Crested Pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotes - Tofsduva

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 Magpie-lark and Crested Pigeon, morning session.

Crested Pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotes  - Tofsduva

© NF Photo 140920 Stanthorpe,  Queensland, Australia

Not sure what the Magpie-lark is doing. Maybe it woke up on the wrong side. Thinking the Crested pigeon is it´s mate. ☺ I saw them when I went for breakfast. 

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Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca

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Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca

© NF Photo 140910 Hastie's Swamp National Park aka Nyleta Wetlands, Queensland

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I think this might have been the mating season for them so maybe they were preparing for that. Anyway, it was fun to watch. 

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Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca

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Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca

© NF Photo 140908, The Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland 

this is a bird with many names it seems. Acc to wiki it is known as: mudlark, murray magpie and peewee. 
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Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca

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Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca

© NF Photo 140907

I think this is a female. This birds comes with many names acc to wiki. They are also named mudlark, Murray magpie and peewee.

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hear it calling on a  Youtube video

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