Good to Get Out

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Mon, 07/09/2015 - 11:47

Devster

Good to Get Out

I have had the Brisbane Flu for the last couple of weeks and I barely left the house let alone picked up a camera.

It was so good to finally get out this weekend and explore some new spots. I was not dissapointed as I had 2 new ticks for me. The Cotton Pygmy Goose & the Northern Mallard.

I managed to get a few other nice shots of other varieties as well. Sorry it's a bit photo heavy. Hope you enjoy them.

Male Cottom Pygmy Goose

Female Cotton Pygmy Goose

Northern Mallard

Little Pied Cormorant

Young Darter

Intermediate Egret

Hardhead

Black Swan Building a Nest

Brahminy Kite

Kookaburra with a Beetle

Male Superb Fairy-Wren

Mon, 07/09/2015 - 19:29

HelloBirdy

Magnificent set of photos. Thanks for sharing. That would have been 3 ticks for me

Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

Mon, 07/09/2015 - 20:04

Rick N

Great group of photos Devster and not too many that's for sure.

Love the big webbed feet on the Darter. Would have been 3 new bird sightings for me as well.

Tue, 08/09/2015 - 09:06

Devster

Thanks Birdy and Rick. I'm interested to know what the 3 new ones for you would be. Would they be the Mallard, Cotton Pygmy Goose and the Hardhead?

Tue, 08/09/2015 - 16:29

HelloBirdy

Mallard, Pygmy-goose, and Brahminy Kite. We do get mallards, but I haven't seen any that look pure, so they are most probably escapees. We get hardheads fairly often. I'm in Canberra by the way.

Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

Tue, 08/09/2015 - 18:23

WhistlingDuck

Excellent set of photos Devster ... thanks for posting

Wed, 09/09/2015 - 10:12

Reflex

It looks like you have found another good spot. I was watching a Kookaburra swallowing a fairly large worm last week-end and the worm would have still been alive and wriggling as it went down into the crop.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 09/09/2015 - 11:21

Devster

This was actually 2 spots John. 1 at Murrumba Downs where there are Darters, Cormorants, Swans and other various birds were nesting. As well as its where the CP Geese were. Then there was a place near Nudgee that had a body of water where I got the Mallard, the Kookaburra, Egret and Brahminy Kite.