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Thick or stone?
We soon had the main object for that trip under our belts, although we'd seen them before, they're such wonderful birds. They've a couple of names, "Thick-knee" and "Stone-Curlew", everyone agrees that they're prefixed with Beach though.

They've also been placed in two different genuses... [I]Burhinus[/I] and now [I]Esacus[/I]! They must be getting quite confused LOL

They were on a protected area of the beach at Kakadu (but not the famous one LOL).

Wonderful looking birds, aren't they. Last time I was there, about 3 weeks before, there were two of them - I wonder if she was now sitting on eggs?
Habitat
Beach sanctuary
Location
Kakadu Beach, Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
Date taken
24 October 2019
Scientific name
Esacus giganteus
Equipment used
Nikon Coolpix P900 Birdwatching mode
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Lovely detailed close up, pose, setting and capture Delia, many tfs and a fine set today.
 
what a fantastic photo, Delia, wonderful eye-level capture in a great setting, congratulations, many tfs!!!

saw last week a stone curlew on my local patch, always exciting.
 
What a wonderful looking bird D, looks to have a bit of a discussed look on its face.
 
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A great capture of this large headed Beach Thick-knee D. A great frontal view of this species girl!
 
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Super shot, D! We saw a pair of these on a rocky beach near Darwin, when we were on the Round Australia Cruise some years ago.
 
A brilliant close up and well taken capture you have of this beauty Delia. Brilliant, well done.
 

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