Welcome to my collection of bird photos.
FAQ: How did I become a bird nerd?
I bought a telephoto lens (Tamron 18-400mm) when I was in Karijini because I wanted to shoot the moon and didn’t have any lenses long enough. When it arrived, I tested it out on the ‘Tin Heads’ (Spinifex Pigeons – nicknamed Tin Heads because they look like they have little army hats on) and once I realised how much closer it got me to the birds, the rest was history.
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Magnetic Island, QLD) Southern Cassowary (Etty Bay, QLD) Spinifex Pigeons (Karijini, WA) Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Cairns, QLD) Rainbow Lorikeet (Port Douglas, QLD)
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Cairns, QLD) Whistling Kite (Kakadu, NT) Magpie Geese (Kakadu, NT) Australasian Figbird (Port Douglas, QLD) Blue-winged Kookaburra (Magnetic Island)
Magpie Geese (Port Douglas, QLD) Peahen (Mataranka, NT) Comb-crested Jacana (Port Douglas, QLD) Blue-faced Honeyeater (Mataranka, NT) Southern Cassowary (Etty Bay, QLD)
Bush stone-Curlew (Port Douglas, QLD) Masked Lapwing (Daly Waters, NT) Southern Cassowary (Etty Bay, QLD) Buff-banded rail (Green Island, QLD) Zebra Finch (Townsville, QLD)
Welcome Swallow (Daintree River, QLD) Seagulls (Green Island, QLD) Wompoo Fruit Doves (Kuranda, QLD) Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Port Douglas, QLD) Blue-Winged Kookaburras (Cairns, QLD)
Black-necked stork (Kakadu, NT) Bush stone-Curlew (Port Douglas, QLD) Australian Pelican (Kakadu, NT) Rainbow Lorikeets (Port Douglas, QLD) Great Egret (Kakadu, NT)
White-capped Noddy (Great Barrier Reef, QLD) Great-billed Heron (Daintree River, QLD) Blue-Winged Kookaburra (Cairns) Australian Brushturkey (Atherton Tablelands, QLD) Black-necked stork (Kakadu, NT)
Spinifex Pigeon (Karijini, WA) Azure Kingfisher (Kakadu, NT) Great Egret (Kakadu, NT) Comb-crested Jacana (Kakadu, NT) Peacock (Mataranka, NT)
Australasian Darter (Kakadu, NT) Pied Imperial Pigeon (Port Douglas, QLD) Rainbow Lorikeet (Magnetic Island, QLD) Ibis aka Bin Chicken (Townsville, QLD) Blue-faced Honeyeater (Mataranka, NT)
Australasian Darter (Daintree River, QLD) Intermediate Egret (Port Douglas, QLD) Australian Brushturkey (Atherton Tablelands, QLD) Southern Cassowary (Etty Bay, QLD) Blue-winged Kookaburra (Magnetic Island, QLD)
Shining Flycatcher (Daintree River, QLD) Masked Lapwing (Townsville, QLD) White-necked Heron (Bungle Bungles, WA) Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Cairns, QLD) Southern Cassowary (Etty Bay, QLD)
Orpington Chicken (Magnetic Island, QLD) Southern Cassowary (Etty Bay, QLD) Welcome Swallow (Port Douglas, QLD) White-capped Noddy (Great Barrier Reef, QLD) Pacific Reef Heron (Fitzroy Island, QLD)