I saw this pair of Buff-banded Rails mating on 4th and 5th December but didn't have a camera handy (luckily for them) Hopefully, I'll see 5-8 chicks in 3 weeks! #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #waterbird @birdlifeoz.bsky.social

King Parrots, Rainbow Lorikeets and Dollar Bird watching me from high above... Esk, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #OzBirds

A pair of Spangled Drongos nesting Esk, Qld They normally have only one clutch per season. The nest is a shallow cup of twigs, vine tendrils and grasses, held together with spider web. #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

High up on a tree, a pair of Little Corellas were glowing in the hot morning sun. The heatwave didn't seem to bother them! Esk, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds #corella

Striated Heron landed for a few moments at Redcliffe marina, Qld (Butorides striata) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #waterbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

It's a triple Kookaburra kind of morning... #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #kookaburra #WildOz #OzBirds

There's nothing I like more than a having a relaxing bath at the end of a long day. If only I had a cool bowl of nectar and some earplugs! #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds #Lorikeet

Love is looking after your partner. One of the Galahs has lost an eye. I know of another pair of Galahs in Deception Bay where the male lost an eye and they're as loving as these two in Esk #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds #Galah

A quiet moment as one of three Magpie siblings takes time out from the other more boisterous two... #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

Sunrise over Lake Cootharaba, Qld #NoosaNorthShore

You can't say you weren't warned! 🪶 #birdoftheday #raptor #hawk #nature #wildlife

Black-Fronted Dotterel came within a few metres of me, repeatedly dropping one wing down and fanning out its tail with its back to me. Possibly, it had a mate with a nest in the area and was trying to lure me away with distraction behaviour #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #WildOz

I finally found the local area "really early alarm clock" high atop a Silky Oak just after sunrise. He calls all through the wee hours from around 2 am. Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis) aka Eastern Koel. #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #WildOz

A wonderful day spent with the Rock-wallabies on Magnetic Island, Qld #NaturePhotography #Marsupials #Macropods #AustralianWildlife #wildoz #wallaby #wildoz

Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) Deception Bay, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #frogmouth #WildOz #OzBirds

A tender moment between Sulphur-crested Cockatoos as they allopreen. Lake Eden, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

Water Dragon living up to his name during a recent Brisbane storm... #NaturePhotography #reptiles #AustralianWildlife #wildoz #NotABird

A pair of Galahs greeting the new day after leaving their hollow... Deception Bay, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds #galah

Australian Brush Turkeys dust bathe for plumage maintenance. The dust cleans excess oils and debris from their feathers and also helps control or eliminate parasites like feather mites and lice. Lake Cootharaba, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz

Wompoo Fruit-dove Cape Tribulation, Far North Queensland (Ptilinopus magnificus) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

A pair of Little Corellas playing... #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

For #SparrowSunday, a Song Sparrow! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay and Alan H was thinking Ministry of Silly #Walks so basically any bird walking. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin A Great Blue Heron in stealth mode.

A grey day in the park yesterday was brightened when a passerby mentioned he had seen an owl a few hundred yards in the direction we were headed and we found it! #birds #photography #birdphotography #Raptors #owl 🦉 A Barred Owl (my first attempt at ALT Text)

The Black-necked Stork, (aka Jabiru), is Australia's only stork. I sighted this female on the far side of First Lagoon at Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

Little Wattlebird, Kakadu Beach #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #honeyeaters #WildOz #OzBirds #BribieIsland

Another week, another Koala. This time it's a handsome male. He was spotted high up in a tree at Kallangur, Qld @savethekoala #Marsupial #AustralianWildlife #wildoz

Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrels, Far Eastern Curlews, Great Knots, Caspian and Australian Terns are all at Toorbul Roost. Here are just a few of them. #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #shorebirds #WildOz

Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #shorebirds #WildOz

It's World Cassowary Day! What magnificent birds they are. I filmed this beauty drinking from a fresh water pool at Etty Bay in 2023. #WorldCassowaryDay #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #Cassowary #WildOz #OzBirds

Galahs checking out a tree hollow (female on the left, male on the right) Toorbul, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

A Mangrove Honeyeater watching over the mangroves, Toorbul, Qld (Gavicalis fasciogularis) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #Honeyeater #WildOz #OzBirds

A pair of Pied Oystercatchers teaching their two chicks how to forage for molluscs, worms, crabs & small fish etc. These are one of the few waders whose young are fed by their parents. #birds #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #wader #WildOz #BribieIsland

I was watching the Masked Lapwing when out popped a chick from beneath the warm plumage... A lovely surprise! #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

Superb Fairy-wrens Lake Coolmunda, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #wren #WildOz #OzBirds

Little Corellas mate for life and these two are allopreening. This behavior reinforces pair bonds but also helps remove parasites from inaccessible areas of their bodies. #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

Joey is alert but mum is a little tired. These koalas were sighted high in a tree overlooking Deception Bay, Qld. 🐨🐨= 😍 #NaturePhotography #Marsupial #AustralianWildlife #wildoz

The Little Friarbird loves to eat nectar, pollen, soft fruits, seeds, and insects. It is also the smallest friarbird. #Honeyeater #birdsofaustralia #australianbirdsphotography #australianbirds #qldbirds

Red-browed Finches (Firetails) foraging around Lake Samsonvale, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #finches

Pale-headed Rosella Airlie Beach, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

King Parrots, Lamington National Park, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

The chicks sometimes divide between the two parents. They can also get picked off by opportunist predators like Purple Swamphens. My video on a pair raising chicks in Sydney Park: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ENRp...

Rainbow Lorikeet feeding in a bottlebrush at first light. #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz

Spotted Dove, Intermediate Egret, Masked Lapwing, Australasian Darter Lake Samsonvale, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz

As the sun prepares to rise over Brisbane right now, a magnificent full moon is setting. #fullmoon #Brisbane

A Buff-banded Rail with only one chick. These Rails usually have between 3 and 8. Hopefully there are more foraging with their other parent in a different area. #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #waterbirds #WildOz #BribieIsland

A pair of Rainbow Lorikeets at their hollow #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

Blue-faced Honeyeater and Noisy Miner feeding in a grevillea (Thargomindah, Qld) #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #WildOz #OzBirds

Pale-headed Rosella seems very happy with breakfast Airlie Beach, Qld #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

Australian Ringnecks foraging, early morning, Thargomindah #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds