Birds and birdwings fit images for green theme

Young (and so yellow-green) Blue-faced Honeyeater shows off colouring in golf course garden beside Townsville Town Common Conservation Park today.

Everything coming up green down below after plenty of rain lately, but black male Koel stands out while taking a break from preening today atop nearby paperbark.

Pheasant Coucal amid fresh shoots of grass on ground that was parched brown not so long ago.

Not so many Cairns Birdwings around this season. And not so commonly seen on mangroves but fitting image for green theme.

Birdwings and bird wings

Lucky to come across pair of Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus) on the job in patch of relict rainforest near Ingham at the weekend. Female above male. They fluttered off together a few minutes later.

More distant view of Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) flapping and feeding on figs at Jourama Falls the other day. 

And female Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) reacts to flash after landing close to camera along rainforest creek. 

But, as with most birds, doesn't turn a feather at second exposure.