Oooconcoon Bay was named for the swans that used to live here before the days of water ferries and jetskis and noisy motor boats.
Tag Archives: Birds
Feeding Birds in my Garden
I started with many birds. There were Butcher Birds, magpies and curlews. When the Kookaburras came, they chased away all the other birds and now I feed Kookaburras
Kookaburras in my Garden
The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. It is generally off-white below, faintly barred with dark brown, and brown on the back and wings. The tail is more rufous, broadly barred with black. There is a conspicuous dark brown eye-stripe through the face. It is one of the larger members of the kingfisher family.
Cairns Foreshore
One of the most internationally famous locations is the Cairns Esplanade, the long park along the coast of the city that forms the city waterfront. The beach is mostly mud, actually something of a recent development caused by the complex effects of dredging the harbour
Gympie Lions Park … off Bruce Highway Gympie
Morning Walk at Bribie Island Kakadu Bird Sanctuary
Walked the Kakadu Bird Sanctuary Track this morning.. The artificial roost site, hides and interpretive centre at Kakadu Beach are the result of cooperation between the Queensland Wader Study Group and the developer of Pacific Harbour, a canal residential estate on Pumicestone Passage. The artificial roost site was built in 2002 to compensate for theContinue reading “Morning Walk at Bribie Island Kakadu Bird Sanctuary”
Bird Walking Track and Sanctuary at Bribie Island
http://www.sunbittern.com/bribie%20birds.html The Pumicestone Passage is a wonderful area for birds and there are several vantage points from the numerous beaches. Raptors are common and include spectacular White-bellied Sea-Eagles, Ospreys and Brahminy Kites. Waders, including the globally-threatened Eastern Curlew, are plentiful on the mudflats, especially in summer, and you might even spot a majestic Black-necked Stork.Continue reading “Bird Walking Track and Sanctuary at Bribie Island”
Rainbow Lorrikeets in the White Gum Trees at Russell Island
Originally posted on Birds Australia:
A rosella is one of five to eight species of colourful Australian parrots in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means “broad-tailed” or “flat-tailed”, reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly seeds and fruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosella Rosellas feed predominantly on seeds…
Kookaburras at Russell Island
Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28–42 cm (11–17 in) in length. The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, onomatopoeic of its call. Kookaburras are carnivorous. Kookaburras are known to eat the young of other birds, mice, snakes, insects and small reptiles. The Laughing KookaburraContinue reading “Kookaburras at Russell Island”
