Wild Birds of Australia

The baby Forest Kingfisher again this morning. Looking cuter than ever.

clipper_from_oz wrote in post #19340376
Male Jabiru landing

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Wow Clipper, your Jabiru photos really are exceptional. Stunning!

Pippan wrote in post #19340593
Wow Clipper, your Jabiru photos really are exceptional. Stunning!

thanks mate!

Cattle egret on Buffalo. Been trying for a while for this combo but could never get the egrets to stay ontop long enough to get the shot. Was a long way away and a super huge crop but beggars cant be choosers here ...Shame Ive lost the egrets legs too but theres always a next time

Nice to see the Royal Spoonbills are back at Fogg Dam. Or should I say Spoonbill in the singular as there was only one but its a start. Now the waters going over the dam wall/rd Im sure there will be more. Funny thing is Ive never seen a spoonbill catch a fish at Fogg Dam or anywhere else for that matter.....Seen many hundreds of egrets herons etc etc but never them even though when he landed he pretended to fish like the egrets next to him. I thought they ate water weeds etc but naybe they like super small fish that are hard to see when they get them . Not sure.

Egret in flight. Ive seen two egrets now with purple blue markings above bill and not sure what the go is here as all the ones Im used too are either yellow or green.

another egret in flight. I love the way these guys tuck their necks into their body leaving absolutely no room between neck and body. When I first see them like this in lightroom I always think there is something wrong with the sensor detail mushing up but when I look closely its just a real neat join leaving very little gap that the birds feathers then overlap and cover up .

4matic wrote in post #19340348
The orange under the wing, is that similar to the white ibis about mating?

Short answer is I don't know. I've been trying to find any reference to it but so far nothing. They do stretch and flutter their wings a bit to each other during their brief courtship display (along with clattering of beaks), so the colour may be significant to them.

Great Egret resplendent in breeding flush plumage.

Pied Heron at Fogg Dam.

Pippan wrote in post #19342042
Pied Heron at Fogg Dam.

What a beautiful bird.
Graceful bird, and such clean colours.
Very nice indeed.

From Julatten in far north Queensland
Wompoo Fruit Dove.

Male Olive Backed Sunbird.