moreton bay

Greater Crested Tern : Thalasseus bergii

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

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...

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

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

Bar-tailed Godwit : Limosa lapponica Moreton Bay, Queensland 27°S; 153°E Zoom map as necessary. camera—subject: 55 metres

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

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!).

Avian Cosmopolitan … Osprey : Pandion haliaetus Moreton Bay, Queensland Ospreys are true cosmopolitans amongst birds; with the exception of Antarctica, they can be found hunting shorelines of every continent. Can anyone identify its prey?

Bar-tailed Godwit Moreton Bay, Queensland Back from the species's northern breeding grounds – a 9,000 km journey around the western edge of the Pacific – this Bar-tailed Godwit was so intent on refuelling that it ignored me as I lay flat on the tidal flats of Moreton Bay. The godwits, together...

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...

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

Sunrise over Moreton Bay … Moreton Bay, SE Queensland, Australia 2023-03-24 // 05:56 a.m.

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.

A sunny morning comes to an end… Queensland, Australia

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...

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...

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

Far Eastern Curlew (female) : Numenius madagascariensis 
Moreton Bay, Queensland Conservation Status : Endangered About 12% of the species (perhaps ~35,000 individuals worldwide) spend the southern summer in Moreton Bay which, at 27ºS, can be thought of as Australia's equivalent of Tampa Bay...