Tin Can Bay & Cooloola Cove Birds.

This is to just show that there is more than just waders we see when we do the monthly wader counts at Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove.

Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)

Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)

Rufous Whistler (Male)(Pachycephala rufiventris)

Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)

Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)

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Variegated Fairy-wren & Rufous Whistler.

After our latest wader count we took a friend out to Inskip Point to look for the Kelp Gull which we did not find, but there were quite a few bush birds to be seen along the track. As I was walking first I came upon this beautiful male Variegated Fairy-wren which posed very conveniently for a photo. While admiring it I thought what a good photo it would make, forgetting that I had my camera in its bag over my shoulder as I had been carrying a telescope and tripod most of the day in place of this. When the others caught up to me they said "did you get a photo"?

Variegated Fairy-wren (male) (Malurus lamberti)

Luckily it stayed around long enough for me to get my camera out of its bag.

Rufous Whistler (male) (Pachycephala rufiventris)

At the end of the track we came across this male Rufous Whistler, catching only a rear view. Among others seen were Rainbow Bee-eaters, Varied Triller and Collared Kingfisher.