Surprise, surprise!
Finally had the correct 600mm lens with me but still a long way off - we just went out for a drive in Townsville to the Ross River Dam, not really expecting birds. Despite the best efforts of a worker on a ride-on mower, this little beauty sat long enough for me to drag the camera out for what ended up a cropped shot. But isn't it a beautiful blue! Apart from it being small but nevertheless a Kingfisher, I had no idea what it was and a google search failed to help.
Next day, we arrived in Cairns and took a fruitless walk around a local wetland...except it did have a big sign with about 25 local birds, none of which bar a lone Cormorant did we see! But in amongst those shots was one of a Little Kingfisher which was close to this one. Then Eleanor said....Forest Kingfisher and I think that's it, google confirming a long story. Nothing like plenty of rainforest around Cairns.
Surprise, surprise!
Finally had the correct 600mm lens with me but still a long way off - we just went out for a drive in Townsville to the Ross River Dam, not really expecting birds. Despite the best efforts of a worker on a ride-on mower, this little beauty sat long enough for me to drag the camera out for what ended up a cropped shot. But isn't it a beautiful blue! Apart from it being small but nevertheless a Kingfisher, I had no idea what it was and a google search failed to help.
Next day, we arrived in Cairns and took a fruitless walk around a local wetland...except it did have a big sign with about 25 local birds, none of which bar a lone Cormorant did we see! But in amongst those shots was one of a Little Kingfisher which was close to this one. Then Eleanor said....Forest Kingfisher and I think that's it, google confirming a long story. Nothing like plenty of rainforest around Cairns.