Darter one among many making a splash

Distant Little Bitterns exciting visiting Birdlife photographers this weekend, but not making same splash as this Australasian Darter (Anhinga novehollandiae) indulging today in circular water ballet of unknown cause. Some say rounding up fish. Seems not so to me, though who knows?

Can always rely on a splash of red from Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton), though usually more tidily feathered..

Similarly attractive - and tidier - Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis).

Stepping out in style near the hide this morning, White-browed Crake (Amaurornis cinerea).

And stepping out near the entrance before latest scrub slashing moved it along, Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis).

They're a well-red lot in the wild

Went for some flight reading at Lucinda today.

Paged the Ospreys but only J Livingstone Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) showed up.

More low-brow than high, Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) makes a show falling on seeders.

Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton) sits in at Tyto as a scarlet letter, in spite of lacking hawthorn.

Though surely Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides) could only come from a forester's African Tulip Queen?