david , 16 days ago to random Some #UQ #birds from the last week or so. We have a round borb ( #MaskedLapwing ), a #WhiteFacedHeron , a snoozing #BushStoneCurlew and an #AustralianMagpie #wildOz #AustralianWildlife #bird A White-faced Heron, so named, because it has a white face but is otherwise a grey in colour, except its legs which are yellow. A Bush Stone-curlew, basking in the afternoon sun on a cool winter day. Its eye is mostly shut, mostly... An Australian Magpie, the northern variant common in Northern NSW and Queensland. It can be differentiated from its southern cousin by its black back, with only the back of its neck being white.
Some #UQ #birds from the last week or so.
We have a round borb ( #MaskedLapwing ), a #WhiteFacedHeron , a snoozing #BushStoneCurlew and an #AustralianMagpie
#wildOz #AustralianWildlife #bird
A White-faced Heron, so named, because it has a white face but is otherwise a grey in colour, except its legs which are yellow. A Bush Stone-curlew, basking in the afternoon sun on a cool winter day. Its eye is mostly shut, mostly... An Australian Magpie, the northern variant common in Northern NSW and Queensland. It can be differentiated from its southern cousin by its black back, with only the back of its neck being white.
david , 1 month ago to random Australasian Swamphen feeding time this afternoon by the lake, and a slightly damp Masked Lapwing this morning. #bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralasianSwamphen #MaskedLapwing A Masked Lapwing, standing in a small hollow such that its legs are obscured below the grass level. Only the bird is in focus, everything else is blurred. The bird has brown wings, white body, black cape and scarf, and a prominent yellow facemark and daubs. It also has tiny droplets of water on its head from the light drizzle.
Australasian Swamphen feeding time this afternoon by the lake, and a slightly damp Masked Lapwing this morning.
#bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralasianSwamphen #MaskedLapwing
A Masked Lapwing, standing in a small hollow such that its legs are obscured below the grass level. Only the bird is in focus, everything else is blurred. The bird has brown wings, white body, black cape and scarf, and a prominent yellow facemark and daubs. It also has tiny droplets of water on its head from the light drizzle.