Birds of The World

[Daryl]

A lot of us all appreciate nature obviously! And not just palms, but lots of other flora and fauna.  I thought it would be fun and interesting for us all to see what diifferent birds there are in our corners of the world.  A lot of you have already posted some awesome bird photos here, but thought it would be great to showcase our local birds, as they vary greatly from country to country, continent to continent. 

 

Here's a couple from my neck of the woods. Please respond with photos of your local birds...I know we all have signatures, but when you post, it would be handy to note the location and country for all to see...

Daryl

 

The local Rainbow and Scaly Breasted Lorikeets..photo taken way back in 1970!  Gold Coast, Queensland Australia

Top Knot Pidgeon in a Bangalow Palm... Kiama, NSW Australia

Noisy Miner - Brisbane Australia

Superb Fairy Wren - Brisbane Australia

Redbacked Fairy Wren - Brisbane Australia

Sacred Kingfisher - Brisbane Australia

Crimson Rosella - Burringbar NSW Australia

Rainbow BeeEaters - Brisbane Australia

Grey Fantail! - Brisbane Australia

White Bellied Sea Eagle - Brisbane Australia

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo - Wollongong NSW Australia

Poweful Owl - Brisbane Australia

 

[tropicbreeze]

Relatively common around the Darwin (Australia) area, this one's a permanent resident of my garden:
Top End Rainbow Pitta. Pitta iris ssp. iris

[hbernstein]

So many Australian birds are ridiculously beautiful.

[Colin1110082]

Snowy Owl in New Hampshire

[tropicbreeze]

Common across the north of Australia (and southern New Guinea), a large member of the Kingfisher family. This one's in my garden.
Blue-wing Kookaburra - Dacelo leachii.

[EJPalm05]

Mourning dove couple taken back in February (My best bird photo)

[tropicbreeze]

These mainly feed on grasses and spend more time out of the water. On my place they follow the Magpie Geese around. The Magpie Geese bite through the tough skin of mangos and break up the unripe flesh. The ducks pick up the bits left behind. Their range is northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea and some of the Indo-Pacific islands.
Plumed Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni

[happypalms]

12 hours ago, tropicbreeze said:

These mainly feed on grasses and spend more time out of the water. On my place they follow the Magpie Geese around. The Magpie Geese bite through the tough skin of mangos and break up the unripe flesh. The ducks pick up the bits left behind. Their range is northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea and some of the Indo-Pacific islands.
Plumed Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni

We get the plumed whistling duck this far south near Grafton nsw.

[Daryl]

A few of the smaller, less spectacular birds but all good for the environment here...

 

Rufous Whistler

Brown Honeyeater

Lewin's Honeyeater

Grey Fantail

 

[happypalms]

Nice photos Daryl

[tropicbreeze]

Bush Stone Curlew - Burhinus grallarius Fairly common in the north of Australia but becoming rarer in the south due to predation by cats and foxes.  Mainly ground dwelling rarely given to flight, although they can do so quite well. At night they put out a loud shrieking call which when there are a number of them sounds quite unearthly. When I lived in Arnhem Land the indigenous people said they have the "Devil's eye" and that they cavort with demonic night creatures. The large eyes help with night vision because they're nocturnal.

Mum (or Dad) with a couple of young.

The young have great camouflage, this one went to ground when I came through with the ride-on mower. The parents nearby kept up an intermittent cooing sound obviously telling it to stay still. Which was good, allowing me to get some good close up photos before leaving them to themselves.

[Kim]

I don't have many good photos of birds, but I caught a hummingbird (probably Anna's) feeding on Agave shawl at Cabrillo National Monument at the tip of Point Loma in San Diego. Blurry phone photo, doesn't show the brilliant flashing colors.

[Kim]

Our local Brown Pelican

 

[Kim]

Snowy Egret (note the yellow feet). These elegant birds are frequently seen at Mission Beach and Mission Bay. At the beach they feed on sand crabs. 

 

[Kim]

Ospreys nesting on Shelter Island, San Diego. 

[Daryl]

 

[Daryl]