Little pied Cormorant

(Microcarbo melanoleucos) “The little pied cormorant, little shag or kawaupaka is a common Australasian waterbird, found around the coasts, islands, estuaries, and inland waters of Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Indonesia, and around the islands of the south-western Pacific and the subantarctic.” – Wikipedia Back to Birds of South…

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Black Swan

(Cygnus atratus) “The black swan is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic conditions. It is a large bird with mostly black plumage and a…

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Golden Whistler

(Pachycephala pectoralis) “The Australian golden whistler is a species of bird found in forest, woodland, mallee, mangrove and scrub in Australia Most populations are resident, but some in south-eastern Australia migrate north during the winter.” – Wikipedia Back to Birds of South Gippsland

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