A Double-Eyed Fig Parrot in the Melbourne Zoo. At around 14cm, these are Australia’s smallest parrot.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Tag: Bird
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Pied Stilt
A Pied Stilt at the Melbourne Zoo. These waders use their long thin beak to probe for small crustaceans and insects.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
A Red Tailed Black Cockatoo at the Melbourne Zoo. This cockatoo was flying up and down the main path through the zoo between two keepers. He was swooping around visitors and skimming just over their heads. Unfortunately none of the in-flight photos where he showed off the two red tail panels were clear enough to use.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 640
Rowville Bin Chicken
A juvenile bin chicken otherwise known as the Australian white ibis, Threskiornis molucca, during a lunchtime walk in Rowville. They are nicknamed bin chickens because of their “opportunistic” feeding and scavanging, which often finds them ransacking rubbish bins.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 20
Rowville White-Faced Heron
A white-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae, during a lunchtime walk in Rowville.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 355
Great Egret in Flight
Apparently Great Egrets, Ardea alba, fly with their legs trailing behind them and their neck in an “S” shape.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 19
Rowville Great Egret
Another lunchtime walk at work in Rowville. This Great Egret was happy to stand still while I passed by, but as soon as I brought up my phone for a snap it was out of there.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 29
Balloon Story – Toucan
A giant balloon toucan guards the exit from the jungle section and ball pit at Balloon Story.
- Aperture: ƒ/7.1
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 14mm
- ISO: 100
Balloon Story – Bird
An animatronic bird with flapping wings at Balloon Story.
- Aperture: ƒ/7.1
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 17mm
- ISO: 100
Docklands Birds
The main part of Gillie and Marc’s Flight for Freedom in Melbourne’s Docklands, with a ring-in!
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 31
Flight for Freedom
Part of Gillie and Marc‘s Flight for Freedom in Melbourne’s Docklands. The big table in the background will feature tomorrow. This sculpture celebrates the role that birds play in the environment.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 19
Kimono with Wisteria
A westernised silk kimono featuring a wisteria pattern embroidered in silk. This kimono was made sometime between 1910 and 1920 for export to Europe.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000