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.
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