Queensland Visits: Ethan 01

Ethan and I did some shorebirdwatching in the Gladstone area for a few days last week. We had a great time. Here are some of Ethan's images using a Canon 5D and a Tamron 150-600 G1 lens. Rule number one is: get closer.

First off are some endemic Aussie birds.

Double-barred Finch

Leaden Flycatcher (female)

Leaden Flycatcher (male)

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (almost fledged)(saw the adults)

Caspian Tern

Crested Tern (adult above; juvenile below)

Gull-billed Tern

Little Terns

Eastern Reef Egret (dark morph)

White-bellied Sea-eagle

Ashmore Reef 09 -- Terns

Terns

Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus

Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii

Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata

First Sooty Tern seen on the first day of the trip!

One way to cool off is to skim the surface picking up water on your feathers
which then evaporates creating cooling.

Rookery One

Too hot to sit on. The egg needs some shade!

Rookery Two

Pelagic 03 -- Port Fairy

What a great bunch of birds on Pelagic 02. I immediately put myself down for another in August.

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

Shy Albatross

Crested Tern

Fairy Prions

Grey-backed Storm-petrel

Brown Skua