Part 5 Birds #1

  • Rainbow Bee-eater
    Rainbow Bee-eater
    Merops ornatus
    Muirhead Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 17, 2022
    2022-08-17#5659
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rainbow Bee-eater male
    Rainbow Bee-eater male
    Merops ornatus
    Muirhead Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 17, 2022
    2022-08-17#5718
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brahminy Kite
    Brahminy Kite
    Haliastur indus
    Muirhead Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 17, 2022
    2022-08-17#5671
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spangled Drongo
    Spangled Drongo
    Dicrurus bracteatus
    Muirhead Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 17, 2022
    2022-08-17#5708
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra
    Blue-winged Kookaburra
    Dacelo leachii
    Muirhead Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 17, 2022
    2022-08-17#5738
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra
    Blue-winged Kookaburra
    Dacelo leachii
    Muirhead Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 17, 2022
    2022-08-17#5745
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Pied Cormorant
    Little Pied Cormorant
    Microcarbo melanoleucos
    Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5749
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Azure Kingfisher
    Azure Kingfisher
    Ceyx azureus
    Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5770
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rainbow Pitta
    Rainbow Pitta
    Pitta iris - one of the species hoped for, difficult to locate and photograph.
    Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5776
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orange-footed Scrubfowl Nest
    Orange-footed Scrubfowl Nest
    These nests can be as much as 39 feet across by 16.5 feet tall.
    Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#3510
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shining Flycatcher male
    Shining Flycatcher male
    Myiagra alecto - poor record photo.
    Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5785
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
    Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
    Calyptorhynchus banksii - the red is mostly seen in flight.
    Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5790
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
    Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
    Calyptorhynchus banksii
    Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5793
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Caspian Terns & Great Knots
    Caspian Terns & Great Knots
    Hydroprogne caspia & Calidris tenuirostris - adult and juvenile Terns and four Great Knots on the right.
    Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5803
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Knots & Caspian Tern
    Great Knots & Caspian Tern
    Calidris tenuirostris & Hydroprogne caspia
    Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5806
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Silver Gulls
    Silver Gulls
    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae - preening.
    Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5810
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Kite
    Black Kite
    Milvus migrans
    Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5816
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-headed Myzomela male
    Red-headed Myzomela male
    Myzomela erythrocephala
    Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5837
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green-backed Gerygone
    Green-backed Gerygone
    Gerygone chloronota
    Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5854
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rainbow Bee-eater female
    Rainbow Bee-eater female
    Merops ornatus
    Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5873
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Varied Triller
    Varied Triller
    Lalage leucomela
    Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5883
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Kite
    Black Kite
    Milvus migrans
    Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022
    2022-08-18#5891
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grey Whistler
    Grey Whistler
    Pachycephala simplex - seen on the Monsoon Forest Walk.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5907
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rainbow Pitta
    Rainbow Pitta
    Pitta iris - another lucky spotting.
    Monsoon Forest Walk, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5910
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Varied Triller male
    Varied Triller male
    Lalage leucomela
    Monsoon Forest Walk, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5924
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Fantail
    Northern Fantail
    Rhipidura rufiventris
    Monsoon Forest Walk, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5931
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-gaped Honeyeater
    White-gaped Honeyeater
    Lichenostomus unicolor - feeding at Mistletoe flowers.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5936
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Magpie Goose
    Magpie Goose
    Anseranas semipalmata
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5944
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Azure Kingfisher
    Azure Kingfisher
    Ceyx azureus - too distant for a good photo.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5949
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Pied Cormorant & Australasian Darter
    Little Pied Cormorant & Australasian Darter
    Microcarbo melanoleucos & Anhinga novaehollandiae
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5952
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reflection
    Reflection
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5954
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Australasian Pied Cormorant
    Australasian Pied Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax varius
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5956
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Comb-crested Jacana
    Comb-crested Jacana
    Irediparra gallinacea
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5974
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Pygmy Goose male
    Green Pygmy Goose male
    Nettapus pulchellus - nice patterns on the feathers.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5982
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Pygmy Goose female
    Green Pygmy Goose female
    Nettapus pulchellus
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5987
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Comb-crested Jacana
    Comb-crested Jacana
    Irediparra gallinacea - extremely long toes for walking on aquatic vegetation.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#5995
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Paperback Flycatcher
    Paperback Flycatcher
    Myiagra nana
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6014
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whistling Kite & Australasian Pied Cormorant
    Whistling Kite & Australasian Pied Cormorant
    Haliaster sphenurus & Phalacrocorax varius - it looked like the Kite settled here to eat something it had caught, probably to the distress of the Cormorant.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6029
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Australasian Grebe
    Australasian Grebe
    Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6062
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Pygmy Geese
    Green Pygmy Geese
    Nettapus pulchellus male in front of female.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6069
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Pygmy Goose male
    Green Pygmy Goose male
    Nettapus pulchellus - on a water lily pad.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6076
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Intermediate Egret
    Intermediate Egret
    Egretta intermedia
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6080
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plumed and Wandering Whistling Ducks
    Plumed and Wandering Whistling Ducks
    Dendrocygna eytoni & arcuata
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plumed and Wandering Whistling Ducks
    Plumed and Wandering Whistling Ducks
    Dendrocygna eytoni & arcuata
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6110
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Forest Kingfisher
    Forest Kingfisher
    Todiramphus macleayii
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6114
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whiskered Tern
    Whiskered Tern
    Chlidonias hybrida - with an eye on a fish.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6128
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whiskered Tern
    Whiskered Tern
    Chlidonias hybrida
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6133
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Royal Spoonbill
    Royal Spoonbill
    Platalea regia
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6137
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Pied Cormorant
    Little Pied Cormorant
    Microcarbo melanoleucos
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6138
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
    Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
    Ptilinopus regina - a really pretty dove.
    Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Australia, August 19, 2022
    2022-08-19#6171
    Larry L. Jackson