An Olive-backed Sunbird singing in the shade on Green Island, Queensland.


Singing Sunbird by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

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And a Black Noddy. There were around 200 Noddies roosting on Green Island. I'm not sure if they actually nest on the island.


Black Noddy by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

[maw]

Singing Sunbird

Nice shots both, I saw them on flickr and they make it even better, both seem posing very beautiful.

[RobG]

Nice shots both, I saw them on flickr and they make it even better, both seem posing very beautiful.

Mille grazie! I have a couple more reasonable bird photos from the trip which I'll add - one of a Buff-banded Rail and the other of a Spectacled Flycatcher.

[Arjay Bee]

I visited Green Island a couple of years ago and took many pics of the Buff Banded Rail. They are unavoidable aren't they. We have the sunbirds as regular visitors to out garden. Should have come farther north and visited us here!.

[RobG]

I visited Green Island a couple of years ago and took many pics of the Buff Banded Rail. They are unavoidable aren't they. We have the sunbirds as regular visitors to out garden. Should have come farther north and visited us here!.

I'd like to go further north on the Cape, but it's definitely something which requires a lot of planning - and being August, preferably!
Yes, the Rails are a surprising trip hazard on Green Island. I went there back in 2005 and didn't see any, so they seem to be a recent addition.

[Arjay Bee]

Yes, the Rails are a surprising trip hazard on Green Island.

Perhaps that's the origin of the expression "not stepping on the third rail"...

[RobG]

Relaxing by the pool by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

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Perhaps that's the origin of the expression "not stepping on the third rail"...

A different kind of shocking experience I suspect.