Birds from Queensland.

Very nice shot! He is gorgeous!

Ginger, I know this is off topic for bird watching, but do you have any Queensland Bottle trees?

In this Picture you can see I am at least one foot above the nest.
The female is making her way down onto the nest.
She is at eye to eye level with me.

Only one small one Margaret. ;o)

I tell a lie. o:-)
This was taken at Roma last year.

Whooooooaaaa. How cool is that. Who's that in the picture?

Oh Whoooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I wanna visit Australia someday, please, please.

That’s my DFIL. [86 yo]

Just name the day Lily.
I can help you out with travel and accommodation in SE Queensland.
I'm sure Margaret will make you welcome in WA.
And Kennedy is in Victoria.
Taswegians [the apple isle] have two heads so I wouldn't go there. ;-(

I’m showing this Picture to show not all ‘Bottle Trees’ are shaped like the big one.

Ha! Looks lake Laurel and Hardy Trees.

The Trees are not the only Big Things here.
Even the family Watch/Guard Dogs are Big.

This is not a Dairy Cow, and the Bird is not milking the Cow.
It is a Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
They hang around and ‘pick’ ticks off the Cattle.
I have about 10 that come here every day.
They also get ticks from my Horses.

I have about 10 that come here every day.
They also get ticks from my Horses.
And I see they also love the Horse Poop. ;-(

Ginger, you're being so very kind to offer your hospitality. You DFIL is a fine looking gentleman!

Now come to Cattle Egrets, hah, we've them here too in the US. I also saw them from Hawaii, go figure!

Great picture Lily. [so many birds]
Those ones seem to love water ?


I guess they must be good flyers.
Or perhaps they stowed away on the early Pioneer Ships ?
They look so majestic in flight.

But you do need a 'GOOD CAMERA' to capture them in flight.
My Canon has 'Lens Stabaliser' built in.

Very nice thread ginger749!! Enjoyed it very much...you do a great job with your picture's!

I took this Picture during our Flooding Rain weeks ago.
You can see how wet this Bird is.

This Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis makes it look so simple.
Their legs are so long, there is no luggage compartment to tuck them into.

Very nice shots Ginger!

Love the Egrets on the Horses. Too cute.

Be afraid, be very afraid.
If an Eagle was coming at you in this manner.
You should be very afraid. [time to run or hide maybe both]
This Magpie was trying to scare off a rival Bird sharing my Breakfast.

Oh I love the Magpie's!

Looks like I will continue with the Magpies then. ;-)

This Bird was taking a bath in my Studio bucket.
Water I use for Coffee, washing hands and general cleaning up.

Every day at Birds Breakfast time, they will come inside My Studio to let me know its time.
There were six this particular day.

How neat is that?!

One young Magpie. [right]
And a Pied Butcher Bird. [left]
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis

Something has caught their attention here ?

This is one very ugly/awkward age for this teenager. ;-)

Typical pose for the Camera.

Love the Pied Butcher bird! So funny them coming into your studio.

So handsome in the last pic!

It is not unusual to have more than 25 Birds come for breakfast.

This is typical of how they rest.

They sure let me know when they are there.
Their loud musical flute-like song is often performed as a duet or by a group and sound great.
Hear their song here: http://birdsinbackyards.net/images/audio/gymnorhina-tibicen.mp3
It's like they are singing for their food.

LOL, Very nice call.

I know this is a Tad off topic but I just had to share.
This was last nights Dinner.
It tasted not too bad.
But I really need some of you Americans to teach me how you do it. ;o)

The finished Ribs. Yuuummmmmm!

Wow, What a wonderful place this Bourke is.
We drove down into NSW and then west to Bourke. [the locals call it The Back of Bourke]
It is absolutely unbelievable how many Birds are about at the moment.
I estimated over 1,500 Corellas in these three trees alone the banks of the Darling River.

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