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Han Van Den Heuvel

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  <span style="color: #008000">A PHOTO ESSAY</span>
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  <spanundefined
    ><span style="color: #008000">HAN VAN DEN HEUVEL</span> is an avid
    naturalist and photographer, and here he shares with us his love of the
    local native birds.</span
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    >Ever since my retirement in 2016, I have been able to spend more time in
    nature doing what I enjoy – taking photos of birds and bees. I am very lucky
    to live in a house that borders on Allenby Park Reserve in the northern
    beaches district of Sydney. The variety of birds visiting our backyard is
    enormous. I sit on the back veranda with my camera and wait for the birds to
    come by. Believe me, it is not as easy as it looks to get a good
    picture!</span
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    >Planting natives like grevilleas in our backyard attracts birds like the
    Rainbow Lorikeet and the Red Wattlebird. Even at night I get visits from the
    nocturnal Tawny Frogmouth.</span
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    >Allenby Park is home to a flock of about 30 Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. They
    fly graciously through the park and make a lot of noise. Walking through the
    reserve, I come across the Eastern Yellow Robin, the Eastern Spinebill, and
    the Variegated Fairy-wren. I have also taken photos in the Pilliga Nature
    Reserve about 300 kilometers north of Sydney, and at Dee Why beach not far
    from our home.</span
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  <img
    alt="Eastern Yellow Robin"
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    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Eastern_Yellow_Robin_ebcde668b3.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:35:26.143Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Eastern Yellow Robin</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Eastern Spinebil"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Eastern_Spinebil_7f5243476f.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:35:26.393Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Eastern Spinebill</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Sulphur-crested-cookatoo"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Sulphur_crested_cookatoo_2e64ec2c1e.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:43.130Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Sulphur-crested Cockatoo</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Laughing Kookaburra"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Laughing_Kookaburra_28cf2f143a.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.537Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Laughing Kookaburra</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Rainbow Lorikeet"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Rainbow_Lorikeet_8c9b4866d3.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.487Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Rainbow Lorikeet</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Australian Magpie"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Australian_Magpie_0cac3bc876.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.554Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Australian Magpie</h5>
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    alt="Baby Butcher Bird"
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    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Baby_Butcher_Bird_fd540456bb.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:35:26.284Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Baby Butcher Bird</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Wattlebird"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Wattlebird_ec71cf9f77.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.579Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Wattlebird</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Royal Spoonbill"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Royal_Spoonbill_fb3498cfe4.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.140Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Royal Spoonbill</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Laughing Kookaburra closeup"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Laughing_Kookaburra_closeup_198582e616.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.115Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Laughing Kookaburra close-up</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Seagull"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Seagull_b1289b2aa9.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.278Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Seagull</h5>
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  <img
    alt="Variegated Fairy-wren"
    class="w-100 lazyload"
    src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Variegated_Fairy_wren_db55346e14.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.373Z"
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<h5 style="text-align: center">Variegated Fairywren</h5>
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<h4 style="text-align: center">
  A Photo Essay by <spanundefined>HAN VAN DEN HEUVEL </span>
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