And here are the full-sized mystery images from last week’s quiz!
Mystery 1
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 560mm
Canon 5DIII, Canon 200-400 f/4L IS USM EXT
Mystery 2
Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
1/1250, f/10, ISO 800, focal length 540mm
Canon 5DIII, Canon 200-400 f/4L IS USM EXT
Mystery 3
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
1/800, f/7.1, ISO 200, focal length 286mm
Canon 7DII, Canon 100-400L IS II USM
Mystery 4
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) – male
1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 1600, focal length 560mm
Canon 5DsR, Canon 200-400 f/4L IS USM EXT
Mystery 5
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
1/500, f/5.6, ISO 1600, focal length 170mm
Canon 5DsR, Canon 100-400 L IS II USM
Mystery 6
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 200, focal length 560mm
Canon 5DsR, Canon 200-400 f/4L IS USM EXT
Mystery 7
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
/640, f/7.1, ISO 640, focal length 321mm
Canon 5DsR, Canon 100-400 L IS II USM
Mystery 8
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
1/1600, f/7.1, ISO 1600, focal length 321mm
Canon 5DsR, Canon 100-400 L IS II USM
Congratulations to everyone who had a go, including in last week’s comments, on facebook and by email (or even just secretly in your thoughts).
This has been a huge week for me as one of my beautiful girls finally delivered her sweet twins – I’m filled with love and admiration, and I’m constantly smiling.
Urgent request (nothing to do with nappy changing and midnight feeds): the Victorian parliament are about to consider the future of recreational duck shooting. It is imperative that they receive as many emails as possible from people who would like it to be permanently banned. The emails can be very brief or more detailed, ideas can be found on lirralirra posts, including the two Season of Shame posts. Please email your representative and copy it to: daniel.andrews@parliament.vic.gov.au, jaclyn.symes@parliament.vic.gov.au, jaala.pulford@parliament.vic.gov.au, lily.dambrosio@parliament.vic.gov.au, jacinta.allan@parliament.vic.gov.au, martin.pakula@parliament.vic.gov.au
If our voices are heard we truly will be able to stop the many horrors associated with this cruel, archaic ‘sport’ and focus on promoting nature-based tourism.
Happy birding
Kim
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I got a few right! Great pics! Ibis are such bizarre looking creatures eh!
You did a great job! Ibis are definitely bizarre, such fascinating looking birds.
How long before the twins come on their first bird-watching expedition?
That’s a really funny question. We were outside the hospital fixing the car seats for quite some time when they were less than one day old – and we were watching and listening to a flock of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos 🙂
Congratulations to your daughter. I imagine that your smile is so broad that your face hurts.
Loved the mysteries – and knew more of them than I thought.
Off to email in an attempt to get this obscenity banned.
Thanks EC, for your congratulations (you’re right about my smile) and for emailing. And congratulations to you for recognising some of the mysteries.
Only one wrong, not too bad. 🙂
Congratulations on the safe arrival of the twin grandbabies! How very exciting! I would be smiling too!
That’s very impressive Kim!
It really is exciting about the twins, I’m still smiling 🙂