Little Tern preening at Nelson Lagoon in Mimosa Rocks National Park this morning. New location for a colony. This season: 100+ Little Terns, 49 nests and a good hatching and survival rate. Currently 12+ fledglings with more expected over the next two weeks. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Newly fledged Little Tern in Mimosa Rocks National Park this morning. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

White-headed Pigeon on my back deck in Merimbula this evening. #backyardbirds #birds #WildOz

Almost forgot about #SuperSeabirdSunday but here’s an old favourite. Newly fledged Little Tern at Mogareeka in southeast Australia.

We all get lucky sometimes! Wordle 1,659 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Satin Bowerbird on my back deck in Merimbula (a few years ago :). #backyardbirds #birds #WildOz

While we nervously await the inevitable arrival of H5N1 here in Australia, @steelyseabirder.bsky.social offers a glimmer of hope from the Isle of May.

Pacific Gull taking off at Merimbula Beach. #SuperSeabirdSunday

Golden-headed Cisticola at Panboola this morning. #birds #WildOz

Fairy Tern with a courtship gift in southeast Australia. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Common Noddy at Christmas Island in 2023. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds

White Tern preening at Lord Howe Island last year. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Aurora australis in Merimbula tonight (iPhone from my bedroom window :)

Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Gonna need a new starter word. 😊 Wordle 1,603 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Striated Thornbill at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (from the archives) #birds #WildOz

Golden Bosuns at Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). This golden form of White-tailed Tropicbird is a Christmas Island special. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Yellow-rumped Thornbill at Panboola. #birds #WildOz

Red-capped Plover at Mogareeka this morning. #shorebirds #birds #WildOz

White Terns in front of an incoming storm at Lord Howe Island last year. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #birds #WildOz

Hooded Plover foraging on Haycock Beach (from the archives). These beautiful little #shorebirds are critically endangered here in NSW and we do all we can to help them survive. #birds #WildOz

@emmaswiftsings.bsky.social Pre-ordered CD of Resurrection Game arrived today in my little corner of Australia. Big thanks to Ruth for sending it! Straight to the top of the playlist for tonight! 😊

Beach Stone-curlew in Beowa National Park this morning. A decade ago, this would have been a rare sighting here in southeast Australia but we see them every year now. #shorebirds #birds #WildOz

Australian King Parrot posing for a portrait in my backyard. #birds #WildOz

Rainbow Bee-eater at Cullyamurra Waterhole near Innamincka (from the archives) #birds #WildOz

Pied Honeyeater feeding on an Eremophila longifolia (from the archives) #birds #WildOz

Had to smile at this one. 😊 Wordle 1,570 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Campbell Albatross. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds

Pacific Gulls in southeast Australia a few years ago. Gotta love that red lipstick! 😊 #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

We have so many beautiful birds here in Australia - like this Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. Took me a few years to get a decent photo but I managed this one a few months ago. #birds #WildOz

Here in NSW we only have about 70 Hooded Plovers remaining. Many of our beaches have been badly eroded this year and our hoodie breeding season has started slowly. (photo from my archives :) #shorebirds #birds #WildOz

Short-tailed Shearwater. (look closely and you’ll see the toes protruding behind the tail :) #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Swamp Wallaby and joey having a drink at Picnic Point in Mimosa Rocks National Park. (from the archives) #WildOz

Bullers Albatross. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (female) shredding a banksia tree to reach embedded grubs. #birds #WildOz

White-fronted Tern. Breed in New Zealand and other islands in the region, but some visit us here in southeast Australia in August/September. Looking forward to their reTern this year! #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds

An adult, White-bellied Sea Eagle parked up on the Leven River, Ulverstone, Tasmania 🤍 #whitebelliedseaeagle #nativespecies #wildbirdphotography #raptor #raptorsofaustralia #NikonD500 📸 #nikon500mmf56epf #nikonaustralia

Little Pied Cormorant in Merimbula. #birds #WildOz

Laughing Kookaburra hoping for a snack on my back deck in Merimbula. #birds #backyardbirds #WildOz

Pied Currawong in my Merimbula backyard. #birds #WildOz

Bar-tailed Godwit in Merimbula. #shorebirds #birds #WildOz

Beach Stone-curlew in Merimbula this morning. #shorebirds #birds #WildOz

Crested Terns. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

A young Shy Albatross near Eden in southeast Australia, with the distinctive shape of Mt Imlay in the background. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

It's winter here in Australia, so here's a pair of Red-necked Wallabies in the snow from a few years ago in Namadgi National Park. #WildOz

Australasian Gannet. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Golden Bosun. This golden form of White-tailed Tropicbird is only found on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). #seabirds #WildOz #SuperSeabirdSunday

Brown Cuckoo-Dove. A quiet and elegant bird paying a rare visit to my backyard in Merimbula. #birds #backyardbirds #WildOz

White Terns on Lord Howe Island last year. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Brown-headed Honeyeater at Gluepot Reserve in South Australia. #birds #WildOz