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Richie Southerton

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Photographer and nature noticer from Ngunnawal and Ngambri country.πŸ“Canberra, Australia 🦘 Neurodiverse, teaholic, dangerously close to joining the twitcher cult πŸͺΆ πŸ’» richpixelphotography.com

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A Pacific Black Duck getting the glamour glow treatment from the reflections of the evening light off the water of Lake Ginninderra

#birds #birdphotography #wildoz

19.04.2025 02:58 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aurora Australis over the Molonglo River near Canberra the other night.

#landscapephotography #aurora #spaceweather

27.03.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Currawong acting out *that* scene from The Silence of the Lambs

#birds #wildoz #birdphotography

02.03.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Floating in the sky - featuring a Pacific Black Duck.

#birds #duck #wildoz #photography

25.02.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

That's really interesting! The perfect victims haha.

25.02.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah they're brood parasites

22.02.2025 04:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A juvenile Eastern Koel waits impatiently for its foster parent Wattlebird to bring it some food. Must be hard work for the Wattlebird when the Koel is already bigger than them.

#birds #wildoz #birdphotography

22.02.2025 02:46 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another abstract water reflection photo of Lake Ginninderra

#photography #abstract #reflections

19.02.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
a thick tree trunk situated in a winter wonderland. the trunk is at least 5 feet in width, the ground is covered in several inches of snow, and some of it has caught on the bark of the tree. behind the tree stands a majestic and incredibly long husky. his head sticks out from the left side of the trunk, while his hind end pokes out from the right side. i suppose there's a world in which this could be two dogs... but that's probably not what's happening here.

a thick tree trunk situated in a winter wonderland. the trunk is at least 5 feet in width, the ground is covered in several inches of snow, and some of it has caught on the bark of the tree. behind the tree stands a majestic and incredibly long husky. his head sticks out from the left side of the trunk, while his hind end pokes out from the right side. i suppose there's a world in which this could be two dogs... but that's probably not what's happening here.

This dog is too long for our current rating system to handle. We are working internally to address this problem, but in the meantime please only send regular-length dogs. Thank you… 13/10

18.02.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 11360 πŸ” 833 πŸ’¬ 161 πŸ“Œ 41
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This Crimson Rosella was clearly ready for its close-up!

#birds #birdphotography #wildoz

17.02.2025 22:42 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Eastern Spinebills and Kangaroo Paws - a love story

#birds #wildoz #birdphotography

14.02.2025 04:51 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The dive-bomb

#birds #birdphotography #photography

10.02.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah they're actually very different from other mammals. They even lay eggs!

03.02.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mr Snuffles is a great Echidna name haha

03.02.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Been a while since I posted a cute Echidna, so here you go!

Came across this intrepid one at Mulligan's Flat. To get the shot I put my camera up on the log and shot while hiding my face out of view. Got pretty lucky I must say!

#echidna #wildoz #australianwildlife

03.02.2025 05:23 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Corymbia cultivars at the Australian National Botanic Gardens are flowering nicely. I think this my favourite, with is pretty two-tone flowers.

#flowers #australianplants #plants

29.01.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A water dragon stuffing its face with food scavenged from the cafe at the Botanic Gardens. Majestic.

#wildoz #reptiles

28.01.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#hottest100 #triplej

25.01.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) illuminated by the glow of last night's sunset. This is my favourite native grass, and a key indicator species of high quality natural temperate grasslands.

#sunset #photography #grass #kangaroograss #plants

25.01.2025 22:43 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can you handle the fluffiness of Black Swan cygnets?

#birds #birdphotography #wildoz

23.01.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Not very common, and mostly confined to late summer. The storms also tend to skirt by along the mountain ranges to the east and west.

22.01.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Yeah it was a wild one! I actually got this from my bedroom haha. No way I was going out in it.

22.01.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A classic Canberra sunset from late last year, at Mount Ainslie

#canberra #australia #landscapephotography #sunset

22.01.2025 03:11 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This was in Canberra but they're common across most of eastern Australia

22.01.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely :)

22.01.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Across most of eastern Australia, particularly in the southeast

22.01.2025 00:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like a special place to live!

22.01.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes I forget how pretty Crimson Rosellas are, because they're so common. The way they contrast against a deep green background is so cool.

#photography #birds #birdphotography #wildoz

20.01.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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A quick one of some paper daisies from the Botanic Gardens before I go to bed.

#photography #plants #flowerphotography

20.01.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More storms last night in Canberra. This one came through Belconnen around midnight and put on quite a light show ⚑

#stormphotography #lightning #photography #canberra

13.01.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0