guzzo
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I took this pic of a Jabiru....groovy bird but hard on small snakes. I will have to learn to take a in focus photo one of these daysView attachment 190755
I always thought Jabiru was a name given to them by the aboriginal people, but as you said, Jabiru is not only a portugese word, it is a stork found through the americas, ours is the asian black necked stork, I guess we just picked up their common name at some point and stuck with it.
"In Australia, it is sometimes called a Jabiru although that name refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that is strongly territorial when feeding." wikipedia
Black-necked Stork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I was out herping the other night and watched a dingo trying to catch a young Jabiru. Was quite funny to watch, the dingo perserveered for about 40 minutes.
Wow thats a long way down South, it is a funny thing to see their huge nests high up in a tree with a big old bird on topFantastic birds - we get one or two around Port Macquarie from time to time, and the odd pair of Brolgas as well...
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I've seen the bird since so no i don't think he did. I think it may have been my fault though, i caught the dingo in my spotlight when he was putting his stalk on. He followed it for a good 2km down the road but.
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