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Bird of the Week

Ian Montgomery is a fantastic photographer in Australia. He has a website called Birdway which has his photos of the Birds of the World. He has them indexed as follows:

Birds of the World

Australian Birds

Old World Birds

New World Birds

Bird of the Week

Ian had given permission for me to use his photos in my blogs, and now I am posting his Bird of the Week newsletters here. I will be adding my observations of the birds below his. We trust you will enjoy this joint effort to present Ian’s Bird of the Week.

(Updated 10-03-09: As you can see, I am still not caught up with Ian’s previous Newsletters that I have. “I’m On It”)

(Updated 9-6-11: Ian’s Phone #’s were changed and some of the older posts still have the old #s. Here are his current numbers -  mobile/cell phone 0411 602 737 (or from outside Australia +61-411 602 737  - also – You should email him on ian@birdway.com.au)

Below are the Bird of the Week Newsletter articles:

Bird and Newsletter Date

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Introduction

South Island Wren/New Zealand Rockwren ~ 1-9-12

King Penguin ~ 12-29-11

Red-crowned Parakeet ~ 12-20-11

Royal Penguin ~ 12-10-11

Light-mantled Albatross ~ 12-1-11

Black Stilt ~ 11-15-11

NZ/Australasian Shoveler ~ 11-13-11

Black-tailed Treecreeper ~ 10-29-11

Red-kneed Dotterel ~ 10-17-11

Spotless Crake ~ 10-11-11

Tropical Scrubwren ~ 9-30-11

White-streaked Honeyeater ~ 9-23-11

Magnificent Riflebird ~ 9-12-11

Trumpet Manucode ~ 9-6-11

Victoria’s Riflebird ~ 8/21/11

Campbell/Black-browed Albatross ~ 8-14-11

Double-eyed Fig Parrot ~ 8-2-11

Tiger Shrike ~ 7-21-11

Comb-crested Jacana ~ 7-11-11

Little Grassbird ~ 7-3-11

Baillon’s Crake ~ 6-27-11

White-headed Pigeon ~ 6-15-11

Red-billed Tropicbird ~ 6-6-11

Crimson-crested Woodpecker ~ 5-30-11

Masked Booby ~ 5-20-11

Eastern Yellow Robin ~ 5-10-11

Eastern Roselle ~ 5-04-11

Turquoise Parrot ~ 4-25-11

Canary (Yellow) White-eye ~ 4-15-11

Little Egret ~ 4-6-11

White-bellied Cuckooshrike ~ 3-27-11

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater ~ 3-13-11

Lesser Frigatebird ~ 3-2-11

Superb Fruit-Dove ~ 2-20-11

Olive-backed/Yellow-bellied Sunbird ~ 2-17-11

Black-breasted Buttonquail ~ 1-30-11

Laughing Kookaburra ~ 1-23-11

Red-necked Phalarope ~ 1-15-11

White-tailed Kite ~ 1-7-11

Metallic Starling ~ 1-2-11

Scarlet Robin ~ 12-24-10

Spectacled (Streak-chested) Antpitta ~ 12-19-10

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan ~ 12-09-10

Slaty Flowerpiercers (and Hummingbirds) – 12/02/10

Scintillant Hummingbird – 11/25/10

Violaceous Trogon ~ 11-17-10

White-whiskered Puffbird ~ 11-11-10

Asian Dowitcher ~ 11-3-10

Boat-billed Heron ~ 10-30-10

Resplendent Quetzal ~ 10-18-10

Clark’s Nutcracker ~ 10-14-10

Sora ~ 9-29-10

Wilson’s Warbler ~ 9-21-10

American Bittern ~ 9-14-10

Bullers’ Shearwater ~ 9-7-10

Anna’s Hummingbird ~ 9-1-10

Pacific Loon ~ 8-26-10

Tooth-billed Bowerbird ~ 8-20-10

Banded Lapwing ~ 8-5-10

White-breasted Woodswallow ~ 7-28-10

Cape Barren Goose ~ 8-14-10

Banded Lapwing ~ 8-5-10

Eastern Spinebill ~ 7-21-10

Magpie Goose ~ 7-14-10

Australian Bustard ~ 7-9-10

Willie Wagtail ~ 6-30-10

White-rumpted/Australian Swiftlet ~ 6-22-10

Silver-crowned Friarbird ~ 6-16-10

Palm Cockatoo ~ 6-9-10

Whistling Kite ~ 5-31-10

Splendid Fairy Wren ~ 5-27-10

Cattle Egret ~ 5-20-1-

Striped Honeyeater ~ 5-13-10

Southern Boobook ~ 5-4-10

White-winged (Black Tern) ~ 4-27-10

Black-fronted Dotterel ~ 4-20-10

Christmas Imperial Pigeon ~ 4-16-10

Welcome Swallow ~ 4-6-10

Spotted Bowerbird ~ 3-31-10

Banded Honeyeater ~ 3-21-10

Helmeted Friarbird ~ 3-14-10

Pheasant Coucal ~ 03-06-10

Golden Bowerbird ~ 02-28-10

Olive-backed Oriole ~ 02-19-10

Chestnut Teal ~ 02-14-10

Little Tern ~ 02-07-10

Bassian Thrush ~ 01-28-10

Displaying Superb Lyrebird ~ 01-21-10

Yellow-legged Flyrobin ~ 01-16-10

Bar-breasted Honeyeater ~ 1/3/09

Masked Finch ~ 12-26-09

Frill-necked Monarch ~ 12-16-09

Golden-shouldered Parrot ~ 12-08-09

Black-winged Monarch ~ 12-07-09

Spotted Whistling-Duck ~ 12-03-09

Rufous-banded Honeyeater ~ 11-21-09

White-throated Needletail ~ 11-15-09

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ~ 11-05-09

Raja (Radjah) Shelduck ~ 10-28-09

Spotted Harrier ~ 10-23-09

White-breasted Whistler ~ 10-13-09

Yellow-rumped Munia/Mannikin ~ 10-06-09

Gouldian Finch ~ 10-03-09

Hooded Parrot ~ 9-23-09

Banded Fruit-Dove ~ 9-18-09

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon ~ 9-16-09

Red-collared Lorikeet ~ 9-3-09

Green-Backed Gerygone ~ 9-2-09

White-throated Gerygone ~ 8-22-09

Wedge-tailed Eagle ~ 8-13-09

Black Swan ~ 8-5-09

Chowchilla ~ 7-31-09

White-browed Babbler ~ 7-23-09

African Penguin ~ 7-16-09

Red-capped Robin ~ 7-11-09

Brush and Common Bronzewings ~ 7-3-09

Varied Sittella ~ 6-10-09

Australian (Mallee) Ringneck ~ 6-4-09

Brown Goshawk ~ 5-27-09

Crested Shrike-tit ~ 5-19-09

White-browed Treecreeper ~ 5-14-09

Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ~ 5-7-09

Regent Parrot ~ 4-27-09

Plains-wanderer ~ 4-15-09

Long-billed Corella ~ 4-9-09

Red-necked Stint ~ 4-1-09

Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch ~ 3-25-09

Crested Tern ~ 3-20-09

Red-faced Cormorant ~ 3-10-09

Australian Hobby ~ 3-1-09

(Pale-vented) Bush-hen ~ 2-24-09

Red-legged Kittiwake ~ 2-17-09

Cedar Waxwing ~ 2-9-09