David C. Simon

@davidcsimon

Writer, artist, amateur photographer. Social Justice Bard. If you like my birds, please buy me a coffee: he/him

Blue Mountains
Joined April 2007

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    20 Nov 2019

    Can't get enough Australian birds? I've updated my collection of 4k Wallpapers, now with over 200 photos to make your computer/TV more feathered. Download each individually for FREE, or buy them all for just $10!

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Some of the other animals I found in our garden during this weekend's BioBlitz: Striped Marsh Frog, Blue-Banded Bee, Scarlet Percher (female)

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  3. I just watched Mum rip a weed out of the ground, break its stem, and impale it on a cactus spike. Gardening is hardcore.

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  4. Feb 2

    More wet birds enjoying today's heavy rain. (Australian King Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeets)

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  5. Feb 2

    Thunderstorms and heavy rain this afternoon, woo! Galahs did Galah things.

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  6. Feb 1

    Just when I think I've IDed every bird my backyard has to offer, I take part in a community organised BioBlitz and photograph two more species! Variegated Fairywrens and a Red-whiskered Bulbul.

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  7. Jan 30

    This young, inquisitive, and *adorable* Grey Butcherbird was very curious about me today. It swooped the pigeons and parrots several times, just for fun.

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  8. Jan 30

    Alev (baby Australian King Parrot) on approach, requesting clearance to land.

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  9. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    I want to support avian veterinary science. Anyone hiring me to illustrate a paper on the subject will get a reduced rate, particularly if the subject is respiratory conditions. Please share if you know someone who might be interested.

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  10. Jan 28

    Not many birds to photograph right now because of an increase in raptors, such as this beautiful Square-tailed Kite. I'm guessing the fires have forced them to change their hunting grounds.

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  11. Jan 26

    Colourful bum. (Rainbow Lorikeet)

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  12. Jan 26

    Hygiene is serious business. Pied Currawong and 3 Satin Bowerbirds using our bird bath.

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  13. Retweeted

    Anyone my age knows damn well until mid-'90s, Australia Day was barely a blip on the radar. Except for the first inhabitants, for whom it's a source of pain. There's no deep emotional attachment to Jan 26. Opposition to changing date is just bloody-mindedness.

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  14. Jan 25

    Things to celebrate on Australia Day: - beautiful landscape (stolen) - cultural heritage (erased) - unique wildlife (that we are killing) - our "mateship", or friendliness, compassion and generosity (as long as you remind us of ourselves, don't make waves, and keep smiling)

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  15. Retweeted

    You’d think it would be easy to get a consensus that committing genocide is a weird excuse for a BBQ, but no.

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  16. Jan 24

    Remember the pair of Lorikeets that had soot/charcoal on their feathers? I was worried they might have lost their hollow in the fire? It turns out their babies are fine, and they brought them to visit us today. We gave them a snack.

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  17. Jan 24

    Common Bronzewings are so named for their metallic wing feathers, but today I discovered that they also have *tiny* metallic feathers in front of their eyes! Or this female does at least. ::ZOOM & ENHANCE::

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  18. Retweeted

    If you have never watched this, and you have at any point in your life watched Monty Python's sublime film Life of Brian, watch this clip and shake your head slowly at Muggeridge and the Bishop of Southwark, and cheer on the Pythons...

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  19. Jan 22

    Juvenile Crimson Rosella.

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  20. Jan 22

    So I just realised that I've been fighting ravenous hordes of Drop Bears in ...

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  21. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    I loved him the moment I saw him on stage at the Edinburgh Festival in 1963. So many laughs,moments of total hilarity onstage and off we have all shared with him. It’s too sad if you knew him,but if you didn’t you will always smile at the many wonderfully funny moments he gave us

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