australia

Breeding Plumage… Bar-tailed Godwit : Limosa lapponica A muddy-footed male Bar-tailed Godwit in fancy dress is clearly a bird ready to leave Queensland shores and head for the far north of the Pacific Ocean: breeding time approaches! Somehow, I botched this shoot: the first time I've taken...

Silver Gull : Dacelo novaeguineae Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU

Most encounters with bats are at night when flashes are essential for getting a good shot. While in Queensland, Australia, I had the opportunity to see thousands of bats during the day but this posed another set of challenges. We arrived at mid-day. There was not a cloud in the sky and it was...

Little Corella : Limosa lapponica Brisbane Hinterland, SE Queensland

Twenty minutes after the sun had hauled itself above the Pacific Ocean, Bramble Bay's resident fish hawk splashed into the shallow water about a hundred and fifty metres from me to grab its first feed of the day in its deadly talons. Osprey : Pandion haliaetus Bramble Bay, Queensland 27°S...

Osprey with Catch … Osprey : Pandion haliaetus Moreton Bay, Queensland camera—subject: 16 metres

Grey Butcherbird : Cracticus torquatus Ipswich, Queensland camera—subject: 22 metres

Grey Butcherbird : Cracticus torquatus Pine Mountain, Queensland

Far Eastern Curlew (endangered), Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU … Far Eastern Curlew : Numenius madagascariensis Endangered Species Moreton Bay, Queensland 27°S; 153°E Zoom map as necessary. camera—subject: 56 metres Can anyone comment on DxO's camera-to-subject calculations? … David

Intermediate Egret : Ardea intermedia Moreton Bay, Queensland Location on Map (zoom as necessary) camera—subject: 18 metres

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

Intermediate Egret : Ardea intermedia Moreton Bay, Queensland Location on Map (zoom as necessary) 6:33 am; sunrise 5:07 am; low tide 6:15 am camera—subject: 56 metres Looking south; subject facing west.

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

Bar-tailed Godwit : Himantopus leucocephalus Deception Bay : SE Queensland

Bar-tailed Godwit : Himantopus leucocephalus Brighton Beach, Brisbane camera—subject: 34 metres If the tide's out, it's feeding time! Southern spring = non-breeding plumage (not that it's evident in this photo!).

Intermediate Egret in search of prey… Intermediate Egret : Ardea intermedia 6:30 am (sunrise 5:15 am) Camera-to-subject: 56 metres (according to DxO) Nudgee Wetlands, Brisbane, AU

Pied Stilt : Himantopus leucocephalus Nudgee Wetlands, Brisbane Yesterday, as I clattered my way across the boardwalk spanning the Nudgee Wetlands, I spied a flock of Pied Stilts idling away the morning. I parked my ebike on the far side of the boardwalk and walked back with my R5, RF 100–500...

I very rarely shoot at ISO 6400 let alone publish anything but I am quite happy with this result after Topaz treatment. Sony A7iv + 200-600 - 1/640 F6.3.

Silver Gulls : Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Sandgate Beach, Moreton Bay, Queensland I have no idea what these two were scrapping over (food presumably). It was just after eight in the morning, which made it far too early for every gull's favourite titbit (fish and chips) to be on the menu...

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...