Tag: bird photography

Nature & Wildlife

Great Australian cockies

DARREN HAMLEY is a coordinator of gifted education at Willetton Senior High School in Western Australia. Earlier this year he asked his students to plan an expedition to photograph every species of cockatoo in Australia. They researched the best location to see each of the fourteen species and planned the trip from beginning to end researching weather, equipment, camping locations and where to actually find the birds. All but one was captured— the Palm Cockatoo, which is isolated by floodwaters.

Nature & Wildlife

Gallery: Gouldian Finch

The exquisite Gouldian finch is one of the world’s most prized caged birds.They once gathered together in the many hundreds but now the biggest flocks, found in the NT and the Kimberley, number little more than a few hundred.

Nature & Wildlife

Gallery: Bird beauties of SE Queensland

There is a plethora of stunning birds in south-east Queensland and photographer Graeme Toft, based on the Sunshine Coast, specialises in capturing them. His primary area of interest is the local residents and migratory species of SE Queensland. “There is a wonderful diversity of species within a three hour drive from my home. A lifetime could be spent photographing them all,” he says.