Spoonbill parents ignore pesky pestering

Plenty of young Royal Spoonbills pestering parents to pass on their catches around Townsville lately but they don't have any success when it's a bill-full they're after. Perhaps parents fear pests may choke on big fish. Perhaps, or perhaps such catches are too rare to share. 

Osprey guessing games begin again

Guess what the resident Eastern Ospreys in Townsville Town Common Conservation Park are up to! Pictured quickie probably follow-up to earlier unseen breeding because pair returned to constant presence at nest some weeks ago. No prediction about outcomes. Past experience includes abandoned nests, sitting times more than double expectation and erratic feeding behaviour by the male. We'll just wait and see this year.