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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...
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...
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...
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 : 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!).
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...
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?
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