VIEWS FROM MOUNT EDEN, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

SHEEP AROUND TREE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

MASKED LAPWING OR SPUR-WINGED PLOVER, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

ADULT AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE & CHICKS, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

EASTERN ROSELLA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

   We can ID this bird as an Eastern Rosella by its red head, neck and breast; white cheek patch;  blue shoulders; yellow underparts and black spotted yellow-green upperparts. 

   The Eastern Rosella is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 715.

SONG THRUSH, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 10/25/2017

   We can ID this bird as a Song Thrush by its dark-spotted yellow-buff underparts which becomes paler on the belly, plain grey-brown head and upperparts and pink legs.

   The Song Thrush is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 714.

BRISBANE AT NIGHT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA