Birds

Welcome swallows at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Cranbourne

Welcome swallows, Hirundo neoxena

A little wattlebird perching in on a branch at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Cranbourne

Little wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera

A New Holland honeyeater amongst the red and yellow kangaroo paws at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Cranbourne

New Holland honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

A yellow-eyed penguin returning to its nest at Curio Bay on the Catlins coast, New Zealand

Yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes

Several little pied cormorants perching in a tree on Lake Rotorua with Mokoia Island in the background on the North Island of New Zealand

Little pied cormorant, Microcarbo melanoleucos​​​​​​​

An inner city laughing kookaburra, perching on a sign in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney with the Opera House in the background

Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae

An Australian brush-turkey scratching around in the scrub at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Queensland

Australian brush-turkey, Alectura lathami

A Black Currawong perching in the snow during the Tasmania winter

Black Currawong, Strepera fuliginosa

A family of bush stone-curlews going for a walk in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

Bush stone-curlews, Burhinus grallarius

A pair of eastern yellow robins hanging out at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens in Victoria

Eastern yellow robins, Eopsaltria australis

A flock of Galahs perched in a Sheoak tree in Lanceline, Western Australia

Galahs, Eolophus roseicapilla

A pair of green rosellas feeding in the native vegetation at Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park , Tasmania

Green rosella, Platycercus caledonicus

A grey heron posing in the pond area of the National Archives in London

Grey heron, Ardea cinerea

A male tawny frogmouth sitting on a nest while the female goes off to feed

Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides

A laughing kookaburra perched on a gumtree tree in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria

Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae

A kea sitting on a parked car near the Homer Tunnel, in Fiordland National Parl, New Zealand

Kea, Nestor notabilis

A group of little pied cormorants perched on the rowing docks at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat

Little pied cormorants, Microcarbo melanoleucos​​​​​​​

A willie wagtail perching on a branch in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Cranbourne

Willie wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys

A beautiful pink Major Mitchell's (or Leadbeater's) cockatoos perching on a tree branch

Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri

A New Holland honeyeater feeding in the Banksias at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens in Victoria

New Holland honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

A Weka trampling its way through the undergrowth on the Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

Weka, Gallirallus australis

A New Zealand fantail perching in some native forest in the Waikite Valley, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa

A young pied cormorant waiting to be fed by its mother, along the Waitangi River in Northland, New Zealand

Pied cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius

A pink robin found in the myrtle-beech forest of the Enchanted Walk in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Claire National Park, Tasmania

Pink robin, Petroica rodinogaster

A colourful rainbow lorikeet perching on Gija Jumulu, a boab tree found in Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth

Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus

A scarlet robin perched on a branch in Werribee Gorge State Park, Victoria

Scarlet robin, Petroica boodang

A portrait of a sulphur-crested cockatoo feeding using its feet

Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita

A blue male superb fairy-wren calling at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Cranbourne

 Male superb fairy-wren, Malurus cyaneus

A variable oystercatcher on the beach at Sandfly Bay on the Otago Peninsula with the Gull Rocks in the background

Variable oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor

A white-faced heron wading through the mangroves near Paihia on the North Island of New Zealand

White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae

A juvenile little pied cormorant drying out its wings on the edge of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand

Juvenile little pied cormorant, Microcarbo melanoleucos​​​​​​​

A yellow-eyed penguin returning to its nest at Curio Bay in New Zealand

Yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes

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