More Birds

On our trip to the Gold Coast we saw tons of new birds.  Some of these I just saw locally, but most we saw on our trip.  I tried to put the most interesting ones at the top for all of you who don't care!  

Laughing Kookaburra

The Kookaburra is apparently pretty common in Australia, but we just hadn't seen one until our trip.  It had been eluding us for a few days, but we finally tracked down it's crazy bird call and with Ryan's telephoto camera lens we were able to see it.  It seemed after that we saw them everywhere!

Pale-headed Rosella

We stopped for lunch at a tiny place in Springbrook National Park and these guys were in the yard eating out of their bird feeders.  That's also where we saw the cockatoo.

Australian King-Parrot

Another one of Ryan's discoveries.  We saw these guys when we were trying to find the kookaburra.  They're about the size of a cockatoo.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Australian Brush-turkey

We saw a bunch of these just walking around everywhere. 

Cattle Egret

Straw-necked Ibis

Australian White Ibis

White Faced Heron

Eastern Yellow Robin

Dusky Moorhen

Purple Swamphen

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Brush Bronzewing

Little Pied Cormorant

Willie Wagtail

Fork-tailed Swift

These guys fly really fast so I'm surprised anyone could get a good picture of them!

Australasian Grebe

Pacific Black Duck

Mallard

Australian Wood Duck

Domestic Duck