The Spanish nicknamed these birds, ‘pirate birds,’ as they often chase other bird species such as Boobies, and force them to regurgitate their food by grabbing their tail feathers and shaking them.
Blue-footed boobies are the big Galapagos bird crowd-pleasers. Those unmistakable blue feet, clown-like behaviour, and quirky mating dance, make them birds that are fun to spot multiple times in a single trip. In fact, Booby, comes from the word Bobo meaning clown in spanish.
The Spanish nicknamed these birds, ‘pirate birds,’ as they often chase other bird species such as Boobies, and force them to regurgitate their food by grabbing their tail feathers and shaking them.
Golden Gate Bridge
Near by the Ammersee lake.
Critically endangered; Helmeted honeyeater; Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) are common everywhere except for the desert and polar regions. Nevertheless, rodenticides take their toll and populations are declining.
The spectacularly colourful Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) varies the colour disposition of its face, although the plumage remains the same. Contrary to other finches, which nest in the shrub, these prefer hollows in trees or even in termite mounts. More social than other birds these share nest among pairs.
Bell miner (Manorina melanophrys) pearching on a branch above an over-nitrified pond in Royal Park, Melbourne.
Azure kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) found in northern and eastern Australia, in the Yellow river bank.
Southern cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius) dwell in tropical forest, and it is a vulnerable species in Australia.
Rainbow lorikeets are common along the eastern seaboard, from northern QLD to SA. Their habitat are rainforest, coastal bush, and woodland areas.
Superb lyrebird male in the Blue Mountain National Park.
A red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) camouflaging in ankle length grasses with its shiny emerald-green plumage. Particularly, they breeding time may depend on rainfalls.
Superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) live across south-eastern Australia. Their blue plumage is stronger in adult males during the spring, before the mating season. Females do not show the male's characterisitic blue color.
One of several species which has successfully made the transition from a common inland bird to a typical urban bird.
Galahs form permanent pair bonds unless one dies.
Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) previously known as blue penguins or fairy penguins in Port Phillip bay, St. Kilda, Melbourne.
Superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) live across south-eastern Australia. Their blue plumage is stronger in adult males during the spring, before the mating season. Females do not show the male's characterisitic blue color.
A popular little penguin colony at St. Kilda's Peer, in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay.
Crimson rosella Platycercus elegans (Platycercus pennantii) on the way to Kokoda Memorial track in the Dandenong Ranges.
Yarra Bend Park
Yarra Bend Park
Serendip sanctuary, VIC.
Serendip sanctuary, VIC.
Serendip sanctuary, VIC.
Serendip sanctuary, VIC.
Dull mornings in Melbourne makes even birds sleep in.
Little blue penguins (Eudyptula minor) wonder every night of the year in St. Kilda's breakwater.
Crested pigeon.
Where I am going?
Chicks.
Moonlit Sanctuary
Black cacatoo
Bruny Island
Superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) live across south-eastern Australia. Their blue plumage is stronger in adult males during the spring, before the mating season. Females do not show the male's characterisitic blue color.
Bruny Island
Bruny Island
