Photos of some Waterbirds from Northern Territory

The following is a number of photos from various places on a recent trip to Darwin.

Australasian Darter (Yellow Waters, Kakadu and Longreach Waterhole near Elliott)

Australian Pelican (Yellow Waters, Kakadu)

Australian White Ibis (Holmes Jungle CR, Darwin)

Great Crested Grebe (Longreach Waterhole near Elliott)

Little Black Cormorant (Longreach Waterhole near Elliott)

Magpie Goose (Yellow Waters, Kakadu)

Pied Cormorants (Longreach Waterhole)

Straw-necked Ibis (Longreach Waterhole near Elliott)

Photos of Waterside birds of Phillip Island

Had a good day that started at Fishers Wetlands near Churchill Island. There were a lot of birds on the wetlands themselves, as well as a few in the nearby woodlands and the inlet rocks/water's edge.

The behaviour of some of the birds was unusual, with the first photo one of these:

Great Egret

Eurasian Coot were there in numbers and here is a large group all huddled up to the shoreline:

Then there was the duelling Spoonbills, not the best shot but I don't normally see them together:

Royal Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

A fly-by by a Pied Cormorant

and a family of Pied Oystercatchers on the rocks near the Churchill Island bridge

Australian Spotted Crake was one of the species I had hoped to see and thanks to Pete (see his blog here ), I had the good information on where to look and be successful

and finally, what would a blog about Waterside birds of Phillip Island be without the iconic Cape Barren Goose!