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Silver gulls Larus novaehollandiae and a Pacific gull Larus pacificus at Moonta Bay on Spencer Gulf. The silver gulls are feeding in the shallows by stirring up the bottom with their feet to uncover prey like small fish
Birds of waterway and shore
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One of Australia's most common and widespread wild ducks, the Pacific black (Anas superciliosa). These were photographed in the creek and wetlands near my home, and at the Adelaide Botanic Garden
The Australian wood duck (Chenonetta jubata) has the look of a handsome small goose. The Chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is an elegant small duck, while the Australasian shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) is bigger, with a massive bill
The Little pied cormorant (Phalocrocorax melanoleucos), the Australian white ibis, aka Sacred ibis (Threskiornis molucca), the Dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) and the Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) are more subjects found in the creek reserve near my home. The Black-faced cormorants (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) were inhabiting the rocky coast near Wallaroo on Spencer Gulf. The White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) and the Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) were seen near creeks and wetlands in the Adelaide Hills. The Great egret (Ardea alba) was a wild bird in breeding plumage, visiting Adelaide Zoo for a free feed, while the Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia) had the same motive while closely watching fishermen on the Victorian coast. The Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) was also a Victorian seaside 'capture', while the Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), the Wandering whistling duck (Dendrocygna arcuata), the Australasian shoveler (Anas rhynchotis), and the Darters, or Snakebirds (Anhinga melanogaster) were photographed at Cleland Wildlife Park. The Bush stone-curlews (Burhinus grallarius) were photographed at Cleland and the Adelaide Zoo, Black swans (Cygnus atratus) and Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) at Torrens Lake in the centre of Adelaide, and the Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) at Wittunga Botanic Garden. The opportunistic Silver gull is just as readily found on inland lakes as it is by the seashore
For more images of birds such as the magnificent pelican:
the River Murray the Outback Kangaroo Island Adelaide Hills Victoria
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