NORTHERN FORM OF MASKED LAPWING OR SPUR-WINGED PLOVER, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

MALE MAGPIE-LARK, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 10/18/2017

   We can ID this bird as a male Magpie-Lark by its black throat, white eyebrow, black and white pattern, thin whitish bill and pale iris.

   The Magpie-Lark is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 675.

   

PEACEFUL DOVE, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 10/18/2017

   We can ID this dove as a Peaceful Dove by its pink-grey breast, checkered grey-brown wings, black striations on the neck and nape that descend to the back and blue-grey eye ring  that joins the bill.

   The Peaceful Dove is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 674.

SHARON WITH LITTLE PENGUIN & GEARED-UP FOR PARADE OF PENGUINS, PHILLIP ISLAND, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, 10/17/2017

WELCOME SWALLOW, PHILLIP ISLAND, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

VIEWS AT PHILLIP ISLAND, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

PARADE OF PENGUINS LOCATION, PHILLIP ISLAND NATURE PARKS, SUMMERLANDS, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, 10/17/2017

   We took a tour bus to the Phillips Island Parade of the Penguins.  After sunset  we saw Little Penguins (also called Little Blue Penguins) waddle up from the beach on there way to their nests.   They had been out in the ocean fishing for food all day (or sometimes more than a day) to feed their chicks.  They mostly came up in groups, both large and small.  This was to protect themselves from predators. 

   We were not allowed to photograph this Parade of the Penguins, but we were able to photograph the chicks in their nesting boxes.

   We can ID these penguin chicks as Little Penguins by their blue head, face and bill; white eye ring and whitish cheeks.

   The Little Penguin is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 673.