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Silver Gull : Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Curlew Sandpiper : Calidris ferruginea Moreton Bay, Queensland One of our local 'seagulls' spent ten or so minutes standing amongst a few dozen refugees from arctic Siberia, and then, without any warning that I could discern, barged through the...

Little Corella : Limosa lapponica Brisbane Hinterland, SE Queensland

Grey Butcherbird : Cracticus torquatus Pine Mountain, Queensland

Passage of a "Grey Heron" in front of the reed bed. Passage du Héron_DxO 1080 by Patrice leconte, sur Flickr

White-faced Heron : Egretta novaehollandiae Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Queensland Location on Map (zoom as necessary) 6:30 am; camera—subject: 14 metres

I am very happy with this shot and would like some honest feedback. I was very lucky to catch this Red-Shouldered Hawk in the late afternoon light and it stayed in one spot for a long time, allowing me to take over 200 frames. It really didn't need a lot of post-processing, but I tried to keep...

Strutting my stuff … Australian Ibis : Threskiornis molucca Sandgate, Queensland

Common Bronzewing : Phaps chalcoptera Ipswich, Queensland camera—subject: 6 metres

Hello, I have had a chance to see an oystercatcher at our local beach. They do not breed or appear too often around my place. So that was a very pleasant surprise to me when a young one decided to stay for around two weeks at our closest beach. I have visited him both in the morning, when the...

A billabong all to oneself … Black Swan : Cygnus atratus

Bar-tailed Godwits : Moreton Bay, Queensland… Bar-tailed Godwit : Limosa lapponica Moreton Bay, Queensland In the first photo the barred tail from which this godwit receives its name is obvious. The birds rose into a moderate onshore wind — between 40 and 50 km/h — before settling in...

Hi everyone, About a week ago I bought a Sony RX10 IV (after shooting with the original RX10 for nearly 7 years). I was pretty satisfied with my previous camera, but the 200 mm equivalent lens was very limiting for wildlife. 600 mm equivalent focal length is definitely much better (3x better...

This was a fun, quick, edit. Although she is a female, the song seems quite fitting:

Eyes on the prize … Little Tern : Sternula albifrons Moreton Bay, Queensland : 27ºS 153ºE camera—subject : 15 metres

Just clearing my throat … Grey Butcherbird : Cracticus torquatus Queensland, Australia Although Grey Butcherbirds are renowned for their boisterous singing, this young bird was simply clearing its throat (crop?), an understandable activity for a species with an insatiable appetite for skinks...

The beak… Laughing Kookaburra : Dacelo novaeguineae Brisbane Hinterland, Queensland, AU Photo Notes: towards late-afternoon sun (light edge of upper mandible is not result of oversharpening!) 4:35 pm (90 minutes before sunset) camera-to-subject : 4 metres subject-to-background : 20 metres...

Got to photograph a small group of Mountain Bluebirds today (first time for me) - they're just passing through the Lower Mainland on the way to breed in south-central British Columbia. :) Z9 + 800PF. Mountain Bluebird by Luke S, on Flickr Mountain Bluebird by Luke S, on Flickr Mountain...