Wild Birds of Australia

nardes wrote in post #19472451
A Male and Female Satin Bowerbird having breakfast amongst the clover in the Lamington National Park.

Cheers

Dennis

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Beautiful photos!

avondale87 wrote in post #19472453
Amazing photos Dennis
Interesting how both have very attractive plumage .
More often one is highly coloured and other somewhat drab

Thanks Richard, these are very attractive birds to watch.

Cheers

Dennis

Pippan wrote in post #19472455
Beautiful photos!

Thanks Pippan, they are very striking birds and it was great to have a pair out in the open.

Cheers

Dennis

Pippan wrote in post #19472420
Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) at the Buffalo Creek mouth.

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Very nice. Those Pelicans are great. I’d love to see some of your birds in real life.

nardes wrote in post #19472451
A Male and Female Satin Bowerbird having breakfast amongst the clover in the Lamington National Park.

Cheers

Dennis

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Great shots, Dennis. You’ve captured the plumage well.

The Australian Logrunner is a small, robust, ground-dwelling bird, with a short and sturdy bill. The short wings are rounded and the short, broad tail has obvious spines at the end.

Adult male birds have a grey face and sides, and are white underneath, olive-rufous above, with grey bars across the wing. Adult females are similar but have an orange-rufous throat. The Logrunner feeds on invertebrates. They forage on the forest floor scratching with their large, strong feet through the leaf litter, using their tail as a prop. They leave a trail of small cleared circles behind them as they feed.

This pair posed nicely for me, on top of a log, although I had to dig them out of the dark Rainforest undergrowth using an on-camera Speedlite.

Cheers

Dennis

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Ray.Petri wrote in post #19472482
Great shots, Dennis. You’ve captured the plumage well.

Thanks Ray, the light was a little flat at 5:18am when these were taken, as the sun had not yet peeked its head above the forest ridge.
Cheers

Dennis

nardes wrote in post #19472485
The Australian Logrunner is a small, robust, ground-dwelling bird, with a short and sturdy bill. The short wings are rounded and the short, broad tail has obvious spines at the end.

Adult male birds have a grey face and sides, and are white underneath, olive-rufous above, with grey bars across the wing. Adult females are similar but have an orange-rufous throat. The Logrunner feeds on invertebrates. They forage on the forest floor scratching with their large, strong feet through the leaf litter, using their tail as a prop. They leave a trail of small cleared circles behind them as they feed.

This pair posed nicely for me, on top of a log, although I had to dig them out of the dark Rainforest undergrowth using an on-camera Speedlite.

Cheers

Dennis

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Perfect pictures - lovely birds.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19472488
Perfect pictures - lovely birds.

Thanks Ray, this pair gave themselves away via their vocalisations.

Cheers

Dennis

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19472481
Very nice. Those Pelicans are great. I’d love to see some of your birds in real life.

Well you'll always be welcome in Darwin.

nardes wrote in post #19472485
The Australian Logrunner is a small, robust, ground-dwelling bird, with a short and sturdy bill. The short wings are rounded and the short, broad tail has obvious spines at the end.

Adult male birds have a grey face and sides, and are white underneath, olive-rufous above, with grey bars across the wing. Adult females are similar but have an orange-rufous throat. The Logrunner feeds on invertebrates. They forage on the forest floor scratching with their large, strong feet through the leaf litter, using their tail as a prop. They leave a trail of small cleared circles behind them as they feed.

This pair posed nicely for me, on top of a log, although I had to dig them out of the dark Rainforest undergrowth using an on-camera Speedlite.

Cheers

Dennis

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Never seen these before Dennis. It must have been very dark even with a speedlight, your settings give it away.

Pippan wrote in post #19472500
Never seen these before Dennis. It must have been very dark even with a speedlight, your settings give it away.

Yes - it was a dull day and even at F2.8 I had to use the Speedlite. After a few hit and misses, I decided a flatly illuminated bird with some texture, is better than a grainy one in deep shadow.

Cheers

Dennis

A couple of Superb Fairy-wrens hopping around near the picnic tables in the Lamington National Park.

The Male is the blue coloured show-off, whereas the female presents in the more conservative, muted garb.

Cheers

Dennis

Pippan wrote in post #19472498
Well you'll always be welcome in Darwin.

Thanks Pippan. Problem is just that my passport expired a couple of years ago - as I found out when I decided to nip over to annoy our nearest neighbours and I never bothered to renew it because of the long delays at the passport office. Anyway, they don’t speak English and they insist on driving on the wrong side of the road, and they drink litres and measure their distance in km!.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19472608
don’t speak English and they insist on driving on the wrong side of the road, and they drink litres and measure their distance in km!.

Ray, Pippan invited you to Darwin. Not Tasmania.
That's what they do here

Well that reads well.
You are definitely welcome here.