Birds of Moreton Bay??

[Wesley_Pang]

To all the budding ornithologist.

What is the names(common and scientific) of the common birds in Moreton Bay?

My favourite bird are the white terns with the black heads that follow tuna and mackeral. These dive in and fly straight up.

Another common one are the brown birds that skim the water, land on the water then dive down. They look like duck when they are sitting on the water.

Thanks.

Wes

[jeffo]

the brown birds are mutton birds wes... they are nothing but a pain in the arse! even when you bait is a few meters down its not safe!!!!

[jeffo]

ok to be a little more exact
silver gull (normal sea gull)-larus novaehollandiae.
then you have a few different types of terns that look similar
crested tern(sterna bergii),caspian tern (sterna caspia), lesser crested tern(sterna bengalensis)..
and the "mutton birds" i refered to are actually called shearwater's.. once again there are a few different types that all look blody similar to me.
the above birds were looked up in "every australian bird illustrated", they could be wrong but thats what im calling them

[Wesley_Pang]

Jeffo,

The brown one could be Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus




Bait, what's bait ???

Wes

[jeffo]

you just wait till one bomb dives your favorite clouser wes!! yeah sooty shearwater is a likely culprit.. but in the book i got here there is about 3 that fit the description.

[Wesley_Pang]

Jeffo,

I'm guessing the white ones are Little Tern Sterna albifrons

Wes

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

They look like duck when they are sitting on the water.

Except for the pointy bill.

Wes,
What camera are you using, if you don't mind me asking? You seem to have nailed the shot of the flying bird pretty well with everything in focus and just a bit of movement of the birds lower wing. I'm guessing you used manual focus.
Cheers,
jeff

[Fitzy]

Qld Museum have got a great book called "Wild Guide to Moreton Bay".

Great pics & info, well worth getting for reference. Info on birds, reptiles, fish, crustaceans, plantlife etc etc.
See also "Wildlife of Greater Brisbane".

Another goodun.

Can get them both on the net somewhere. I got them by emailing them direct.

Cheers,

Fitzy..

[Big_Kev]

Winged Rats is what I call em Wes.

[jeffo]

i like the looks of that "wild giude to moreton bay".

[landy1]

Very nice photography

[snappa]

yeah

you get plenty in the berley trail >
and you have to bash`em on the head to get your hooks back

[Reefmaster]

A few weeks ago seen us dodging these bloody birds which were everywhere. I also noticed few dead ones which i would say a few poeple didnt successfully dodge or they just aimed for them

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

Has anyone seen any White Crested Large Breasted Bed Thrashers around that way?
I'm not sure how true it is, but I heard they only hang around boats that cost more than $100,000? ???