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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?

A billabong all to oneself … Black Swan : Cygnus atratus

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...

Same distance to background in both photos… #1 : Close and Personal Camera—Subject : 5 metres Subject—Background : 25 metres 500 mm; f/7.1 manual time & aperture; auto ISO #2 : Keeping our Distance Camera—Subject : 24 metres Subject—Background : 1 metre 700 mm; f/10 manual time &...

Beak and tongue for seeds and nectar … Rainbow Lorikeet : Trichoglossus moluccanus conservation status : least concern feral pest : Perth (WA), Tasmania, Auckland (NZ) camera–to–subject : 7 metres

Overlooking the Coral Sea … Coastal Banksia : Banksia integrifolia Fraser Island, Queensland, AU camera–to–subject : 1.8 metres As I walked a coastal path on Fraser Island (world's largest sand island, a few hundred kilometres north of Brisbane), I spied this banksia flower glowing in the...

I didn't mean to take this photo … Paperbark Tree : Melaleuca quinquenervia Mantis: Order Mantodea camera–subject : 1.5 metres Great Dividing Range, SE Queensland, AU Early September (last year): At the end of a ramble through the forested eastern side of the Great Dividing Range, I had...

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...

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

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