Australia birds - mix and match

The most cutely named bird in all my travels: Willie-wagtail:

It kind of does look like a tail-wagging willie, doesn't it?

Masked Lapwing:


Peaceful Dove:


Funny-looking Bush Thick-knee:


Do you think Thick-knees look better when they are babies? I guess not:


Appropriately named Red-browed Firetail:


Little Black Cormorant with an intense look:

Purple chicken? no, an Australasian Swamphen:


Yellow-throated Miner:


Rainbow Lorikeet:


Little Pied Cormorant, looking miserable in the rain:


Another bird with a funny name - Tawny Frogmouth:


Pied Stilt:


Olive-backed Sunbird on its nest:


Little Woodswallow nests in Uluru: