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Songbird Remix Bird of the Month!
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Jan
Adventurous
Stezza "fake news" 
, they are just flying between their favourite meal trees and they love the Radiator Pine nuts. I see them often too.
Our main town of Nowra has the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo as its symbol. They have a huge slow wing beat, very graceful and they squark to each other all the time, very loudly. You know when they are coming. If that beaks the drought, they better fly all over our land
Ken did not do the species we see on the East Coast, Australia - the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo. He did the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo found on the Western Coast, found in his Australian Pack.
, they are just flying between their favourite meal trees and they love the Radiator Pine nuts. I see them often too.Our main town of Nowra has the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo as its symbol. They have a huge slow wing beat, very graceful and they squark to each other all the time, very loudly. You know when they are coming. If that beaks the drought, they better fly all over our land
Ken did not do the species we see on the East Coast, Australia - the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo. He did the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo found on the Western Coast, found in his Australian Pack.
Klaus Sauer
Admirable
@ Stezza - I love the toonish style of your picture. Really beautiful.
Just a question, maybe a very stupid one .. the despiction of the SBRM Australia 3 says: "Songbird ReMix Australia Volume 3 bundles all previously released Australian Songbird Remix format songbirds, parrots and pigeons together for the first time in one package. "
Does this ALL also mean the birds from the packages Australia 1 + 2? I know, it sounds stupid, but Australia 1 + 2 are previously released before Australia 3.
If the answer is no, I hope that they will also become Songbird of the Month someday soon.
Just a question, maybe a very stupid one .. the despiction of the SBRM Australia 3 says: "Songbird ReMix Australia Volume 3 bundles all previously released Australian Songbird Remix format songbirds, parrots and pigeons together for the first time in one package. "
Does this ALL also mean the birds from the packages Australia 1 + 2? I know, it sounds stupid, but Australia 1 + 2 are previously released before Australia 3.
If the answer is no, I hope that they will also become Songbird of the Month someday soon.
Jan
Adventurous
Saw several Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos flying across the front yesterday and as Stezza said that is thought to be a harbinger of rain.
Well we got some good falls of rain, started yesterday afternoon and today so this is good news for the firegrounds all along the East Coast of Australia. Now to get more Black Cockatoos flying
. Need Ken to do a texture for this species as he did not before
Well we got some good falls of rain, started yesterday afternoon and today so this is good news for the firegrounds all along the East Coast of Australia. Now to get more Black Cockatoos flying
. Need Ken to do a texture for this species as he did not before
Jan
Adventurous
@Klaus Sauer If you look in the What's New section, the thread for Songbird Remix, Ken himself has recently replied to another question similar to your one above. That should answer this question for you (if you have not already seen it.
It does not include anything from Australia Volume 1 or 2. It was created for those who simply wanted all the Australian birds I had created in other sets sets (such as SBRM2, Gamebirds, Parrots, Shorebirds, Pet Shop, etc) to date (2010) in one package. It also includes a few new birds like the Banded Stilt, Little Corella, Sulfur-crested Cockatoo and Double-eyed fig Parrot that are unique to volume 3. It doesn't include any stray Australian species in sets that were created after 2010 either (there's been a few).
Australia v3 is the largest set in the Songbird ReMix universe containing 49 birds. The only other set that comes close is Hawai'i (with 41 birds). Both Australia v3 and Hawai'i have a compilation element to them (contain some birds from other sets), so I loaded both sets up to offer "value".
It uses 10 different models (only 3 of which I'm updated so far). It's update probably won't happen until next year or until those other 7 models get updated.
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More Australian birds? Yes, there will be more coming although it's not likely to be an Australia v4. As I've been reworking volumes for the "big" update I'm sure most have noticed I usually do a new volume alongside the redone one. This year, on updates, I'm currently working on the Original Game birds volume. There will probably be an off-shoot from that specifically doing new "Pigeons and Doves". I then plan to tackle SBRM Parrots , Seabirds v1/v2 and the base SBRM set (among others). I will divulge I plan 2-3 additional parrot sets with the Parrots of the World update. I'm imagining a Parrots v2 as well as a separate Cockatoo and a separate Macaw volume.
The Seabird sets will be challenging because they use three models (hence x3 the work to update). There will be a Volume 3 there as well, though I'm not sure if it will have a particular focus (I'm considering an all Gull or Albatross volume).
I do plan some new birds this year, top on my list is the Prairie Chicken/Sage Grouse set (which I already have a model built) and my promised Emu. I also have a few Nature's Wonders models planned; one of which I'm developing morphs this very minute (sorry but I keep the NW projects secret until release).
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A new documentary show is being shown now for the next 1 1/2 hours, and it's going to be on for several week. It's called Seven Worlds, One Planet and tonight they are starting the series with Australia. If you want to see some gorgeous birds, watch the show. Here in the USA It's on the Sundance network.
@Stezza, @Jan, @Rae134, and any other Ozzie's I might have forgotten. Not sure if you guys can see this show Down Under, but this looks like it's going to be great.
@Stezza, @Jan, @Rae134, and any other Ozzie's I might have forgotten. Not sure if you guys can see this show Down Under, but this looks like it's going to be great.
It is also on the BBCA.
Stezza
Dances with Bees
it's not on here in Oz as far as I can see...
A Cockatoo..
the conforming crest @Ken Gilliland seems to be an issue in it doesn't load up ( tried in DS as well ) it seems the cockateil texture needs to be manually loaded. Which is the cockatoo crest texture but not named that.
A Cockatoo..
the conforming crest @Ken Gilliland seems to be an issue in it doesn't load up ( tried in DS as well ) it seems the cockateil texture needs to be manually loaded. Which is the cockatoo crest texture but not named that.
I didn't think it would be. It was very well done, and I really enjoyed it. There was a section where we were watching a large flock of Budgerigars, and I recognized them immediately from Ken's Australia III pack I picked up recently.