Go to last post
    Duade Paton

    Pacific Golden Plover - (Pluvialis fulva)

    Thread Starter: Duade Paton

    Name: Pacific Golden Plover - (Pluvialis fulva)
    Location: Shoalhaven Heads, NSW (25/11/2012)
    Gear: Canon 7D and EF400 5.6L @ F8 1/1600 ISO400

    Last Post By: Richard Jackson Today, 08:24 PM Go to last post
    Daniel Venema

    Lovely Fairy-Wren

    Thread Starter: Daniel Venema

    Dale mentioned this species to me in a Facebook comment the other day, and I decided that one day soon I would travel the few hours north to find them,

    Last Post By: Owen Lishmund Today, 08:10 PM Go to last post
    Jan Wegener

    Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis albiventris)

    Thread Starter: Jan Wegener

    One more image from the weekend. This time taken in Hattah. Was pretty quiet bird wise, but I managed a few keepers. This was a new species for me

    Last Post By: Karl Seddon Today, 08:23 PM Go to last post
    Mick Crosland

    Aussie bush chooks

    Thread Starter: Mick Crosland

    Emu - Dromaius novaehollandiae
    Coolabah NSW
    4/6/13
    Canon 400D
    70-300mm lens
    1/1000@f/5.6
    iso 400
    Sharpened and

    Last Post By: Mick Crosland Today, 07:55 PM Go to last post
    Rick Playle

    Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufa )

    Thread Starter: Rick Playle

    Found this one bouncing around the rock at the main car park in Foxes Lair nature reserve this morning
    captured with the 60D 100-400 Av mode 7.1

    Last Post By: Rick Playle Today, 07:42 PM Go to last post
    Patrick Kavanagh

    Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

    Thread Starter: Patrick Kavanagh

    Well, it falls well short of some of the spectacular Spinebill shots that appear on this forum and I'd have preferred more eye contact, but it's the best

    Last Post By: Duade Paton Today, 07:29 PM Go to last post
    Chris Steeles

    "Can I help you?" (Nankeen Kestrel)

    Thread Starter: Chris Steeles

    Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) - Tanunda, South Australia (18-6-13)
    1/800, 7.1, ISO400, +0.7EC, handheld from mitsubishi hide
    crop, sharpen,

    Last Post By: Owen Lishmund Today, 08:12 PM Go to last post
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