Walks on Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia
Aug 16, 2021 05:56:58 #
Aug 16, 2021 05:57:40 #
photophile wrote:
I enjoyed the cormorant, flowers and mother ship. 
Thanks Karen - glad you enjoyed them.
Aug 16, 2021 05:58:00 #
COLANN
Loc: Pahiatua Tararua New Zealand
Joe71 wrote:
I think your Cormorant is what Australians call a Darter, and here in FL is an Anhinga. A Cormorant has a slightly hooked beak. I especially liked the wallaby pic.
Hi Joe 71, I used to live very near Bribe, and sorry to tell you that the Cormorant and the Darter are two different birds, the big noticeable difference is when the Darter is on water, there body is completely immersed below the water, and hence they are often called a Snake bird,
Aug 16, 2021 05:58:03 #
Aug 16, 2021 06:03:57 #
Joe71 wrote:
I think your Cormorant is what Australians call a Darter, and here in FL is an Anhinga. A Cormorant has a slightly hooked beak. I especially liked the wallaby pic.
Thanks Joe. Its not a Darter however -
Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Anhingidae
Because of its long and slender neck, the Australasian Darter is sometimes called the snakebird. Usually inhabiting freshwater wetlands, darters swim with their bodies submerged beneath the water’s surface, with only the sinuous neck protruding above the water, enhancing its serpentine qualities. Darters forage by diving to depths of about 60 centimetres, and impaling fish with its sharp, spear-like beak. Small fish are swallowed underwater, but larger ones are brought to the surface, where they are flicked off the bill (sometimes into the air) and then swallowed head-first.
I couldn't get the picture to copy however the Australasian Darter has completely different colouring to your Anhinga and lives in a different habitat. I'm sure my picture is of a Cormorant - a sea bird.
Aug 16, 2021 06:04:48 #
Aug 16, 2021 06:05:28 #
angler wrote:
Excellent set John.
Thanks Jim. I appreciate your looking in.
Aug 16, 2021 06:06:15 #
UTMike wrote:
Gorgeous tour, John! Excellent clouds.
Thanks Mike - glad you liked them.
Aug 16, 2021 06:06:56 #
Aug 16, 2021 06:07:47 #
joehel2 wrote:
The downloads are beautiful, John, especially love the sunset.
Thanks Joe. Glad you liked them.
Aug 16, 2021 06:08:35 #
joecichjr wrote:
Stunningly beautiful captures
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Thanks for your kind comment Joe.
Aug 16, 2021 06:21:41 #
JohnR wrote:
Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly o... (show quote)
Fantastic set of Images!!!!
Aug 16, 2021 06:27:53 #
COLANN
Loc: Pahiatua Tararua New Zealand
Thanks John R for the photos, as I used to live very near to Bribie, in Caboolture, I have been there many times, and your photos brought back happy memories, I hope you have been into the Glasshouse Mountains and to the Lookout, very very good up, and it you are fit enough try a walk up to the summit of Mt Tibrogagen, Think that might be spelt wrong, , also a days trip up and around Melaney is well worth it, enjoy Aus, and keep away from the covid cities, and above all keep well, Oh I am in New Zealand almost covid free,
Aug 16, 2021 06:40:08 #
COLANN wrote:
Thanks John R for the photos, as I used to live ve... (show quote)
Thanks Colann. Yes have been to Glasshouse Mts and the Lookout, Mary-Cairncross Reserve and Maleny etc etc etc. We have a daughter and 2 grandchildren living in Brisbane and have been coming up here from Tasmania almost every winter for over 25 years - grandaughter's 23yo next week and we were here for her birth in 1998 - wow where have the years gone? Missed last year due to Covid and this years trip has been quite a lottery with Covid outbreaks all over Oz. I shall be glad when its all over.
Aug 16, 2021 06:41:01 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Fantastic set of Images!!!!
Thank you kind Sir. Glad you liked them.
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