Peter Shanks

The ever musical Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica) #birdsinmybackyard

First plover chicks for the season #birdsinmybackyard

One of my favorite winter visitors, the hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)

Another white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) looking cold

A couple of galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps) beating a hasty retreat

A black swan (Cygnus atratus) stepping out

A tidy looking hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)

A black-headed honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis), endemic to Tasmania. Despite its name, the black-headed honeyeater eats predominantly insects.

Today's Tassie superb fairywren pic (Malurus cyaneus)

A great egret (Ardea alba)

A New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

A Tassie superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) just starting to come into its spring plumage

galah /ɡəˈlɑː/ (Eolophus roseicapilla), a local clown

The compact version of a white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

A Tasmanian native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii) giving me it's ”what are you looking at?" look.

A black swan (Cygnus atratus) having breakfast

A beady eyed Tasmanian superb fairywren

Cuter than a rubber Duckie: the hoary-headed grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)

Big name for a little bird: Malurus cyaneus cyaneus

A Tasmanian rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) that dropped by to eat the grass seeds hidden under the fruit netting we haven't quite gotten around to packing up. Laziness has its own rewards :)

The colder the weather, the rounder the Tasmanian superb fairywren gets

The New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is a honeyeater species found throughout southern Australia. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia

A chilly morning, just right for basking. The superb fairy wren ageed

Another view of the pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris), departing. Like so many of my bird photos. They almost outnumber the blurry ones

A pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) doing an aerial survey for unsuspecting molluscs.

Some days it's hard to get up... great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo),

Another mudflat dweller, the great egret (Ardea alba). Those pristine white feathers must take a lot of maintenance in this environment.

A turbo chook (Tribonyx mortierii).
I don't know much Latin, but my imagination has fused this bird's death stare with the 'mortierii' part of its scientific name

A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), doing its thing over the local mudflats