The Brolge, Grus rubicunda, is Australia's 4th.
largest bird, standing at 48" tall.
These birds have the most amazing courtship dances
which we were once priviledged to observe at a
waterhole in the Simpson Desert in South Australia.
These three photos were taken at the Yeppoon
wet lands in Queensland which at the time held
little water. Unfortunately at quite some distance
hand held with my 18-135 lens. Apologies for the
poor quality.
The birds are very unique. Thanks for dropping by my blog. Have a nice week ahead. :)
ReplyDeleteI think they are wonderful photos...
ReplyDeleteI have yet to see a poor quality photo come from you!
I would love to see one of their neat courtship dances in person... I bet it is really amazing!
I hope you are doing well.
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Mountain Retreat
Thanks for visiting my summer pictures from Lake Schwarzensee in Salzkammergut, Austria!
ReplyDeleteYour wetland birds are beautiful, I'd love to see their courtship dances, it sometimes look soooo funny LOL.
Once I was at the zoo in Vienna and the storks there began to screw their necks and put their heads unter their wings and other strange things, well, twas funny in a way :))) I think I will post these pictures once!
they are brilliant!
ReplyDeleteArija, where are the poor quality pictures you mentioned? These three are all very good.
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing birds. I had never heard of them before. Thanks for the great photos
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You may not be happy with the quality (I know how that feels) but I think they're a real treat. How else would I ever get to see a bird like this. They're so interesting. I love the red spot on the head.
ReplyDeleteNot a thing wrong with those photos! I so enjoy your blog because you introduce me to new things in nature that we don't have here in the northern part of New York state in U.S. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteNo need to apologize, these photos are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteFormidable photos Arija! Lovely birds with the red spot on their heads.
ReplyDeleteThey look like a type of crane and what beautiful birds. How lucky to be able to see some of their courtship behavior Arija.. Michelle..
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds and very good photos too even if you were some distance away. That's one I still have to see!
ReplyDeleteWhat amazing birds!
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you are to see them!
I want to show you this young fellow. I meet him or her on the swamp in may 2008. It`s about few hours old Grus grus. In Finland we say it "kurki" ;-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful that you got to see these birds! Cranes are so much fun, their behavior very similar world-wide. I love the graceful way they move.
ReplyDeleteLovely photographs of a bird I have never heard of - looks delightful though.
ReplyDeleteYou are now officially my favorite Skywatcher, Rose photographer and bird photographer!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sleek lines, a lovely bird!
ReplyDeleteThese are stunning! What a gorgeous bird and your photos are prefect!
ReplyDeleteThey are stunning birds.
ReplyDeleteI love the courtship dances of cranes, so elaborate and extravagant.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with everyone else - no poor quality photos here.
ReplyDeleteThat red patch on their head is really bright.
Cranes are really fun to watch. In Alaska they were calling from large groups high in the sky to include others in their migrations.
ReplyDeleteThey look so elegant !
ReplyDeleteWow, great shots, we definitely don't have any birds in this area that stand that tall. I enjoyed you rose photos too, they make me long for summer.
ReplyDeleteWonderful birds, nice photos too!
ReplyDeleteGood birding to you!
(I was having a bit of trouble here so if I posted twice, I apologize!)
:-)
Whoa! Those are big birds. Wonderful. MB
ReplyDeleteArija, What an experience this must have been!!!
ReplyDeleteGood grief they are large... beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Brolgas look so much like our Sandhill Cranes.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, it looks like a sort of crane but from the name I had no idea what to expect. I just love looking at birds from your neck of the woods.
ReplyDeleteWe have Sandhill Crans here in Florida too and I enjoy watching them with their young. They are very family birds;) "be Well"~ Pam
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