bar-shouldered dove

Well he was actually on the log pile to the right of the waterhole, but he did go for a drink.

... to get pictures of camouflaged birds! Even though I'd had some practise at it already! This Bar-shouldered Dove really does blend in so well with the forest floor, doesn't he.

... not the smallest. Pictures don't generally give you a good idea of the size of birds, but this one is a little smaller than our Collared Dove. However, it is quite a bit bigger than both the Peaceful Dove and the Diamond Dove! They typically feed on the ground.

A Bar-shouldered Dove came pecking around on the ground pretty close to me, I had to zoom out to get him in the frame LOL (not often had that problem before)!!

Three hyphenated species today. First two I've shared before, but I got better shots of them on the 19th when I had one last walk on my own before the tour got started.

Another lifer - obviously, since it's an Aussie endemic and I'd never been there before. They have some marvelous, brassy-coloured iridescence on their necks and wings. Not showing in this image, but I have one later that captured some of that. This image shows how pretty the underside of their...

This us a male-richer colours than females

This is an adult at our waterhole

our commonest dove in the rainforest here.

Bar-shouldered Dove

Bar-shouldered Dove,one of our favourites in the rainforest

Ths is for Hans&Judy! Taken at Edith Falls in the Northern Territory. I could not work out what it was doing but it was an interesting pose and apparently quite normal behaviour?

They are fairly common in the Darwin area.