Young Coots
A mother coot and her two young chicks spotted on Ranworth Broad, Norfolk last August.
Birds of the Broads
Ranworth Broad is a great place to go in search of Norfolk birdlife. These photos were taken about 6 months ago, whilst spending a warm summers day cruising around the Norfolk Broads.
When we first arrived there were quite a few Great Crested Grebes
out on the water.
There were also plenty of ducks and cormorants.
There was a pair of Egyptian Geese who were closely watching their young offspring.
There were plenty of gulls around the broad, resting on any
On Ranworth Broad is the Norfolk Wildlife Trust floating Visitors Centre.
Chasing Emus
Whilst driving around the Flinders Ranges we came across a fair few Emus roaming the roadside. This group seemed to be a family with three younger / smaller birds, which were keeping cool in a mud puddle and two larger birds, keeping an eye out. All the birds scattered as soon as they spotted the car.
Parrots and Pigeons
A few of the more colourful and chirpier birds from around Canberra.
Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
The Red-Rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) was the most colourful and hard to spot amongst the grass when they are grazing. I came across a flock of about fifty birds so there were plenty to take pictures off.
I snapped this picture of a Noisy Minor (Manorina melanocephala)Â just before it flew at my lunch. Lucky for me it didn’t get my food.
Water Birds
Lake Burley Griffin may be surrounded by the suburbs of Canberra but that doesn’t stop
the birds from visiting. If you take a short stroll along the lakeside and you are sure to see
several species of ducks, swans, coots, moorhens or swamphens.
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Patterns of Nature 