Comb-crested Jacana
These always look so amazingly awkward, with their huge spidery feet, and they’re always against such a busy background, but I hope I finally have better photos. I’m sure my previous Jacanas are tagged...
Category: Waterfowl
Crakes, Rails, Jacanas, Swamphen, Moorhen, Coots, Cormorant, Darter
Australasian (Purple) Swamphen
I just love the colour of these birds, and the standing up one – showing off or what!?
Little Black Cormorant
I’ve seen lots of cormorants, so I was a bit surprised to find that this was a new bird for my list! I maybe have seen, and even photographed a Little Black Cormorant before,...
Pelican
While this pelican was performing, and was “part of the collection”, he was not caged, nor tethered.
Comb-crested Jacana
Absolutely awful photo of an amazing bird – sometimes called the Jesus bird, because it “walks on water”. The feet are incredible! Better photos in this post.
Little Pied Cormorant
This bird was a delight to watch. He caught and lost this fish at least three times before finally eating it. Makes you wonder if it was just clumsy, or if it was having...
