Phillip Island Water Bird photos

Have spent a bit over a week at Phillip Island in Victoria and our time is coming to an end. We have had a great time with family and friends, and have seen some unusual and wonderful sights.

The bird life on the Island is varied with a number of habitats, but I have gone with a generalist group, namely water birds.

 Fairy (front) and Crested Tern

Cormorants (L-R)

Black-faced (3), Great, Little Pied

Cape Barren Goose

Crested Tern with fish

Crested Tern take-off

Fairy Tern

Pacific Gull take-off

Purple Swamphen backing away from rival

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Water birds from drive from Alice Springs to Papunya - 2 Mile campspot on Finke River near Glen Helen

I have seen a couple of strange Pelican poses, and this one was keeping its bill warm in its back feathers.

Pelican hiding its bill with a Little Black Cormorant

Australasian Darter

Dusky Moorhen

Little Black Cormorant

Little Pied Cormorant

Purple Swamphen

White-faced Heron