Radjah Shelduck, Little Black Cormorant, Little Pied Cormorant, Nankeen Night-Heron Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 2012 This is one of my first photographs on my Cape York tour of 2012. I’ve gotten so much mileage from one little tour for this blog. Wish I could go on one every year. There are a number of… Continue reading
Feral Pigs Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 2012 Feral pigs are a real problem in Australia. Here is a family at a water hole at Cape York. Add caption Continue reading
Pied Imperial-Pigeon Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 2012 A couple of BiFs of PiPs at Cape York. It seemed wherever we were at Cape York, every few minutes we’d have a sprinkling of these passing by. Continue reading
Orange-footed Scrubfowl Iron Range National Park, Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 2012 Here’s an Orange-footed Scrubfowl at Cape York. Continue reading
Forest Kingfisher Cape York, Queensland, Australia October, 2012 Here’s a beautiful little Forest Kingfisher at Cape York. Wish I could go back tomorrow. Continue reading
Mistletoebird Queensland, Australia A couple of poor shots of a male Mistletoebird. They are found almost Australia wide and are renowned for their spreading of Mistletoe around the country. Continue reading
Red-browed Finch Neochmia minor – Cape York, Queensland, Australia Some Red-browed Finches at Cape York. I different race to the south-east Continue reading
Eclectus Parrots male-green top right, female-red and blue bottom left Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 2012 A couple of poor record shots of Eclectus Parrots high up in the canopy at Cape York. The female is the red one on the lower left. The green one hiding away is the male. I hope this publishes… Continue reading
Whimbrel Cairns, Queensland, Australia October 2012 Here’s a Whimbrel in front of my hotel in Cairns back in 2012. At least I hope it’s a Whimbrel. Please set me straight if I’m wrong. Add caption Continue reading
Merlin Shitada-mura, Niigata, Japan March 11, 2005 This is one of my only record shots of a Merlin in Japan. I took this back on March 11, 2005 on the outskirts of Shitada which was a village nestled in the mountains of Niigata. It has since merged with the city of Sanjo. I was living… Continue reading
Apostlebird Near the Granite Belt, Queensland, Australia Here are some more Apostlebird images. Thank you for the comments I received yesterday. I am curious that people haven’t heard of these before. We can see them on country tracks south or north-west of Toowoomba, Queensland. They are interesting in that they get around in family groups… Continue reading
Apostlebirds Len and Frank Mengel’s property, Felton, Queensland, Australia 2015 Last year, Mick and I were invited to Len and Frank Mengel’s property to look around for birds. We saw some nice ones and I scored these Apostlebirds taking a bath. Thank you, Len and Frank. Continue reading