High point.
The other day, I uploaded a rather scruffy Kingfisher waiting on a rock on the muddy foreshore at Cairns. I thought this was the same bird as it was just behind the other shot, but, a close look says it is not. This one is a little more sleek and also very tidy with the orange on its head, making it most probably a Sacred (and in Brisbane, sometimes called Mangrove) Kingfisher. Thanks to Eleanor for her clarifying ID below. I am less than an amateur with birds and to the untrained eye, these blue Kingfishers look similar. When in Townsville I shot one which was a little different again and ID'd as a Forest Kingfisher.
High point.
The other day, I uploaded a rather scruffy Kingfisher waiting on a rock on the muddy foreshore at Cairns. I thought this was the same bird as it was just behind the other shot, but, a close look says it is not. This one is a little more sleek and also very tidy with the orange on its head, making it most probably a Sacred (and in Brisbane, sometimes called Mangrove) Kingfisher. Thanks to Eleanor for her clarifying ID below. I am less than an amateur with birds and to the untrained eye, these blue Kingfishers look similar. When in Townsville I shot one which was a little different again and ID'd as a Forest Kingfisher.