My slim pickings from a few weeks ago

Giphsub

A few shots from my trip down south a few weeks back.

#1 Splendid Fairy Wren - used flash in late afternoon shade. Not the best shot, but these little fellas are so spectacular that I had to include it.


#2 Grey Fantail (a bit too hot)


#3 Splendid Fairy Wren


#4


#5


#6 Galah


#7 Great Egret


#8 Osprey


#9 Pelican


#10


#11 Yellow-Billed Spoonbills


#12 Pied Oystercatchers


#13 White-faced heron


#14

bhowdy

Absolutely love the Fairy Wren Mike! Thanks for sharing this very colorful bird.
The eye on the Pelican is sort of scary! The Oystercatchers are a great image!

dbaker1221

fantastic looking birds Mike....I've got a shot of one of those fairy wrens from the zoo, It's cool that you have them in the wild. they are beautiful birds.:ivar

stevehapp

nice ones mike.

we have the superb fairy-wren and the variegated fairy-wren around our neck of the woods.. they are cute lil birds..

I haven't seen any spoonbills so I dont know if we have them fellas...

Ric Grupe

I'd love to see a FAT day!!!

Very interesting bunch, Mike.

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bhowdy wrote:

Absolutely love the Fairy Wren Mike! Thanks for sharing this very colorful bird.
The eye on the Pelican is sort of scary! The Oystercatchers are a great image!

Cheers Bob! Yeah it is a spectacular bird indeed! Pelicans are scary bloomin birds! Did you ever see that series of the pelican eating the pigeon??!

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dbaker1221 wrote:

fantastic looking birds Mike....I've got a shot of one of those fairy wrens from the zoo, It's cool that you have them in the wild. they are beautiful birds.:ivar

Cheers Dave. Yeah they are amazing to see in the wild! The all-blue ones I only saw a couple of times, but the blue-winged ones were everywhere!

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stevehapp wrote:

nice ones mike.

we have the superb fairy-wren and the variegated fairy-wren around our neck of the woods.. they are cute lil birds..

I haven't seen any spoonbills so I dont know if we have them fellas...

Thanks Steve! According to my book, you guys get them over there too. I hadn't really seen them much in the past, but now that I get down to lakes and estuaries more I have started to notice them. I haven't seen the variegated fairy wren. Don't think they range commonly as far as Perth.

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Ric Grupe wrote:

I'd love to see a FAT day!!!

Very interesting bunch, Mike.

Yeah! Cheers Ric.

Maestro

Dooooooooooooooood! These are wonderful! I am traveling down-under just for the fairy wren! Wow! :wow

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Maestro wrote:

Dooooooooooooooood! These are wonderful! I am traveling down-under just for the fairy wren! Wow! :wow

Hehehe! Cheers Stephen! They are amazing little fellas, and I was amazed at how close they would let me get.

dlplumer

These are slim pickings. I should have such slim pickings. I love love love # 6, but they are all great

stevehapp

Giphsub wrote:

Thanks Steve! According to my book, you guys get them over there too. I hadn't really seen them much in the past, but now that I get down to lakes and estuaries more I have started to notice them. I haven't seen the variegated fairy wren. Don't think they range commonly as far as Perth.

hmm, it seems that the variegated is all over oz except the south west. doh..
you wont see the superb either.. they are mainly in nsw and vic..

(the young fella wants to post this icon - )

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dlplumer wrote:

These are slim pickings. I should have such slim pickings. I love love love # 6, but they are all great

Thanks Dan. Those galahs certainly are photogenic birds! They are very comic bird actually. They play with each other a lot.

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stevehapp wrote:

hmm, it seems that the variegated is all over oz except the south west. doh..
you wont see the superb either.. they are mainly in nsw and vic..

(the young fella wants to post this icon - )

evil eggplant

All beautifully done. Congrats on some fine captures.

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evil eggplant wrote:

All beautifully done. Congrats on some fine captures.

Cheers EE! Sorry for the dig, but I had to jump on the bandwagon