Flower : Xanthorrhoea (Grass Tree) Parrot : Rainbow Lorikeet

I had an hour to spare this morning, so I stopped off at a local bush park in the hope of meeting up with a few feathered sort. There were a few calling from the tops of trees — no thanks — plus this fella who posed as stock-still as we were told to for school class photos. Related species of these strange, but delightful, birds are also known as thick-knees and dikkops. The Merlin Bird ID phone app identifies our Australian birds as Bush Thick-knees . So be it; however, when Bush Stone-curlews living on Moreton Bay islands are called 'curlews' confusion can result — they're unrelated to our Far Eastern Curlews who should be flapping their way south from Kamchatka right about now. Thanks for looking. … David

Wating for a bird to turn towards the camera during my last birding outing I came up with an idea... The Bumper Book of Bird Bottoms - A Photographic Guide to Identifying Birds from Behind. Maybe I should stop deleting those ones, they might be useful after all.

Masked Lapwing & Chick… Ipswich, Queensland, AU camera-to-subject : >15 metres - Yesterday : 4 eggs - Today : 3 chicks + 1 egg - Tomorrow : 4 chicks …? - Thereafter : 4… 3… 2…?