lagoon creek - teal and snipe
Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Latham's Snipe
Scientific Name: Gallinago hardwickii
Even when you know exactly where they are hiding in the grass, Latham's Snipe are remarkably difficult to see. So well camouflaged, they blend into the background until, with a loud krek!, they suddenly burst from their hiding place, only to land somewhere nearby where they become instantly invisible again. They are much easier to see on their breeding grounds in Japan, thanks to their elaborate courtship displays. At the nest, though, incubating birds are superbly camouflaged, just as they are in Australia.
Grey Teal (also possibly hybrid chestnut-grey teal)
Scientific Name: Anas gracilis
Anatidae
Description: The Grey Teal is almost all grey-brown. Each feather of the body is edged with buff, except on the rump. The chin and throat are white, the bill is dark green and the eye is red. The secondary wing feathers have glossy blue-black patch, broadly bordered and tipped with white. In flight, a large white wedge is visible on the underwing. The Grey Teal is one of the smaller Australian ducks (males are larger than females). Both sexes are similar in plumage.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
© Chris Burns 2018
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lagoon creek - teal and snipe
Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Latham's Snipe
Scientific Name: Gallinago hardwickii
Even when you know exactly where they are hiding in the grass, Latham's Snipe are remarkably difficult to see. So well camouflaged, they blend into the background until, with a loud krek!, they suddenly burst from their hiding place, only to land somewhere nearby where they become instantly invisible again. They are much easier to see on their breeding grounds in Japan, thanks to their elaborate courtship displays. At the nest, though, incubating birds are superbly camouflaged, just as they are in Australia.
Grey Teal (also possibly hybrid chestnut-grey teal)
Scientific Name: Anas gracilis
Anatidae
Description: The Grey Teal is almost all grey-brown. Each feather of the body is edged with buff, except on the rump. The chin and throat are white, the bill is dark green and the eye is red. The secondary wing feathers have glossy blue-black patch, broadly bordered and tipped with white. In flight, a large white wedge is visible on the underwing. The Grey Teal is one of the smaller Australian ducks (males are larger than females). Both sexes are similar in plumage.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
© Chris Burns 2018
__________________________________________
All rights reserved.
This image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying and recording without my written consent.