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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) female feeding on grasses, Neale Junction Nature Reserve, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) female feeding on grasses, Neale Junction Nature Reserve, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) young female at water hole, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) young female at water hole, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight over habitat with waterhole, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight over habitat with waterhole, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in habitat, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in habitat, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock flying, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock flying, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock flying away from waterhole, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock flying away from waterhole, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Whistling hawk (Haliastur sphenurus) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Whistling hawk (Haliastur sphenurus) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / South Western Australian Harrier (Circus approximans) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / South Western Australian Harrier (Circus approximans) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Gould's Goanna (Varanus gouldii) walking in desert, ?Windorah, Queensland, Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Gould's Goanna (Varanus gouldii) walking in desert, ?Windorah, Queensland, Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) carrying Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) prey, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) carrying Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) prey, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Australian goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) hunting Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Australian goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) hunting Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) male preening female at nest, Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) male preening female at nest, Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) pair mating, Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) pair mating, Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) newly hatched chicks in nest, captive.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) newly hatched chicks in nest, captive.
    Steven David Miller / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) peering out from its nesting hollow in tree, Cooper Creek, Innamincka, South Australia, July
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    Steven David Miller / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) peering out from its nesting hollow in tree, Cooper Creek, Innamincka, South Australia, July
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) male female pair (male at front) Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) male female pair (male at front) Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) ?male (right) and female (left) Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) ?male (right) and female (left) Connie Sue Highway, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) male drinking. Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) male drinking. Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight from grasses, ?Arubiddy, Nullarbor, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight from grasses, ?Arubiddy, Nullarbor, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock perched, Arubiddy, Nullarbor, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock perched, Arubiddy, Nullarbor, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in tree, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in tree, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock perched, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock perched, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Spotted harrier (Circus assimilis) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Spotted harrier (Circus assimilis) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Petra Wegner / Young Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) female portrait. Captive.
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    Petra Wegner / Young Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) female portrait. Captive.
    Stephen Dalton / Budgerigar (Melospittacus undulatus) in flight, controlled conditions
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    Stephen Dalton / Budgerigar (Melospittacus undulatus) in flight, controlled conditions
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Dave Watts / Pair of Budgerigars {Melopsittacus undulatus} on branch, Arid woodlands, Australia
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    Dave Watts / Pair of Budgerigars {Melopsittacus undulatus} on branch, Arid woodlands, Australia
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off from tree, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off from tree, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) group of three (one male and two females) at waterhole, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) group of three (one male and two females) at waterhole, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, in habitat, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, in habitat, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock taking off Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) catching Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) with wet feathers, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) catching Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) with wet feathers, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Whistling hawk (Milan siffleur) hunting male Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) with wet wing feathers preventing it from escaping. Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Whistling hawk (Milan siffleur) hunting male Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) with wet wing feathers preventing it from escaping. Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Brown hawk (Falco berigora) on ground surrounded by Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Brown hawk (Falco berigora) on ground surrounded by Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock in flight, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Whistling hawk (Haliastur sphenurus) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Whistling hawk (Haliastur sphenurus) hunting Budgerigar flock (Melopsittacus undulatus) Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing in water, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing in water, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing at waterhole, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing at waterhole, Murchinson Shire, Western Australia.
    Roland Seitre / Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) domestic birds, showing different colour mutations. From left to right, juvenile yellow faced blue, adult female wild type, juvenile aqua blue and juvenile violet...
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    Roland Seitre / Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) domestic birds, showing different colour mutations. From left to right, juvenile yellow faced blue, adult female wild type, juvenile aqua blue and juvenile violet...
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