Birds in New South Wales

The Plovers are back looking for a place to nest. We don't want them to choose our garden, as they are so protective that we wouldn't be able to go there. The Masked Lapwing is sometimes referred to as the Spur-winged Plover because each of its wings is armed with a yellow spur at the ‘elbow’ (or carpal joint)... Lapwings use these spurs when diving at potential predators or intruders during breeding season, while chicks are running around or when the eggs are just about to hatch. While these attacks are quite unnerving, the birds seldom actually strike their ‘victims’, preferring a close approach to scare them away. Saturday challenge - anything pointed. Partner in PiP

The Plovers are back looking for a place to nest. We don't want them to choose our garden, as they are so protective that we wouldn't be able to go there. The Masked Lapwing is sometimes referred to as the Spur-winged Plover because each of its wings is armed with a yellow spur at the ‘elbow’ (or carpal joint)... Lapwings use these spurs when diving at potential predators or intruders during breeding season, while chicks are running around or when the eggs are just about to hatch. While these attacks are quite unnerving, the birds seldom actually strike their ‘victims’, preferring a close approach to scare them away.

... have not seen one on our deck before, but they are looking for water. Taken through the window, so not great, as I had to lighten it dramatically.

Australian pelicans, Lake Wallis, Tuncurry

Flitting around the garden.

NSW, Australia. I liked the green flash. The Pacific Black Duck is mostly mid-brown in colour, with each feather edged buff. The head pattern is characteristic, with a dark brown line through the eye, bordered with cream above and below and a dark brown crown. The upper wing colour is the same as the back, with a bright glossy green patch in the secondary flight feathers. The white underwing is conspicuous in flight. Young Pacific Black Ducks are similar to the adults in plumage. birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/pacific-black-duck

Visitors on Thursday morning, adult and juvenile Butcherbird, on our back deck, NSW, Australia. Lovely to see them :-) Link to daily photos 4th to 19th December... filling the gap where uploading to ipernity has not been possible. gilleverett.com/2020/12/21/19-december-2020

out for a walk with the dogs. I'm not usually quick enough with the camera to catch these beautiful native birds. Rainbow Lorikeet, feasting on a Grevillea, New South Wales, Australia

19 August 2022 HFF Taken from high up on our deck, zoom lens. Our 'Summer Red' Eucalyptus has shot up after the recent rain.