Lake Alford

What to do on a cold and bleak day, stay home or go out to the local Duck ponds?

Thanks Mick for coming all that way to look and hopefully get photos on a day like today.

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)

Hardhead (Aythya australis) (Male)

Hardhead (Female)

Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)

Comb-crested Jacana (Metopidius gallinacea) (Immature)

Will have to try again when the sun decides to shine.

Inskip Point Birds Part Two

As I have covered some of the birds that visit the point in part one, I thought I would show some of what we call bush birds of Inskip Point in part two.

The male Figbird below is the intergrade form of this species, the northern race being yellow underneath while our southern race is green below.

Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis) (Male)

Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis) (Female)

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)

Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)

  

Inskip Point Birds Part One

No matter what time of day or time of year, Inskip Point always has a variety of birds to see. One we don't see there very often is the Black-winged Stilt which showed up on this day.

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)

Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) & Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)

Crested Tern & Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt (Immature)