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  1. David Berry

    Arrival of the Long-distance Flyer

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

    Early morning feed…

    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!).
  3. David Berry

    Refuelling after a long flight…

    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...
  4. Prashant Prakash

    Couple Common Terns

    Although all birds and wildlife are fun to watch, there is something different with shorebirds, they just seem to gather more attraction to me. Amd especially when they are in flocks. Saw these couple common terns busy with some behaviour... not sure if its a fight or a mating behaviour.
  5. David Berry

    Pacific Golden-Plover

    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
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