Crested Tern Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 2012 Here’s some BiFs of a Crested Tern at Cape York. I’d like to be surrounded by that scenery today! Continue reading
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
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
Oriental Plovernon-breeding Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 13, 2012 Having bit of a quiet time birding. Thought, in the mean time, I should do bit of a twitch for the blog and add more new species to its list. I have many images of species not on the list so I may as well upload… Continue reading
Blue-winged Kookaburra Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 12, 2012 Here’s a couple of flight shots from when my Nikon D800 was new. The lens is the Nikkor Af-s 300mm f4 with TC ii teleconverter. I think it did alright. Two beautiful birds from Cape York. It’s my only shot of a Blue-winged Kookaburra. Unfortunately, the… Continue reading
Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 16, 2012 I’m having a very slow birding year. Thanks for visiting. Here are some so-so pics of a beautiful little dove I saw at Cape York back in 2012. Nice to have such memories. Continue reading
Double-eyed Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma marshalli Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 17, 2012 This little guy is Australia’s smallest parrot, a Double-eyed Fig-parrot. (I hope you can see the small figure of a bird in these pics- the face gives it away) Actually there are three races found down-along the east coast of Australia and this… Continue reading
Trumpet Manucodemale Cape York, Queensland, Australia October 17, 2012 For Peter This is my only photo of a Trumpet Manucode. The Trumpet Manucode is a secretive bird of rainforests in northern Cape York in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is so-called because of the bellowing call of the male. As you can see… Continue reading
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