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Greater Crested Tern
A new Tern for me. There is a Lesser Crested Tern, and this is usually listed as Crested Tern, but the most knowledgeable bird person I’ve come across calls this Greater, logically, since the...
Little Egret
I thought I had a new bird here. Turned out that I did, and I didn’t. I didn’t have Little Egret on my list, but a bird I’d previously identified as an Intermediate Egret...
Australian Reed-warbler
These photos are absolutely atrocious, and I’m not even going to tell you where to find the bird in them. It was such a gorgeous little bird, brown on the back, and yellowish on...
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...
Australasian (Purple) Swamphen
I just love the colour of these birds, and the standing up one – showing off or what!?
Little Friarbird
I have seen Little Friarbirds a very long time ago, but until yesterday I didn’t have any photos of one. Now I do 🙂
Northern Mallard
I’ve added Mallard photos before, but none show the colours like this one. And the colours are worth showing off!
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,...
Royal Spoonbill (and Australian White Ibis)
I’ve wanted to get a spoonbill for ages, and here one is! I checked out peoples lists on ebird, for local places, and found them recently in about four places, and decided Capalaba Regional...
Caspian Tern
At Wellington Point with my daughter and granddaughter again, and got some better photos than I had previously of a gorgeous Caspian Tern.