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Tuesday, 3 May 2011

World Bird Wednesday - Three Tasmanians.

The Tasmanian Native Hen is only found on the east and north of Tasmania – like most other gallinules I have seen they present as rather more brainless than most other birds! They spent a huge amount of their time chasing each other about, and seem to like living in places with no light! (Well that’s my excuse for this picture – it was also raining!)















The Cape Barren occurs in two areas – one the south eastern part of Australia and a second isolated population in Western Australia. They are much less common than they once were, possibly due to the fact that they are large enough to feed a family!















Lastly a Silver Gull. These occur over the whole of Australia, and I’ve included this one because I like the picture! If you see a gull in Australia chances are it’s this one. (Well, not this actual one, but you know what I mean!)

















You can find more world birds here, and you can see the latest post on my other blog by clicking the Paying Ready Attention link on the RHS of the page.
Enjoy the birds.
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15 comments:

  1. Unknown3 May 2011 at 22:31

    Great sequence Stewart. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  2. theconstantwalker4 May 2011 at 08:28

    Lovely images of your beautiful birds.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Martha Z4 May 2011 at 12:35

    The Tasmanian Native Hen is much like our common moorhen but without the red beak. The Cape Barren is unlike any bird I have seen.

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  4. Anonymous4 May 2011 at 13:35

    Great photographs, beautiful birds!

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  5. mick4 May 2011 at 16:03

    Nice photos, Stewart. I'd like to see the Cape Barren Goose, sometime.

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  6. Fjällripan4 May 2011 at 17:06

    Nice photos, beautiful birds!

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  7. Fotokarusellen4 May 2011 at 18:18

    A great set of pictures. Beautiful!

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  8. Malgorzata Ingstad4 May 2011 at 18:36

    I was going through your blog and like you pictures(love sunsets especially) very much. I like your Tasmanian Native Hens - and I know, I will never see them in nature (never say never!). So thank you so much for sharing!

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  9. eileeninmd4 May 2011 at 19:19

    They are cool looking birds, great sighting. Your photos are wonderful.

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  10. Springman4 May 2011 at 23:20

    Greetings to you Stewart! These are strange sightings indeed for many of us. And yes, you'd better watch out if you can single handedly feed a family of four! Just ask our turkeys.

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  11. BirdingMaine4 May 2011 at 23:41

    Definitely a neat looking bird. Great captures!

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  12. Anonymous5 May 2011 at 03:36

    Beautiful birds, well presented!

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  13. theconstantwalker5 May 2011 at 04:19

    Hi Stewart, re the Black Swans I see in the UK Escapees from collections but they are becoming fairly common. I havn't seen my local birds this year and although I watched them hatch about six youngsters for the past two years the cygnets were always predated after a couple of weeks.
    A beautiful bird to see and I hope I havn't lost them.

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  14. Sondra5 May 2011 at 23:12

    howdy Stewart...always interesting birds on your post--Super Photos!!!

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  15. Pat Ulrich8 May 2011 at 08:44

    thanks for sharing these very interesting birds!

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