December (2019) delights

Closing out another wonderfully fulfilling year of photgraphing birds. What a joy it is!

Not too much commentary here, I'll let the images do the talking for themselves and just be sure to identify the birds (but not every one where there may be a sequence. Remember, if you click on a photo you will open a slide show of just the pictures and you can view them full screen by default.

Thanks for joining me on my journey 👏

Pelican in glide flight

A pelican flock keeping an eye on the silver gulls!

A dusky moorhen

A eurasian coot

The next three photos were a treat to be able to get so close to the royal spoonbill, The breeding plummage (as head-dress) is in full view, as are teh red and yellow eye "make-up". The wonderful bill indentations also. I share two standing perspectives and one feeding action.

I had to include these two from my review simply because they offer a sense of the beautiful environment (this is the glades behind Byron at ByronResort). They both "have wings" too ... there is a bee hovering over the flower in the first one; the second one has a blue dragon fly hovering over one of the buds - your challenge to find it !).

The majesty of an egret!

Quite the weapon at the end of those sharp eyes!

Always on the lookout ...

Laughing kookaburra peeking ...

Watching intently.

Back to the most common of them all. A fine series of portraits here, again amply demonstrating the sublime palette of the rainbow lorikeet. We are so fortunate to have such gorgeous settings in our yard.

A humble squeaker (noisy miner) competing for nectar.

Little wattlebird in the same competition!

One final set of portraits of birds enjoying our front garden birdbath. This time the noisy friarbird. A single one that emboldened another to try it out too!

And a final image of a feather left behind ... a metaphor for the year that was 2019, now "left behind" but holding so many memories to build on in 2020. I look forward to you sharing my Bird Photo Gallery as it continues to be curated.