Tidbinbilla Part 3 - Birds

[calissa]

The last installment of my New Year's Day trip to the Tidbinbilla Wetland Sanctuary. However, you can expect more photos because I went back yesterday with my sister and took just as many photos. ;_;



Sulphur-crested cockatoo preening.



Yellow-tailed black cockatoo. These aren't the greatest photos, since I was working at the limits of my zoom. But it's not often they're within range at all.





Male superb fairy wren.







Willy Wagtail



Pacific Black Duck in black and white.




Little Pied Cormorant (I think).



Purple Swamphen. Makes me think of dinosaurs.



Black Swan.



Welcome Swallows. I was pretty pleased with these ones.







George the Australian Pelican. He's a crotchety old thing. His partner, Mildred, passed away last year.

Stay tuned for more, once I get through the next 700+ photos...

Comments

[calissa]

Funnily enough, this looks almost exactly like the Red-tailed Black Cockatoos that we have lots of around here.

The Black Cockatoos are rather more uncommon around here, so it always delights me when I see them. I believe there's also a white-tailed variety down Victoria way.

I assume the Superbs are much like the Splendids, in that their colouration really doesn't convert to photos well, utterly failing to capture the sheer intensity of their plumage.

I suspect so, though I need to travel out west some day to see the Splendids for myself.

Proper Swan. All Proper Swans are black. Non-black swans are just weird.

This is correct. :D

Glad you enjoyed the photos.