Sydney birds

Dave's telescope proved very useful for identification purposes but its also not too bad as a telephoto lens! Just stick your camera into the eye-piece.......

Sharp-tailed sandpiper

Pacific golden plover

Royal spoonbill

Pallid cuckoo

This little brown quail endeared itself to us by running around and around us instead of demonstrating the usual quail sharp exit.

Brown quail

Buff-banded rails are meant to be a bit more unusual so after seeing this one I confidently declared it would be our last. It was the first of about two dozen!

Buff-banded rail

Cheeky! Long-billed corella