Heleioporus
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia)
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia), Julatten, Queensland.
Not a particularly good photo but I was still a tad jittery from nearly dying a few minutes beforehand. I was paused in a clearing photographing a robin when I heard a loud crack and looked around. It wasn't until a microsecond later I saw the shadow above my head and a huge bough had snapped off the tree and plummeted to the ground. Using my ninja skills I avoided it and again when it rebounded back into the air.
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia)
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia), Julatten, Queensland.
Not a particularly good photo but I was still a tad jittery from nearly dying a few minutes beforehand. I was paused in a clearing photographing a robin when I heard a loud crack and looked around. It wasn't until a microsecond later I saw the shadow above my head and a huge bough had snapped off the tree and plummeted to the ground. Using my ninja skills I avoided it and again when it rebounded back into the air.