Birds of a feather

[drron]

Danger!!

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I really never liked plovers until the last 3 weeks.Just like your photo I saw mum plover with her 3 babies. though only 1 in this photo.
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Now things started off as usual.she squarked and flew at me.Stayed a fair distance above my head. I as usual squarked back and after about 4 days she stopped squarking. She saw me every day.By the end of the first week she would not tell her young ones to get far away from me.
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The babies are growing quickly.
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Sadly this was the last day I saw them on Wednesday.Mum had even crossed the road and came fairly close.Haven't seen the adults or youngsters since. Hopefully nothing terrible has happened to them. It has been the first time I even liked a plover.

 

[drron]

Some different visitors to the office.
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[Brissy1]

Some different visitors to the office.
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That looks like a normal old pinus radiata our native coughatoos are tucking into.

 

[Brissy1]

Google insists on that spelling

 

[Spongbob]

Any further suggestions about what bird is shown in the post #224 (blue beak) photos?

 

[VPS]

Trying to get a name for a bird that I saw at Mission Beach Qld. Had a blue beak. Not good photos obviously

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It looks really odd - no idea what it is and googling blue beaked birds in Queensland doesn't seem to help. If you don't have any luck I can send the photos to some birding friends if you're really interested

 

[Lynda2475]

Just like your photo I saw mum plover with her 3 babies.

About 10 years ago i first noticed a pair of Plovers nesting in my garden (id never even heard of a Plover before that). They or their decedents have been back every year since, always with only 1 baby until this year, they also have 3 chicks.

 

[drron]

Results of Bird Photographer of the Year announced.Some wonderful shots. Couldn't decide between these 2.
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Bird Photographer Of The Year 2021 Releases Award Winners—Showing Birds Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

www.theepochtimes.com

 

[drron]

A feel good story on the Orange bellied parrot which this year has returned in record numbers to their Tasmanian breeding site. A few years ago the wild population was down to 17 birds with only 4 females. A breeding program has been going for some years. This year 70 birds returned to Tasmania along with 24 birds released in Victoria last spring. Another 50 birds from the Tasmanian breeding program will be released to return to Victoria and SA.

Big hopes for a little bird: Is the orange-bellied parrot coming back from the brink?

Record-breaking numbers of orange-bellied parrots return to Tasmania this season, offering hope of recovery for the critically endangered birds.

www.abc.net.au

 

[RB]

It looks really odd - no idea what it is and googling blue beaked birds in Queensland doesn't seem to help. If you don't have any luck I can send the photos to some birding friends if you're really interested

Thanks VPS. Sorry I haven't been tracking this thread and missed seeing your offer. I would be interested in seeing if anyone knows

 

[Major]

Additions to the masked lapwing family

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Additions to the masked lapwing family

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Cute babies !!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Additions to the masked lapwing family

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Lovely!

 

[RB]

We are being visited by a new batch of magpies

 

[RB]

Bit busy at our place last night

 

[rogerkambah]

Bit busy at our place last night

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They are watching that bird feeder very expectantly. I assume there is food at some time. Is there a pecking order as to who gets in first?

 

[Pushka]

These birds are crazy fishers. They follow the boats and wait for a fish to be hooked then they dive underwater and grab the fish as it's being reeled in. They will not let go. They monitor schools of fish by ducking their heads into the water and can swim underwater for incredible distances. They are known as a real menace here at Port Broughton.

 

[RB]

They are watching that bird feeder very expectantly. I assume there is food at some time. Is there a pecking order as to who gets in first?

Certainly seems to be a pecking order for most things. "Bucket" is the team leader and most social and an excellent catcher

 

[SuePa]

This day, 2015, I was hanging out on the beach with the kings, at Macquarie Island.

 

[JohnM]

This day, 2015, I was hanging out on the beach with the kings, at Macquarie Island.
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As was I in 2019, but a tad earlier on 7 December when all those February juveniles were a little less advanced.