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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...

Stopped for some birding on the way home from my wife's brother Pete's celebration of life events the day before. These were taken about a half a mile from where her brother used to live.

Silver Gull : Chroicocephalus novaehollandia New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia (including away from sea) distance from camera: 33 metres speed: ~40 km/h

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...

This, plus many more Great Tits were at a local nature reserve in Barling, Essex (UK). D500 used with my Sigma 150-600mm attached at 600mm s 1/1250 f6.3 auto-iso 2800

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

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

Brazil - Pantanal - Cocoi heron - Ardea cocoi - Héron cocoi

Brazil - Atlantic Forest - Yellow-fronted woodpecker - Melanerpes flavifrons - Pic à front jaune

It is well known that cormorants love fish. Above all, they take all the time necessary for the prey to be well oriented before swallowing it. Seen from the outside it looks like a game. Not sure the fish think the same... The red color in the beak is the fish’s blood.