Monday, November 30, 2009

The Penultimate Kakadu Bird shots promise!!!





The first photo shows the nest built by the White Breasted Fish Eagle, which resembles very closely that built by the Red Fish Eagle in the Darwin area that I feel looks just like the American Bald Eagle. The second shot shows two of the multitude of Yellow Whistling Ducks that were so numerous when we were there, only being out numbered by the Magpie Geese by a factor of 10, give or take. In the third shot I am sorry but I did not catch the name of this Ibis but do recall the guide saying that it was Endemic to the Northern Territory floodplain region. The large bird centre screen is a Jabiru stork about the biggest bird on the floodplain and it is given a wide berth by all as it is a most voracious eater consumming just about anything it can grab, I do believe though that like many other native species it is sorely threaten by the poisonous Cane Toads which have recently entered Kakadu.

4 comments:

Chesney said...

What a wide variety of birds in this area, it has to be the bird capitol of the world! Fine shots!

Sherrie said...

Hi Ron,
Your pictures are awesome! You have some wonderful critters to photograph there. Have a great day!

Sherrie

Brita said...

Awesome pictures!

lijola said...

Am trying to catch up on posting, these are great! I wish I could go to Australia and see these for myself.