Birds from Queensland.

Great series Ginger, lol on the where's Wally. Your little ducky is adorable.

They are really beautiful Pelicans!

A Fishes eye view of these flying fortresses of the skies.
By fortresses, I mean they are really big.

In my last Picture, you need to look at the Pelicans eye, the one already in the water. ;-(

Those eyes are just so crazy. Like cartoon googly eyes.

Yes Resin and Mrs_Ed,
A lot of times these funny things are not spotted till Pictures are loaded onto PC.
The more Pictures one takes, the better chance of something special.

Even the Macropods were wet for weeks and weeks.
They came begging for food as well.
But because they will eat ½ a loaf of bread each in one meal.
I choose to give them nothing.
But I take their Picture every time. :o)

This one came and asked if he could borrow my Raincoat.
I knew I would never get it back, so I declined.

This Pelican looks like it has just tipped this girl upside down.

Like all Birds in Nature.
There are many parts to these flying marvels.
Even when they are floating on water, they look fantastic.

I love their eyes!

I always thought the black and the yellow was the eye ball.
But the yellow is really the leathery surround, much like our eye lids.
There are no feathers on the yellow part.
Probably to keep feathers out of the eye ball whilst in flight.

Hi Ginger - as far as I know, the main importance of the bare eye surround is in pre-breeding courtship - they can flush the skin there with extra blood, making it change colour a bit. And that's supposed to be erotic to other pelicans.

Resin

Wow Resin.
I had never thought of such a thing.
I googled this subject and found you are spot on.
Just shows to go I have so much to learn.
Thanks for the details.

This is the last Picture in my Pelican group.
All the rest are random Birds that visit my back yard.

That poor light tower. :o(
I wonder how much a Pelican weighs ?

Ah, my ever-useful books ;-) . . . 4 to 6.8 kg. So with 7 of them, that's somewhere about 30-40 kg.

Hope they designed those lamp posts well!

Resin

Thank you Resin,

I knew I could rely on you for an informative answer.
Have you ever had a Bird poke its tongue at you ???
Out of the 120 Pictures I took of this one Bird.
It only had its tongue out in one Picture.
I would call that ‘very rarely’.

Same Bird.

Red Wattlebirds are one of my favourite birds. They're such characters. Nice shots, Ginger.

I have many more Pictures of this 'Clown from my back yard'.
Should I show them or move on to the next Bird ?
I’m really pleased the Bird poking its tongue out impressed every one. :O(

Love the Wattlebird, good capture with it's tongue out.

Great pics Ginger! Such a unique looking bird.

Good news today.
Stumpy has returned.
He is back to his nervous old self.
The closest he came was three metres.
Maybe the Wattle Bird was making him nervous.

Stumpy is gorgeous!

Just went out with some 'wild bird seed' and he was there in a minute.
This time I had my trusty 300 mm lens on. :o)

Oh yes. Beautiful!

Not many Birds with pure white eyes.
Are there any in USA ?

Glad to hear Stumper is hanging around. I have seen a few in the yard with some form of deformities. You wonder how they manage to survive sometimes.
I don't believe, I've ever seen a white eye bird before.

I'm glad Stumpy has returned, Ginger. We had a Crimson Rosella visit here on and off for about four years, but they aren't native to WA, so we assume he had escaped from an aviary.

Nice shot of the Silver Gull.

Once again Resin, you and your books have come to the rescue.
Thanks Margaret for naming this Gull.
I am never sure what they are.
I just like taking their Pictures.

This one seems to have a beak-spur growing from the bottom part of its beak.

I am just about to Google all the Birds you mentioned Resin. Thanks again.

The New Holland Honeyeater also has white eyes.

This was mum and her two young ones.
They would only feed directly from her beak.
Their eyes are dark.
Their legs are brown. [hers are red]
And their feathers are very different.

Thanks Margaret,
It would appear there are quite a few with white eyes then.
Does that Bird live near you ?

Yes, Ginger, the New Holland Honeyeaters are quite common in these parts. They often come into the yard in small flocks right on dark.

Another angle of the kids.

Ginger - they are all great pics

I did tell you these were more Betterer.
Was I not right ?

Continuing with the Wattle Bird.
A real acrobat.

Nice ones Ginger!

You're right about the Wattlebirds, Ginger. It doesn't matter to them if they're upright or hanging upside down like a fruit bat.