Australian Birds:

Random Birds from my travels around Australia. If anyone knows the names of some of these birds that aren’t labelled, would be grateful for your input.

From Indigiscapes, Brisbane, Australia:

From nature sign:
Flashing, Flying, and Feeding:
Eastern Yellow Robin: These beautiful small birds can be seen perching on vertical trunks low down in the forest. They glean insects from between the layers of flaky bark and use pieces of bark to build and decorate their nests.

Rainbow Lorikeet: These birds have a special “brush-tipped” tongue which they dab onto blossoms to extract nectar and pollen. Their bright color blends in as they clamor noisily amongst the flowers.

Sacred Kingfisher: Despite the name, it rarely catches fishes, but prefers insects, lizards, and frogs. They use arboreal termite mounds as nests, which they begin excavating by flying rapidly “beak first” into them.

Little Brown Honeyeater: These tiny birds dart in and out of the paperbarks as they chase, feed, and play. As well as nectar, they also feed on the myriad of insects that these trees provide.

Scarlet Honeyeater: Flashes of red through the Melaleucas signal the presence of this tiny male honeyeater as he flits and feeds on the winter flowers.

Can you identify me? (Bird 050211-023)

From nature sign:
Ducking, Diving, and Dabbling:
Cormorant: Like the darter, cormorants have specially designed feathers that can become waterlogged, allowing them to dive deep underwater to catch their prey.

Darter: With a snake-like neck and dart-shaped beak it strikes and stabs its prey. It is often seen cruising low in the water with only its neck and head exposed.

Dusky Moorhen: Have fleshy shields to protect their heads as they dabble along the edges and amongst the reeds hunting for frogs and insects. Although it can dive for several minutes when threatened, it is most often seen as “tail up”.

Black Duck: Have fine filter plates at the sides and backs of their bills to allow them to shift through the water for food. They feed on plants in the water and along the edges by dabbling, dredging, and upending. Aquatic insects, crustaceans, yabbies, and shrimps are also shifted out.

Grebe: Propel themselves through the water with their legs set well back on their body. They duck quickly underwater for food and to escape danger.

Can you identify me? (Bird 050211-021)

Can you identify me? (Bird 050211-020)

Can you identify this bird? (Bird 050211-001 and 002)

Can you identify this bird? (bird 050211-061 & 062)