australia

LOL I was sitting watching tele and I heard the wonderful screeching of cockatoos I ran and grabbed my camera and to my luck there were three they had come to have an afternoon snack I had thrown out for all the beautiful birds that make my garden home I crept into the garden so not to frighten...

A photo I took in Tygum park these two sweethearts were taking turns preening each other I stood for ages watching them through my cameras lens so precious.

A photo I took today of a pair of corellas with their young one preening the bubs feathers so precious.

A photo I took in a local park Logan Brisbane this little bird was with a large flock on a island in the middle of the shallow open water lake I tool this photo with my NikonCoolpixP900 on auto setting hehe hope you like it

An old painting of one of the most endangered Australian psittacidae. The stunning Golden-shouldered Parakeet displays a striking sexual dimorphism (male top / female bottom). This species lives mostly in Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, in open forests and grasslands, close to termite mounds...

This little fella is a Flame Robin, a fairly common Australian endemic found in the coolest areas of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Adam captured this photo on Bruny Island near Tasmania during his recent trip to the continent.

Todays pic is a very special little bird; indeed, one of the worlds very few pink coloured species the Pink Robin of Australia. Found in forests only in the southeastern parts of this incredible continent, as well in Tasmania and some smaller outlying islands, Adam Riley was very fortunate to...

Golden-shouldered Parrot Lakefield, NP, Australia

One of those nights to remember at Deniliquin Australia. This was the last female we saw that evening and we quietly got out and kneeled down to get an eye level shot.

This was taken in Palm Valley in central Australia a few years ago on a camping trip. There was a pair of these beautiful birds nesting in a gum tree right above my camp site. This one flew down on the mirror of my car and this was his reaction when he saw his reflection!

I was just about to take a shot of this fellow swimming quietly along, then, all of a sudden, he took off. Pretty happy with the result, considering I wasn't expecting it.

This pied currawong was feeding in front of my bedroom window, literally with the dew still on the grass. It got what looked like a slug to me, a fat mole cricket and a few earth worms for breakfast.

Seems this guy can twist his head around 180 degrees! It was part of a group of miners squabbling around a peeled banana in the garden.

A group of noisy miners around a peeled banana in the garden.

Silver gull in Sydney harbour area

Seen at a pond in the Hunter Valley Zoo.

An Australian Magpie chases a Pacific Baza out of its nesting area.

A Pacific Baza, sitting in a eucalyptus tree, being harassed by a Noisy Miner.

The two Cormorants that were seen off by the Darter on a previous posting. The juvenile on the left has no white over the eye.