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I wanted to share the Little Pied ‘Penguin’s’ neck stretch this week but thought I should add a couple of even longer necks too.

I was pretty rapt to capture this super-quick stretch. It’s the Little Pied ‘Penguin’ from a couple of week’s ago but in this shot it had stretched its neck to peer at something that momentarily caught its eye. It was definitely a quick eye-catching, neck-stretching moment before it went back to imitating a penguin.

Eastern Great Egrets have pretty amazing necks (and feet!). These large egrets are easy to identify in the field because of the obvious kink in their necks.

Even when a great egret isn’t stretching its neck the kink is still very obvious. They are incredibly elegant birds and when I’m watching them I find myself imagining classical music.

White-faced Herons are stunning birds, even when they are tucking their necks in a nicely relaxed position. The feathers on their necks are fascinating, so are the ones on their faces!

There is no hint of a kink in the neck of White-faced Herons but they can still manage a pretty good stretch when foraging. White-faced Herons visit my property fairly often but I’m yet to see a great egret or a cormorant actually land and forage.

At the moment there is quite a bit of nesting going on here, including fairywrens, honeyeaters, whistlers, ducks and magpies. There will be others too but the weather has been a bit ordinary so I haven’t been outside quite as often as usual. I hope there are some successful nests springing up around you too.

Happy birding, Kim

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