Found a new birding spot on the weekend and instantly fell in love with it. It has both fresh & salt water bodies as well as open and woodland areas. I went there as my mum had a photo of a Buff Banded Rail she got there a few months earlier and I wanted to see if it was still there. I didn't see it but did manage to get a Chestnut Teal which was a lifer for me, so I was happy. Also managed to get a good variety of birds as well and get better shots of a few birds including the Mistletoebird and Rainbow Bee-eater eating a bee! Here are some of the photos I managed to get on the weekend. Hope you enjoy.
Chestnut Teal having a splash (Lifer for me )
Another Chestnut Teal having a splash (must have been bath time)
Mistletoebird
Rainbow Bee-eater with Bee!
Rainbow Lorikeet inspecting a Hollow
Greater Egret
Pacific Black Duck
Not so happy Royal Spoonbill
Scaly-Breasted Lorikeets inspecting the same hollow
Australasian Darter
Looks like a great spot!
Samford Valley Qld.
Wow, great selection of birds and well shot! Great spot for sure!
Very beautiful Devster, can you send that spot my way please? I'm loving the Teal doing his torpedo launching impersonation, and the colours in your Mistletoe Bird are just stunning. I'd be on cloud nine with a mix like that in one spot!
West Coast Tasmania
We should do a swap with spots Annie . Any time you're in Brisbane, just PM me and I'd be happy to take you to it. I was on cloud 9. At one stage I was just listening to try and identify the different birds calling (i'm getting ok at that now) and I heard the Mistletoe bird, I went over there then heard the Bee-eaters so went over there then heard a Whistling Kite & saw a Brahminy Kite in amongst of Pelicans soaring very high. Then I saw a Gulp of Cormorants. I was like which one do I choose The Brahminy Kite was too high, the Whistling Kite too far away, I had the wrong lens to capture all the Cormorants, so I went with the Mistletoebird, then went to the Bee-eaters. Got some shots of the others but were pretty ordinary so I deleted them.
Wonderful set of photos devster - love them all. Great spot you found.
Lovely one of the egret with those patterns in the water.
Amazing shots. Would love to visit one day, seems like a great spot
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Thanks for the comments guys, If you're even in Brisbane, PM me I would me more than happy to take you to a few spots.