Actually two firsts last week: visited Cattai Wetland at Coopernook for the first time and had a wonderful surprise with sighting of my first Pacific Baza. Loving everyone's pictures especially that Rufous Fantail. sue
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Ooh, lovely photo of the Pacific Baza! So gorgeous!
After some birding, I was packing up my gear this afternoon when I saw one fly into a tree. By the time I got over to the tree, I could only snap a few pics, before he/she hopped into its nest, and all I could see was a tail sticking out.
Oh well, next time!
Great pic of the White-Necked Heron too.
Love the colours of the waterlillies around it. Such interesting colours in its feathers, too.
Great pics, Sue. I haven't seen a P Baza yet
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Wonderful shots Sue! I've never seen any of these birds myself either. I agree with windshear, the colours in that Heron's feathers & the whole shot, just beautiful!
West Coast Tasmania
Wow, love your picture of the Baza. I'm jealous of anyone whose seen one of them- despite multiple attempts, I can never find one!
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I was very lucky to see the Baza as it flew into a tree and posed before moving from one place to the next... the feeding must have been good. A second Baza flew in shortly afterwards so perhaps the family lives there. it was not an expected sighting. The White Necked Heron was also pleasing as I have tried for one numerous times in the past and now it poses in a beautiful location with good light. There were many of them present and as these wetlands seem promising I will be visiting again tomorrow. Today turned up a poor picture of my first Yellow Throated Scrubwren but it was interesting to see that it was following a Brush turkey very closely in order to feed on whatever it turned up. Great behaviour.
Sue
Beautiful shot of the Pacific Baza.
They are such a striking and interesting bird.
They look like a classic bird of prey, yet apparently don't hunt anything much bigger than frogs, mice and lizards.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane