Went around the Richmond Lowlands in Western Sydney - nothing new - but a great variety of bird life can be seen from the country lanes that go past cattle, horse, turf farms and a few ponds .
Pelican dropping in 
Little Black Cormorants popping up 
Black Shouldered Kite
Grey Butcherbird 
Lewins Honeyeater enjoying an orange fallen from a tree
Yellow Thornbill
Silvereye
Zebra Finches
Red Rumped Parrot
Brown Quail
Pink Eared Duck
Royal Spoonbill and Yellow Spoonbill together 
Royal Spoonbill - always look like they are about to give a cheeky wink 
Yellow Spoonbill
Awesome stuff. Love them all, but if I had to pick one it would be the Yellow Thornbill, scarce in my area and even when you are lucky enough to see one in the perfect spot, they turn out unfocused
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Me too but also loved the little Silvereye and the Red Rumped Parrot. Great photos, thank you.
elizabeth
Very nice WD, what a great variety of birds you got, well done.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Nices series of shots WD with a great variety of birds. Love the 2 different Spoonbills together. The Cormormant look like they are about to have a face off
Cracking shots there WD
Love the Pelican landing and Butcher bird portrait
Plus I always have a fascination for the Spoonbills, such an interesting looking bird
Dont take life too seriously, it never ends well
Wonderful variety of birds WD, 10 of those would be firsts for me. Looks like you had a very enjoyable outing.
What a great day out and magic set of birds WD.
Little Black Cormorants my favourite but difficult to pick a besty.
Looks like a great day out WD. There would have been two new species for me amongst these. The Yellow Spoonbill is proving to be a difficult bird for me to photograph and I'm yet to photograph a Zebra Finch (in the wild).
Samford Valley Qld.
Thankyou all for the kind comments ... i saw all those birds just from the roadside as its all private property ... any easy way to do it.