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    "Meet A Member" #4 TrevorM 

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    Chris Martinez
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    Published on 08-04-2012 09:00 PM
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    TrevorM has an affinity with the sea and for someone who so spiritually close to the ocean, what better place to live than by the seaside and Trevor calls Port Stephens home. Naturally there are birds that also reside by the seaside and that's what brings Trevor to Feathers & Photos.


    What is the first thing you think of in the morning?

    Who’s turn is it to make the coffee?

    What attracted you to avian photography?
    Appealing subjects and technical difficulty.


    What was the first bird you photographed? Did you know the species?
    I can't remember? Since resuming photography in the digital age possibly a Tawny Frogmouth...and that is one I can identify ...
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    2012 *** Image of the Week 02/04/2012-Winner** Ákos Lumnitzer** 

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    Richard Hall
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    Published on 02-04-2012 11:58 PM
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    Congratulations to Ákos Lumnitzer for winning IOTW with his beautiful capture of a Crested Shrike-tit! ...
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    2012 *** Image of the Week 26/3/2012-Winner** Trevor M** 

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    Published on 26-03-2012 08:23 PM
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    Well done to Trevor M for his excellent Golden Whistler image.
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    "MEET A MEMBER" #3 David Taylor 

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    Published on 26-03-2012 01:27 AM
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    David Taylor is a longtime member of the forum. David is both birder and photographer and passionate in both regards. I've had the pleasure of meeting David in the flesh. He is an easy going bloke and very easy to strike up a conversation with.


    What is the first thing you think of in the morning?


    That depends on the morning - however most mornings the first thing I do when I get up is go to the computer and check emails and the forum - so I guess you’d say birds are high on the agenda.


    What attracted you to birding?

    I’ve been interested in birds all my life - as a youngster I joined the Gould League of Birds in Victoria and had the field guide by Cayley "What Bird is That" very early on. What attracted me - well I think it’s just always been inherently in me - a love of wild birds and also animals. Not sure why - unlike most males I couldn’t give a fig about cars and I’m not greatly materialistic (except hankering for better camera and computer gear!) ...
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    2012 *** Image of the Week 19/3/2012-Winner** Jan Wegener** 

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    Published on 19-03-2012 05:57 PM
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    Well done to Jan for his awesome in flight image of a Long-billed Corella

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    2012 *** Image of the Week 12/03/2012 winner DAVID STOWE 

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    Published on 12-03-2012 03:46 PM
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    IOTW this week goes to some bloke called David Stowe? Who presented a delightful photo of one of Australia's rarest birds, the Orange-bellied Parrot. Congratulations Dave! ...
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    "MEET A MEMBER" #2 Ashy Drongo 

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    Published on 11-03-2012 09:13 PM
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    Ashwin is a super hardcore birder from NSW. He is one of a new breed of birders who's passion and enthusiasm speaks for itself.

    What is the first thing you think of in the morning?
    Usually something along the lines of “What time is it? Why is it so late? Why did I waste the morning sleeping, when I could have been out doing something (maybe even birding!)…” This seems to happen ever morning, yet I’m unable to make myself actually get up earlier

    How long have you been birding?
    I’ve been interested in birds for as long as I can remember, certainly since I was 5 or 6 years old. Going through some old stuff a while ago, I found a list (on butcher’s paper!) from Centennial Park in Sydney which would have been made when I was about 6 and included such rarities as Willie Wagtail. I guess I became a proper birder when I was 8, so over ten years ago now, when my parents gave me a pair of Pentax binos, and a Slater Field Guide. ...
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    Red Fox, Audley, Royal NP
    Red Fox, Audley, Royal NP
    by Richard Jackson
    Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
    Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
    by Gerard Satherley
    Blue-Winged Kookaburra  
- Katherine Gorge N.T
    Blue-Winged Kookaburra - Katherine Gorge N.T
    by Kirri Hardy
    Spotted Pardalote
    Spotted Pardalote
    by Richard Hall
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    Gerhard Weldhagen

    New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

    Thread Starter: Gerhard Weldhagen

    Got this little fellow today in my garden feeding on camellia flowers. Canon 1DIV, EF 600 f4L IS, 1/1000, f4, ISO 800, tripod. Cropped, sharpened, highlights,

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    Graham Collins

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    Another female Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) shot taken in my yard on 15 June 2013.
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    David Taylor

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    Sometimes called Liilly Trotter,

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    Superb Fairy-wren ( Malurus cyaneus) male Torquay Victoria

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    Superb Fairy-wren ( Malurus cyaneus) male Torquay Victoria
    Canon EOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM ISO400 F8.0 1/1600 Canon 580EX II flash BBeamer 7 February

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    Chris Steeles

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    cropped to 80% of original,

    Last Post By: Graham Collins Today, 12:05 PM Go to last post
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    Southern Emu-wren No. 2 (male)

    Thread Starter: Shelley Pearson

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    rob149bm

    Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Salamander Bay NSW

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    D7000 500 f4.5 f9@1/1600 ISO 800 Tripod fill flash PP capture one crop,noise,shadows&highlights,resized cs6
    taken this afternoon at Georges

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    adrianm

    Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

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    A Brahminy Kite perched high above the Brunswick River, northern New South Wales, in early morning sunlight over the weekend. Another one taken from

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