Birds

A colorful, common bird of eastern Australia.

A colorful, common bird of eastern Australia.

A colorful, common bird of eastern Australia.

A colorful, common bird of eastern Australia.

A colorful, common bird of eastern Australia.

Found throughout much of Australia, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a common sight, which often gathers at dusk in large groups, which become quite noisy.

These photos or Red-tailed Black Cockatoos were taken near Marreba, Queensland, Australia 

Photos of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos taken on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. These are one on only a few bird species in Australia which have learned to crack open pine cones, which are not native to Australia, to order to eat the seeds

Photographed at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Photographed at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

A common bird found throughout Australia.

A common bird found throughout Australia.

A common bird found throughout Australia.

A common bird found throughout Australia.

Photographed at Serpentine Falls, Western Australia.

Photographed at Canberra, Australia.

South Island, New Zealand

South Island, New Zealand

Part of a large nesting colony located south of Napier, North Island of New Zealand.

Part of a large nesting colony located south of Napier, North Island of New Zealand.

A pair of Blue-footed Boobies from the Galapagos Islands. Female is on the left (having larger pupils in the eyes) and male to the right.

A male Blue-footed Booby guarding a young bird. 

Two immature Blue-footed Boobies on Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Nesting grounds for Blue-footed Boobies on the floor of the caldera on Daphne Major, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Male Nazca Booby, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Adult shading young from tropical sun.

Nazca Booby on Isla Daphne Major, with Isla Daphne Minor in the background.  Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Immature Red-footed Booby, the only Booby or Gannet species to next in trees.

Roosting on small island in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Yellow-crowned Night Heron with a freshly caught crawfish. Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

Immature Black-crowned Night Heron eating a yellow perch.  Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. 

Immature Black-crowned Night Heron eating a yellow perch. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Immature Black-crowned Night Heron eating a yellow perch. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

 Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Brusselton, Western Australia 

 Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Brusselton, Western Australia 

 Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Brusselton, Western Australia 

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) cygnets, Brusselton, Western Australia 

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Skagit County, Washington 

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), feeding in potato field, Skagit County, Washington 

Squatter Pigeon (Geophaps scripta) 

Granite Gorge, Mareeba Queensland, Australia

 Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Australia 

 Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor), Cairns, Queensland

 Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida),  Cairns, Queensland, Australia 

 Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Brusselton, Western Australia 

Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica), Northern Territory, Australia