Wildlife: Birdsters! May is here and we want to see your 'firsts'! :-), 1 by kennedyh

kennedyh wrote:
The only other bird close enough for a picture was a Little Pied Cormorant Phalacracorax melanoleucos. This the smallest of our cormorants is one of the commonest on fresh water lakes and lagoons all over Australia. This one landed on a dead tree in front of a bird-watching hide which made photography a bit easier, although photographing into the light is a bit tricky. After a bit more walking Fay decided to turn back, but I chose to explore a little further. My mistake! I didn't see anything more, but when I caught up with Fay, she had seen a White-Breasted Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster fly over and then she saw one of the most secretive birds of all, one of the crakes walk underneath the board-walk and pause for a moment quite close to her. Looking at the books after we got home she decided it was probably a Spotted or Australian Crake Porzana fluminea but she couldn't be quite certain.
Here is the Little Pied Cormorant