australia

A puddle of my own … White-faced Heron : Egretta novaehollandiae Kedron Brook Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, AU Camera–Subject : 14 m I've read that "small aquatic animals" are this heron's preferred prey: if you move, you're a snack! And, if you don't move, there's a set of long toes waiting to...

Noisy Miner vigilant for real or imaginary foes (either will do)… Noisy Miner : Manorina melanocephala Plant : Grevillea banksii x G. bipinnatifida Camera—Subject : 10 metres Gitzo Traveler Monopod + Wimberley MonoGimbal MH-100 DxO PR3——>LrC——>Ps——>Lum.Neo From Wikipedia: The Noisy Miner is...

Looking NNE to Alaska… Reef Point, Moreton Bay South Pacific, Australia I walked the tidal flats and spied not a single shorebird. 'Tis the season to be off to faraway places. Safe journeying to all of the little fellas on their long, long migration across the Pacific.

Australian Gull-billed Tern… Australian Gull-billed Tern (non-breeding plumage) Brisbane, Australia

Pied Stilts… Pied Stilts : Ropalidia revolutionalis Kedron Brook Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland, AU

A sunny morning comes to an end… Queensland, Australia

Pale-headed Rosella… Pale-headed Rosella : Ropalidia revolutionalis South East Queensland, Australia

Xanthorrhoea (grass tree) following a summer afternoon shower… Xanthorrhoea glauca Width of photo: ~1 metre Height above ground: ~3 metres I came across this mature grass tree after a late afternoon rain shower. This image is a detail of the plant's crown of greyish blue-green ('glauca')...

There comes a time each year… Common Bronzewing : Phaps chalcoptera Near Pemberton, Western Australia

Evening bonding… Rainbow Lorikeets : Trichoglossus moluccanus SE Queensland, Australia 5:20 pm (sunset 6:35 pm) AF: eye detect; 20 fps (electronic 1st curtain) Distance from camera: subject 5 m; background 20 m Rainbow Lorikeets are monogamous and pair for life. Male and female birds look...

Just leave us alone… Stick-nest Brown Paper Wasps : Ropalidia revolutionalis Body Length : 8–10 mm Today's weather was horrid with the digital mercury dithering around, trying to decide whether to be a degree above or below forty. Not pleasant: I stayed indoors until late afternoon before...

Injued stick insect dripping haemolymph… Stick Insect Sclerophyll Forest, SE Queensland, AU

Summer visitor… for a few more weeks. Moreton Bay Queensland, AU Far Eastern Curlew : Numenius madagascariensis In a few weeks it will be time for the Far Eastern Curlews to forsake Moreton Bay and fly north to the Philippines, China, Korea, Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula. My...

Lake Wivenhoe South East Queensland, AU The photo was taken facing directly north with the winter midday sun in the top section of the sky. (I chose to crop it out!)

Bird-on-a-stick… Shoot first, ask questions later. Genetically-modified Rose-ringed Parakeet : Psittacula krameri South East Queensland, Australia camera—subject 12m // subject—background 15m Sometimes I'm easily fooled: like yesterday afternoon when a pale blue parrot flitted through my...

Gray Fantail : Rhipidura albiscapa 
Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia Conservation Status : Least Concern

Hello folks, This morning I had the pleasure to encounter Wedge-tailed eagle and take some shots which I like. I would be very glad if you let me know your thoughts or if you just simply enjoy the photos.

27º South; 153º East Moreton Bay, Queensland I hope the presence of a small coastal ship doesn't disqualify this image from being 'backcountry'. After scrambling down the cliff, and recuperating from the effort with the assistance of a flask of hot chocolate, I was able to walk across the...

Blue-faced Honeyeater : Entomyzon cyanotis Grasstree : Xanthorrhoea glauca Brisbane Hinterland, Queensland, AU Conservation Status : Least Concern

Pacific Golden-Plover (non-breeding plumage) : Pluvialis fulva 
Moreton Bay, Queensland [Tide fully out in lower photo.] Conservation Status : Least Concern Also spending the boreal winter in Moreton Bay (links within BCG): Far Eastern Curlew Bar-tailed Godwit