Showing posts with label Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) on Mungalla Station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) on Mungalla Station. Show all posts

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Bustard gets away with dodgy wing

Four Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) on Mungalla Station pasture for months. Three fly readily: one mostly walks away.


No wonder, after latest pictures revealed state of bird's underwing. Surprising the bird can fly at all, let alone strongly, as it does. (Bustards - Australia's heaviest flying birds - also being seen in other areas around Ingham.)   

Lament for southern Black-throated Finches

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