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Professional photographer Leila Jeffreys is quite well known in the world of bird photography, as she takes amazing and intricate photos of birds close up as we’ve never seen before. The Sydney-based photographer began her journey over a decade ago and never stopped. She is most well known for her photo series called “High Society.”

As a child, Jeffreys was taught by her father how to rescue birds and took bird-focused nursing classes, an experience that resulted in a deep understanding of wildlife and helped her take these incredible photos. Her elegant photographs of owls, eagles, cockatiels, and even colorful doves seem to capture the essence of each animal's personality, portraying many of them with surprisingly human characteristics.

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Mary Rose Kent
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how the feather colors don’t gradually change from one to the next but come in nice big blocks!

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Golden Eagle...found in countries all over the world, unlike most birds, which tend to be regional.

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FUN FACT: There are no structurally blue feathers...the blue comes from reflective light hitting the otherwise gray feather.

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a type of Southeast Asian oriole, but I no longer remember which one. They’re really common in Malaysia and southern Thailand

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    April Stephens
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You want me deliver a letter to HOO-HOO-WHOM?!"

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FUN FACT: Owls’ eyes are fixed in place, which is why they can turn their heads 280° to either side.

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    April Stephens
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most beautiful owl I have ever seen.

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🦅I'm guessing Kestrel 🤔 a type of falcon that eats small mammals, lizards and large insects 🐀🐦🐿🐍🦎🪳🦗🪲🪱

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    Nicole A
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Major Mitchell's. Great picture, but the impressively colored crest is hidden.

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Purple Ground Dove, found in Papua/New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🐧🐧Puffins (auks) aren't considered strictly monogamous but rarely change partners and tend to return to their same nest each year🐣🐣🐣

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🦅Hawks have "fingers" on their wingtips and Falcons have slender, pointed wings. It's the easiest way to tell them apart🦅

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    Miss Frankfurter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I gasped when I saw this bird. How very beautiful!!

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    E B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mirror mirror on the wall, I am the yellowest of them all!

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🕊I wonder if this is one of the pigeons that Sher Singh guy was dyeing pink? (Don't worry, the idiot promised to stop.)🕊

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    Nicole A
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another endangered bird, the kaka (I'm not making that silly name up).

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🕊Pigeons, doves, rock pigeons and rock doves are all the same thing. Some people differentiate them by size, but scientifically they are the same species🕊

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    April Stephens
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once upon a time, there was a little egg about to hatch... Already asleep? Sweet dreams.

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very handsome male, you can tell by the blue cere (skin around nostrils, blue or lavender = male & female = white to brown... after 1yr old).

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    Nicole A
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what happens when you give a toddler a glass of grape juice in a real cup instead of a sippy cup.

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    TheAnimalLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🐦Jay, draw me like one of your French girls🐦

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    E B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dinosaurs are so lovely and elegant!

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    Hens' Teeth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ornithology is my favorite thing in the world. My number 1 hobby. The last few years has been difficult and the birds have always helped but I haven't gone to seek them out lately. I haven't gone over my books like I usually do... this portfolio of photographs has rekindled that fire in me, the passion I have for birds is ever lasting. Such beautiful photos by this woman. I'm so happy to have gotten to view them.

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    albert dilauro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone accidentally varnished this poor pigeon...

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    Brian Bennett
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mirror, mirror, on the wall whos the the bluest of them all!

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    Nicole A
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a Pitta bird but I can't say for certain which subtype.