royal spoonbills

Battle of the Royal Spoonbills I got about 10 shots of the fight. The one flying away started it, but the other one ended it.

The oyks weren't the only big flocks I saw that day. There were also some sand spits similarly carpeted with Royal Spoonbills - with a few Southern Blackback Gulls hanging about, perhaps waiting for egg-laying season to begin ...? And ... well, you'll see tomorrow ;) OK. I've done a bit of...

A flock of Royal Spoonbills was the best shot I got from our drive out on the fields around the farm campsite. We also saw Spotted Harrier, Australian Hobby, Australian Pratincole, Australasian Pippit plus loads of Rainbow Bee-eaters and a long list of other birds I'd seen before, but with my...

Royal Spoonbills, photo heavily cropped.

All these white birds were in the same part of the swamp.

Hi all, spotted this group from the road all having a nap (until I came along) so had to double back about a mile up and then walk for 10 minutes to get within range..... this is the first time that I have seen so many at one time and fairly close range. Hope you enjoy!

The current King Tides have filled my local Wetlands and birds are returning Captured these at the end of the day as the sun was starting to set

spoonbills landing at the high tide roosting site to join the pelicans.in the foreground are eastern curlews.