LITTLE PIED CORMORANT, EAGLEBY WETLANDS, EAGLEBY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   When we reached New Zealand on this trip, we learned that there the Cormorant is called a Shag.

NONBREEDING GOLDEN-HEADED CISTICOLA, EAGLEBY WETLANDS, EAGLEBY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

SILVEREYE, EAGLEBY WETLANDS, EAGLEBY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as a Silvereye by its conspicuous white ring around the eye, yellow throat and olive-green head.

   The Silvereye is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 706.

GALAH ON WIRE, EAGLEBY WETLANDS, EAGLEBY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

BUSH STONE-CURLEW OR BUSH THICK-KNEE, BRISBANE BOTANIC GARDEN, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN WHITE IBIS, BRISBANE BOTANIC GARDEN, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

SCALY-BREASTED LORIKEET, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   This parrot was in the same tree  (outside McDonald's) in Cairns that the Rainbow Lorikeet in the previous post was on.  We can ID this parrot as a Scaly-breasted Lorikeet by its plain green head, red bill, green underparts and yellow markings on underparts. 

   The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 705.