Amanda Gosse

👏🏻 Fantastic Nick! Great detail and likeness.
I thought of you the other day when I saw the results of the Bird of the Year 😊

Thanks Leo! 🙂

The Dusky Woodswallow, native to Australia, has smoky grey-brown plumage and a pale wing edge. It’s often seen perching together in groups and catching insects in flight.


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Thank you!

Thank you.

Thank you very much 🙂

The nuthatch is a small, agile bird with a blue-grey back and buff underparts. Found in woodlands across the UK, it climbs headfirst down trees and stores food behind bark.


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The Australian Raven is an intelligent bird with glossy black feathers and a distinctive wailing call. Common across Australia, it thrives in varied habitats and is known for problem-solving skills.

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Thank you very much! 🙂

Ugh, awful. My dog seems to be a tick magnet. Currently in the UK and, like you say about wallaby areas, they're worse here where the deer hang out. On the bright side, I imagine they're great snacks for birds!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Fantastic Nick! Their plumage is seriously tricky, but you've nailed it. Love it in that round frame too.

Gouache and pencil painting of the rescued yellow-crowned Amazon parrot, Maestro, I was fortunate enough to grow up with. 


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Oops! Thank you Leo. Unfortunately it's not possible to edit posts here, so in future, more haste, less speed 😄

The Great Tit is a bold, vocal songbird with a black head, yellow belly, and olive green back. Found in woodlands and gardens, it adapts well to feeders and mimics calls.

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How wonderful! I hope they will make it a requirement here too.

Thank you and how wonderful, Jenny, that must have been amazing to watch. Yes they're always such a treat to see. My dad is lucky enough to have visits from them on an almost daily basis, to his garden in the Adelaide Hills.

Thank you, Leo! Yes, their colours are just so spectacular.

The Australian Azure Kingfisher lives near rivers and streams, nesting in burrows dug into banks. With sharp vision, it dives swiftly to catch fish and aquatic insects.


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The Eurasian jay, part of the crow family, has pinkish-brown plumage with striking blue wing patches. It helps regenerate forests by dispersing and burying oak acorns.

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The Eastern Spinebill is a small honeyeater from southeastern Australia, known for its long curved bill, rapid flight, and vital role in pollinating grevilleas and banksias.

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How wonderful! 👏🏻🦉

The Grasshopper Warbler has an unusual song that resembles a continuous grasshopper’s trill and remarkably, males can sustain this mechanical-sounding song for up to two minutes without pause.
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Ah yes! How time flies.

That would be great, thank you!

The Eastern Yellow Robin is known for its curious behaviour, often approaching humans closely in the bush, seemingly unafraid as it watches for insects disturbed by footsteps.
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Thank you 😊

An albatross? 💙💚

That would suit her perfectly, such great photos as usual, she's beautiful! I remember the currawong pair you monitored for a few years and cannot for the life of me remember their names, what were they? Do they still nest there?

Thank you!

Thank you Helen! Oh yes aren't they gorgeous, it's such a treat to see them 😊