Large Birds ❖ Parrots ❖ Water Birds ❖ Australian ❖ Owls and Birds of Prey ❖ Miscellaneous
Birds from zoos and the wild.
Cassowary at a zoo in Queensland.
They have long eyelashes.
Emu. Nice hairstyle!
They make a drumming sound.
Close up of emu feathers.
Rainbow lorikeet. There are a lot of these in Sydney.
Crimson rosella. They’re more shy than rainbow lorikeets.
Sulphur crested cockatoo.
Feed them at your peril; they have been known to destroy wooden furniture and window frames!
Gang gang cockatoo. They make a very gentle sound.
Corella. I like the noise they make too.
Gallah.
King parrot.
Not sure what kind of parrot this is, but I like the colours.
A bird at Dunn’s Swamp.
Ducks at Lane Cove National Park.
Duckling in England.
A bunch of ducklings beside a lake at Macquarie University.
A young black swan.
Heron next to a canal in England.
Kookaburra. They steal food sometimes, like sausages from a barbecue.
Bower bird in the Blue Mountains. They have amazing eyes.
Adult male bower bird.
A bower bird nest. They like collecting blue stuff!
Lyre birds imitate the calls of other birds, and other sounds too. Here are some recordings from Flaggy Creek (0:44) and Heaton’s Lookout (11:25):
And here’s a video of one at Tarongo Zoo that steps on my foot.
They’s usually shy in the wild though, so it can be hard to get a clear photo.
Kingfisher near a pool at Mooney Mooney creek.
Another kingfisher at Dunn’s Swamp.
A bird at New England National Park. It was a cold day and it didn’t want to move, so I got very close.
Rainbow bee eater at Bourke.
Wattlebird.
Golden whistler. It was preoccupied with its reflection in the window.
Cormorant sunning itself at Broulee Island.
Another cormorant at Swansea Heads.
A sea bird.
Curlew at a zoo.
Some owls from the Small Breeds Farm and Owl Centre in Wales.
Tawny frogmouth. These aren’t owls, even though they look similar them.
Young tawny frogmouth
A kite at Featherdale Wildlife Park. I really love the colour of its feathers.
A wedge-tailed eagle at Dunn’s Swamp.
Another wedge-tail up in the trees.
A blurry eagle at Warrumbungle National Park. My camera battery overheated so all I had left was my phone! It was still amazing to have it hovering over me though.
Eagle at Symbio Zoo.
Very sharp claws!
A sea eagle at Jervis Bay.
A peregrine falcon flying overhead in England. They have a distinctive cry.
A peacock at Hunter Valley Zoo. A beautiful blue!
Peacock showing its tail at Featherdale.
Golden pheasant.
No idea what this one is.
Some eggs outside an exhibit at Western Plains Zoo.
A little finch in England.
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