GREAT BARRIER REEF FROM SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE & GLASS BOTTOM BOATS, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

WATER WORLD PONTOON, REEF MAGIC III, GLASS BOTTOM BOAT & SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE BOAT, GREAT BARRIER REEF, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

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BRIDLED TERNS ON BUOYS, WATER WORLD PONTOON, GREAT BARRIER REEF, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this tern as a Bridled Tern by its dark brown upperparts, white forehead extending as a line to behind the eye, greyish-white underparts, black bill and black legs.

   The Bridled Tern is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands 677.

SHARON & BILL ON REEF MAGIC III BOAT TO GREAT BARRIER REEF, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 11/19/2017

WHITE-BREASTED WOODSWALLOW, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

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MALE SACRED KINGFISHER, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

EASTERN REEF EGRET-DARK MORPH, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this heron as the dark form of the Eastern Reef Egret by its slate-grey color, greyish--yellow heavy bill and yellowish legs (which shows through the muddy legs).

   The Eastern Reef Heron is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 676.