Golden-headed Cisticola
Brolga
Pink-eared Ducks
Black-shouldered Kite
Cracking day checking out the famous Western Treatment Works near Weribee, Victoria. Amazing volume of waterbirds. Best included good flocks of Red-necked Stint; Little and Fairy Terns; good volume of raptors and best was Black-shouldered Kite. #birding #birdingaustralia
A quick snippet of Red-capped Plover at Bald Hill Beach, north of Adelaide. #BirdingAustralia #plovers #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday
1 out of every 4 birds I saw during my Australia trip was not a lifer, and this is one of them.... Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus). Lots down under, but also one of the commoner summer marsh #terns in Hungary. #BirdingAustralia
Another "great" bird that gets around.. Great Egret (Ardea alba). Found on every continent except Antarctica. Didn't see very many in south Australia though. This was the only one I saw in Tasmania. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #herons #egrets
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). The widest range of any cormorant, this species can be found from Greenland to Tasmania and just about everywhere in between. #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #cormorants #waterfowl
The Fossil Bay Lookout on the Tasman Peninsula is a great place to seawatch from shore. If the wind is right you can see Shy #Albatrosses, Short-tailed #Shearwaters and other #seabirds from shore. And of course lot of these.. Kelp #Gulls. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #black&white
Another #black&white bird from down under... Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) #BirdingAustralia #cormorants #waterfowl
The ubiquitous Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen). There is an introduced population in NZ as well. Famed for their aggression when the young are fledging. They will bonk people on the head if they get too close. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #magpies
How about some #black&white birdies for today. Here is a New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), the most common honeyeater in SE Australia. Seems strange now, but this bird was originally in same genus as the treecreepers (Certhia). #BirdingAustralia #honeyeaters
Another relatively common birdie around south Australia .. Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) #BirdingAustralia #robins
4 species of fairy-wren during my Australia trip but this was the only one I was able to get decent photos of. Superb Fairy-Wren (Malurus cyaneus). Very common around Melbourne and Adelaide is a wide variety of habitats. #BirdingAustralia #FairyWrens
In Australia & New Zealand, one of the commonest birds I saw was this... European Blackbird (Turdus merula). They were everywhere along with many other European species like Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Dunnock, etc. Introduced by 19th century homesick European settlers. #BirdingAustralia
Another #bigbird from down under.. Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus). Unlike the albatrosses, though, these big boys stay close to shore. #BirdingAustralia #pelicans
Shy Albatross expressing its opinion about the food we were serving off the back of the boat. 😛 Members of the Thalassarche genus are also called mollymawks... the next size of albatross down from the great #albatrosses (Diomedea genus). #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #seabirds #pelagicbirding
From last month's pelagic trip off the coast of Tasmania... Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #albatrosses #seabirds #pelagicbirding
Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops). Not used to seeing this type of plover not in the Charadrius genus. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #plovers #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday
A pair of Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris) high-tailing it down the beach at Adventure Bay in Tasmania 😄 #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #oystercatchers #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) on the nest. #BirdingAustralia #lapwings #plovers #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday
Now why can't the #pigeons in downtown Budapest look like this! 😄 Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) #BirdingAustralia
This is one of nine species of thornbill I saw on my Australia trip.... Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis) #BirdingAustralia #thornbills
Australia has so many colorful #parrots but they're not always the easiest photo subject. This is the only decent image I could manage of Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans). #BirdingAustralia
Pair of Kelp Gulls at Gould's Lagoon in Tasmania. The local guide told me they used to nest on this platform, but the Swamp Harriers would always come by and snatch the babies. So they don't nest in such an exposed position anymore. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #gulls #SaturdayLaridae
Portrait of a Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) .. another species that was quite common in city parks. It seemed that where ever there was a bit of water, a pair of Black #Ducks would be there. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #waterfowl
This was one of the commoner #ducks on my trip.. the Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata) - also known as the Australian Wood Duck. Common in city parks and gardens. #BirdingAustralia #woodducks #manedducks #waterfowl
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) up in a tree. 😄 #BirdingAustralia #herons #waders #egrets
As any birder knows, #crakes can be devilishly hard to see. But I had several opportunities to see Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) out in the open. This species seems to be a tad less shy than your typical crake. #BirdingAustralia #rails
Okay.. enougbh of the black & white #birds. How about some colour? Here is a Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus), one of 12 birds endemic to Tasmania. It is also the largest of the rosella species. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #parrots #rosellas
