brolga

Not the best of pictures, but for many years, I'd wanted to see these guys, ever since someone kindly sent me this information about them and how they got the name: https://www.kullillaart.com.au/dreamtime-stories/Brolga I didn't think I'd be in the right areas to see them so was absolutely...

This wasn't the only time we saw Brolga, but it was the closest we got and with my zoom lens stuck on 80 it was the best shot I got.

Early in the morning while driving to a place where I was hoping to do some birdwatching I saw few big silhouettes crossing the sky from one side of the road to another. Pulled up immediately to realise there was a big flock of brolgas! More than 50 birds. It was unlucky, as they were on a...

Bashing along from Tibooburra NSW I encountered a pair of Brolga.

Taken while fleeing an approaching rain storm which put this area off limits for days .

We found these 2 birds in a farmers paddock at RUTHERGLEN strange because its dry as a bone in the northest victoria all farmers dams are dry,they only arrive when its wet normally

these were also long way away

The Brolga is Queenslands official bird of State and features on the State Coat of Arms

Many thanks to my work colleague Gary Eickenloff for the heads up on a pair of these. A very wet afternoon for photography but well worth the trouble

Adult and juvenile

A very hurried shot taken as he launched him/herself into the air.

Brolga feeding on Townsville Common wetlands, Queensland.

This beautiful Brolga was seen grazing with some cows in a paddock near Toogoom in Queensland

Ouch - prickles! Had to lay flat in the grass to take a series of shots of these stately but very shy birds as they passed by. Afterwards - more than a hundred three-cornered jacks were stuck in my jeans, shirt . . . and me! But it was worth it.

I do not think it is commonly known that we have Brolga's down in Victoria but there is a small colony down near Geelong and there were a pair at Werribee the other day

This young brolga and parents( one in background) were feeding on the mudflats this morning. They stayed for a good hour until a busload of german tourists arrived.

Near Mornington Station there is a lake called Gladstone so early one morning we headed off it took us about 1.5hrs to get there and because it was the end of the season there was not much water, but enough for a few ducks and waterbirds to be around in a very harsh climate. A couple of Brolga's...