Showing posts with label formerly Hardhead (Aythya australis). Show all posts
Showing posts with label formerly Hardhead (Aythya australis). Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Swiftlets streak across the sky



Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae) doing some typical high-speed hawking, above Orient Station today. Several hundred shots for three shaky images.

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), at Mungalla, an easier target.

So too youngish White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster).

And White-eyed Duck, formerly Hardhead (Aythya australis), at Tyto.

Monitor with right-of-way not spotted right away

Who gives way on footbridge, Yellow-spotted Monitor or unspotted bird watcher? Naturally, dinkum locals have right-of-way. I step aside, Spo...