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In with the New
Black Falcon(above and below)Peter's Farm, Queensland, AustraliaJanuary 1, 2016(click on the pictures for a better view!)I enjoyed two magnificent days of wildlife viewing to see out 2015 and welcome...
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Wyreema Water Treatment Plant
Royal Spoonbill and Yellow-billed SpoonbillWyreema Water Treatment Plant, Wyreema, Queensland, Australia....these lakes will be filled in soon.In the last few years I have enjoyed some visits to the...
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Square-tail in a Cloud
Square-tailed KitePrince Henry Drive, Toowoomba, Queensland, AustraliaJanuary 6, 2016Michael Atzeni and I enjoyed a walk around Prince Henry Drive back on January 6. Such a special place with a number...
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The Voice
Pied ButcherbirdadultPrince Henry Drive, Toowoomba, Queensland, AustraliaJanuary 6, 2016This is my 300th post on this blog. I was going to do something special but decided this is nice enough. There is...
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Sacred Kingfisher Family
Sacred KingfisherJuvenileLockyer Valley, Queensland, AustraliaDecember 28, 2015Rod Hobson and I found s few Scared Kingfishers about in the Lockyer Valley back in December. Here is a family we...
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All Things Blue
Blue-winged KookaburraCape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 12, 2012Here's a couple of flight shots from when my Nikon D800 was new. The lens is the Nikkor Af-s 300mm f4 with TC ii teleconverter. Â I...
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The iWants
Northern GoshawkAdultHyoko, Niigata, JapanFebruary 21, 2016Sony RX100iii held up to a Nikon ED50 field scopeI didn't bring an adaptor!I want a big new spotting scope. Either Zeiss, Swarovski, or Leica...
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10 years on....
Sea-eagles off the shore of Rausu, Shiretoko, Hokkaido, JapanFebruary 25, 2006Ten years ago today I enjoyed a boat ride off shore of Rausu, Hokkaido, Shiretoko, Japan. My photos are looking old now but...
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Oriental Plover
Oriental Plovernon-breedingCape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 13, 2012Having bit of a quiet time birding. Thought, in the mean time, I should do bit of a twitch for the blog and add more new...
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Two Apostles taking a Bath
ApostlebirdsLen and Frank Mengel's property, Felton, Queensland, Australia2015Last year, Mick and I were invited to Len and Frank Mengel's property to look around for birds. We saw some nice ones and I...
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More Apostlebirds
ApostlebirdNear the Granite Belt, Queensland, Australia Here are some more Apostlebird images. Thank you for the comments I received yesterday. I am curious that people haven't heard of these before....
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Merlin
MerlinShitada-mura, Niigata, JapanMarch 11, 2005This is one of my only record shots of  a Merlin in Japan. I took this back on March 11, 2005 on the outskirts of Shitada which was a village nestled in...
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White-winged Chough
White-winged ChoughQueensland, AustraliaHere's some pics of a White-winged Chough in my twitching attempt to build a species list on the blog. These are found in Eastern Australia. I often see them...
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Whimbrel
WhimbrelCairns, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2012Here's a Whimbrel in front of my hotel in Cairns back in 2012. At least I hope it's a Whimbrel.Please set me straight if I'm wrong.Add caption
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Glossy Ibis
Glossy IbisCape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2012Here's a fly-by encounter with Glossy Ibis at Cape York in 2012.
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It's a Girl!
Eclectus Parrotsmale-green top right, female-red and blue bottom leftCape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2012A couple of poor record shots of Eclectus Parrots high up in the canopy at Cape York.The...
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Red Brows at Cape York
Red-browed FinchNeochmia minor - Cape York, Queensland, AustraliaSome Red-browed Finches at Cape York. I different race to the south-east
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Mistletoebird
MistletoebirdQueensland, AustraliaA couple of poor shots of a male Mistletoebird.They are found almost Australia wide and are renowned for their spreading of Mistletoe around the country.
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Forest Kingfisher
Forest KingfisherCape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober, 2012Here's a beautiful little Forest Kingfisher at Cape York. Wish I could go back tomorrow.
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Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Orange-footed ScrubfowlIron Range National Park, Cape York, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2012Here's an Orange-footed Scrubfowl at Cape York.
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