Red Backed Fairy Wren Oxley Creek Common
Birdwatching with my new friend Lyndal O Gorman
Crested Terns on Passage
Plenty of Crested Terns fly by on passage through the Hamilton Islands
Crested Tern in Flight Edge Apartments
While staying in the Edge Luxury Apartments I could watch these most days
Crested Tern Disaggreement Hamilton Island
A confrontation begins as these rocks outside the Edge Apartments are good lookouts
Crested Tern Observation
This crested Tern prepares to land undisturbed by others
Crested Tern outside the Edge Apartments
Hamilton Island has these beautiful seabirds on the shore
Crested Tern in Flight Hamilton Island
Outside the Edge Apartments I observed these Terns most days
Crested Tern preparing to land
Watched these Crested Terns for hours outside the Edge Apartments
Crested Tern Landing Hamilton Island
As seen from below the luxurious Edge Apartments
Crested Terns Hamilton Island
As seen from the rocks below the luxurious Edge Apartments
Crested Tern Hamilton Island
Bush Stone Curlew Playing Hide and Seek
These Waders are amazing, they walk and freeze, lower their head even lie down with head extended, weird!
Bush Thick Knee Hamilton Island
They go by names also of Stone Curlew, Weeloo and Willaroo
A Wary Bush Stone Curlew Queensland
I was getting stalked by these strange waders on the Whitsunday Islands
Stone Curlew on Guard Queensland
Found a pair of Bush Stone Curlews on an island off Hamilton Island
Bush Thick Knee Whitsunday Islands
A Bush Stone Curlew keeps a watchful eye on me Queensland Australia
Stone Curlew Whitsunday Islands
This Stone Culew or Thick Knee as they are called had a wary eye out as another was sat on eggs.
Bush Stone Curlew Hamilton Island
My first encounter with these curious and strange birds
Marbled Frogmouth Shute Harbour
On our way to the Hamilton Islands we spotted this weird tree branch!
Torresian Crow Hilliards Creek
Wellington Point Queensland Torresian Crow
Rainbow Lorikeet Wellington Point
My first but not last Rainbow Lorikeet of the trip
Australian Wood Duck on the Creek
Beautiful plumage on this wood duck at Hilliards Creek
Australian Wood Duck Hilliards Creek
A large group of wood duck in the Wellington Point area
Sacred Kingfisher Hilliards Creek
I saw this Kingfisher in the Wellington Point area