Birds Around Emerald  by 5W 1998
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My Name and Picture
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What I sound like!
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Am I a Pet or Wild ? |
Where you see me? |
A bit more about me!
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How Often you see me |
Who did this? |
Cockatoo |
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Wild |
Home \school
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The sulphur-Crested cockatoo is
also nown as the white cockatoo. The large flocks of
cockatoos perch high in trees. They are about 30cm by
10cm. The sulphur-Crested cockatoo is white with a yellow
tall and crest |
2 \day |
Ellen |
King
parrot

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Wild |
School |
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1\ week |
Paul |
Currawong |

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Wild |
home/school |
The Currawong is a black bird
with white tips on its wings .It has a very high pitched
song. |
daily |
Sarah |
Eastern
Rosella
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Wild |
Home |
The Eastern Rosellis is
Common Bird in Emerald. The other name for a Eastern
Rosella is a parrot. Once one did a pooh in
Ellens play- lunch, & she did not eat the rest
of her play lunch so she went hungry. |
2 \ week |
Josie. |
Kookaburra |
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Wild |
Home |
The Kookaburra is a bird that we
see and hear often around Emerald. They eat snakes,
worms, bugs and yabbies. Their call sounds like someone
laughing. |
5 \ week |
Sarah.W. |
Galah

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Wild |
Home \ school |
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3\day |
Frog |
| Indian miner |

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Wild |
Home |
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2\ day |
Crystal |
Love
birds
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Pet |
Home |
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1\ week |
Miranda |
Black Cockatoo |
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Wild |
Home |
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1\week |
Rick |
Magpie |

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Wild |
Home \ school |
The magpie is sort of a part of
the crow family. They are black and white are all over
Australia. And they make a funny sound. |
All the time |
Shane |
| Black Faced Cuckoo
Shrike 
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Wild |
Town |
A black faced cuckoo shrike is
found all around Australia. They eat insects and berries
.They build their nests in the fork of a tree .It is made
of twigs ,bark and cobwebs. |
Every day |
Hugh |
Sparow |
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Wild |
Town |
A sparrow is a bird with brown on
its wings.They have to watch out for spiders that
might like to eat them. |
Every day |
Candice |
Wedge Tailed Eagle |
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Wild |
Town |
The Wedge Tailed Eagle can see a
rat, rabbit or mouse from a HIGH place and can swoop down
and grab it. They are our largest bird. |
1\2 week |
Nicole |
| LyreBird 
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Lyrebirds are about
the size of a Chicken. They live only in Australia. The
Lyrebirdbirds have sixteen long feathers each 75cm. |
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Nicole |
Willy Wag Tail |
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Nikki |
Mopoke-owl |
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Wild |
Home \ school |
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1\ week |
Greg |
Thrush |
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Wild |
Home |
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2\ day |
Luke |
| Honey eater 
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Wild |
Home |
The honey eater gets its name
from its habit of eating nectar from glossoms of trees
and shrubs. These birds also eat caterpillars, spiders
and berries and other fruits. |
1/ week |
Ryan |
Mud larks |
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Wild |
Bush |
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1/week |
Greg |
Blue wren |
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Wild |
Bush |
The blue wren is a cute
small bird with a blue mark on its face.It has a small
tail that fans out. We have them at our place all the
time. |
All the time |
Sarah.h |
Black bird |

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Wild |
Home |
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Every day |
Sarah |
Starling |
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Wild |
Bush |
The Starling has been brought to
Australia from England. They feed in grass, among plants
or leaves, they thrust their closed bill into the
ground and open it, making a hole.The bird looks
down into the hole and eats any food it sees. |
Every day |
Jesse |
Major Mitchell Cockatoo |
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Gang
Gang Cockatoo
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Wild |
Bush |
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1/2 weeks |
Hayley |
| Butcher Bird |
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Wild |
Bush |
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1/week |
Scott |
| Quail 
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Wild |
Bush |
The quail is a very shy bird and
is found in the bush most of the time it will give a high
pitch squeal for it mate |
1/2weeks |
Chelsea |
| Pigeon 
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Wild |
Town |
One day I found an injured pigeon
I looked after it till it got better. |
2/week |
Teagen |
| Brown falcon |
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Wild |
Bush |
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1\ 2 weeks |
Mick |
Hen |
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Wild |
Home |
A Hen or chook is a bird. The Hen
is a female, it can lay eggs and you can eat the eggs or
see if they will hatch! A chook can fly a bit too. |
Every day |
Nathan.m. |
| Kite |
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Wild |
Bush |
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1\week |
Jessica |
Crimson Rosella |
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Wild |
Home |
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Every day |
Martin |
Corella |
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Wild |
Home\ School
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The Corella is 37cm tall.. Its
habitat is woodland and farmlands. They all
so have bluey grey skin around the eye and are found
around here sometimes. |
3\week |
Nikki |
Tawny Frog Mouth |
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Wild |
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1\year |
Nathan |
| Whipbird |
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Chelsea |
| Little Raven or Crow 
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WILD |
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1\day |
BEN |
Plover  |
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Wild |
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The Red Capped Plover got its
name because it looks like it has a red helmet. Even
though you would not see this very often it looks very
charming. |
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Martin |
| Budgie 
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Pet/ Wild
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At home I have four baby budgies.
Budgies are small birds which come in heaps of different
colors. They live in the wild in the outback.. |
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Shane |
Bellbird |
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Wild |
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Sarah |
| Red capped
clover 
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