Little Shrike-thrush

Another new one for me today. This was a lovely little bird, just scratching around in the leaf litter. Just a funny little note – my bird guide describes Shrike-thruses as “Large-plainly coloured thickheads...

Spectacled Monarch

Another new one for my list today. I’ve included the one photo so you can see just how difficult it can be to spot these birds when they’re in the scrub. The white marks...

Pacific Black Duck – leucistic

I’m fairly sure that this is a leucistic Pacific Black Duck. There was actually quite a little discussion about it on the Australian Bird ID group on facebook last night. Someone else posted a...

Dusky Moorhen

Aww, isn’t he cute? Not sure if he’s juvenile, or immature, or what, but he’s still extremely cute!

Bar-shouldered Dove

A new one for my list today. This bird was so gorgeous, but sitting in really bad lighting, but the colours that showed were just gorgeous.

Australian Owlet-nightjar

Definitely a better photo than I had previously. This little guy is so cute, and so dependable! I believe there have been times when he hasn’t been at (t)his tree, but so many members...

Australasian Grebe

This one seems to be not quite full breeding colours, but either way, I think it’s probably a better photo than I’ve had before of a Grebe.

New Holland Honeyeater

not my photo. click image to visit original Another of the birds that used to visit my garden all of the time when I lived on the Sunshine Coast, and that I’ve seen a...