Hi eveyone
Yesterday I managed to pop into the Hunter Wetlands Centre for a little while, although not long enough to walk to where the birds of prey were, unfortunately.
Willie wagtail - can you see the bistles around the beak? I wonder if they help the bird to gather insects, like those on the tawny frogmouth
Royal spoonbill with breeding plumes
Black-winged stilt
Cattle egrets nesting
Cattle egrets nesting
A great or intermediate egret
Magpie geese
Dusky swamphen
Little black cormorant
Azure kingfisher
Gosh, a lot of cattle egret nests! Especially like the green near the eyes on the great/itermediate egret and the spoonbill with the breeding plumes, and as always the kingfisher is a lovely little bird. Nice set of shots, a wide variety of animals at the Wetlands, hpe you can get some pics of the BoP's as well!
wow Birdgirl, you did well for a short walk! are the dusky swamphens same as Purple swamphens? excellent shot of the Azure Kingfisher... I only seem to see them with twigs positioned in front of the shot! well done.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Nice series of shots there Birdgirl, I did not know that Magpie Geese venture that far down.
All great shots but I realy like the Kingfisher. Looks like he is enjoying the shade on a hot day.
Ray
Good day out Birdgirl
You just have to love any shot like the willy wagtail with his mouth open telling the world something.
Love the nesting CE
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland