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

[winterbird]

Oh these are all stunning. I'm particularly enamoured of the black cockatoos (far away as they are, I know what you mean about them rarely being in range! And I love seeing any photos of them, honestly I think they're wonderful). Welcome swallows are so cute!

It's always such a treat seeing your photos and I'm looking forward to more! Thank you for sharing these with us (and as someone who processes photos for DW too, thank you for taking the time to go through them!)

[calissa]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed the photos, especially when I get so much pleasure out of seeing yours.

The black cockatoos are amazing. They fly distantly past our house on a semi-frequent basis and I always have to stop and watch.