It’s Easter Sunday, and John Avise has risen with his fourth batch of Australian bird photos. His captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
Australian Birds, Part 4
This week’s post is the penultimate of a 5-part mini-series on birds that I photographed on a short business trip to Queensland, Australia in 2006.
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus):
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus):
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides):
Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito);
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida):
Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi):
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia):
Royal Spoonbill flying:
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus):
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles):
Masked Lapwing flying (note the spurs at the bend of the wing):
I needed this big time.
Wonderful to wake up to these beautiful photos.
I love the Masked Lapwing.
Thanks!
Beautiful shots.
That Masked Lapwing sure is an interesting bird (and aptly named…at least its common name, don’t know what the binomial is). All these were great, thanks!
An exceptionally lovely selection this morning, including birds named Sacred, Rainbow, Peaceful, and Monarch…. happy Easter to you too! 🙂
As always, lovely bird photos!
Love and appreciate the photos and they are all very beautiful and some cute