Duck at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

A very beautiful duck at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. The species is unknown to me.

Indian myna in Sydney

An Indian myna at Taronga Zoo in Sydney.

Peewee in Sydney

This small bird is common in Sydney and in Melbourne. It is a peewee, a mag-pie lark.   This bird was kind enough to sit absolutely still so I could take a portrait of it.

Kookaburra

We walked in Centennial Parks and saw a kookaburra. The funny thing is that at two of the times we saw a kookaburra there were several smaller bird were very upset with the kookaburra and flew after it. It seems that the kookaburra is not popular with other kind of birds.

Channel billed cuckoo

We walked in Centennial Parks and I saw this bird in the distance. At first I almost thought it was a kookaburra as it had a very broad bill and several smaller bird were very upset with this bird and flew after it. We realised later that this was a cuckoo and we understand fully why it wasn’t popular amongst the other birds.The cuckoo eats eggs amongst other things and also put their babies in smaller birds nests for them too raise and feed as the cuckoo moves on without any duties to its offspring as soon as it has laid the eggs in the hapless foster parents nest. More information here on Centennial Parks birdpages. More bird pictures on Paying Ready Attention.

Red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

These red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) at Taronga Zoo in Sydney was part of the bird show.

Purple moorhen in Centennial Park, Sydney

We walked in Centennial Parks and this purple moorhen came us to us believing we would have some goodies from him. The park authority does not recommend feeding the birds at all.  We had the same experience with other birds as well. In Port Maquarie a brush turkey got the idea we had some food and when I put down my rucksack on a bench att another resting place along the beaches at Port Macquarie an australian magpie was very hopeful. One feels very mean when you don´t give them anything but I really think they should not eat people food. Anyhow I got a very good portrait of this purple moorhen. More information here on Centennial Parks birdpages.

Black pacific duck in Centennial Park, Sydney

We walked in Centennial Parks where we saw this black pacific duck with a perfect reflection in the water.

Peacock at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

A very beautiful peacock at Taronga Zoo in Sydney.

Brush turkey at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

We knew there were brush turkeys in Sydney but the first time we saw the brush turkey was at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Later we saw more brush turkeys at Port Maquarie. More bird pictures at The BIRD D’Pot and Wild BirdWednesday.