MALE AUSTRALIAN DARTER, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as an Australian Darter by its brown head and neck,  pale stripes on wing, white stripe on neck and rusty patch on throat.

   The Australian Darter is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now standsat 623.

MALE & FEMALE AUSTRALIAN WOOD DUCK, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

      In the first photo the male Australian Wood Duck is on the right and the female on the left.   In the second photo the female is in the foreground and the male beside it.

BREEDING AUSTRALASIAN GREBE, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

      We can ID this grebe as a breeding Australasian Grebe by its yellow eye, yellowish facial spot, grey-brown above and patch of chestnut from the eye back to the sides of the neck and head.

   The Australasian Grebe is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 622.

AUSTRALIAN RAVEN ON GROUND & TAKING OFF, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as an Australian Raven by its black color, white eyes, hackles on throat (if you look closely you can just make some out) and location (this eliminates two similar crows).

   The Australian Raven is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 621a.

WILLY WAGTAIL, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as a Willy Wagtail by its black head, throat, upper breast, wings, upperparts and tail; rest of underparts white; white eyebrow and black legs.

   The Willy Wagtail is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 621.

   

PACIFIC BLACK DUCK, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this duck as a Pacific Black Duck by its dark body, dark crown, dark stripe from bill through eyes to ear and pale stripes above and below eye.

   The Pacific Black Duck is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 620.

AUSTRALIAN WOOD DUCK, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this duck as an Australian Wood Duck by its looking like a small goose, dark brown head, mottled underparts  and grey wings with black primaries.   The female has white stripes above and below the eye, while the male doesn't.

   The Australian Wood Duck is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 619.