Winter mystery quiz 22 reveal

Drum roll… and here they are:

Mystery 1 – Peacock

Definitely the easiest ‘mystery’ this time around. I was fascinated by the close up of the crest, it is truly stunning.

Mystery 2 – Spotted Dove

The Spotted Dove, previously known as Spotted Turtle Dove, wears an interesting spotted cravat.

Mystery 3 – Australasian Swamphen

This Australasian Swamphen, previously known as Purple Swamphen, jumped down from the bridge railing in last week’s image and strode across the grassy banks of the pond towards the rest of its clan.

Mystery 4 – New Holland Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeaters are often a lot of fun to watch, they seem to be such rowdy, colourful characters.

Mystery 5 – Superb Fairywren

This iconic species is a favourite of many birdwatchers, they are an exquisite little species to watch and often distract me when I’m supposed to be busy doing other things.

Mystery 6 – Barn Owl

My favourite way to see a Barn Owl is in flight, at night, with its whiteness lit up by a full moon.

Mystery 7 – Black-necked Stork

The Black-necked Stork, formerly known as Jabiru, is one of Australia’s most striking species. Last week’s image showed a close up of the eye with the protective nictitating eyelid across it. This bird is a female as she has a yellow iris.

Mystery 8 – Australian White Ibis

The Australian White Ibis, formerly known as Sacred Ibis, is a much maligned species, mainly because of the way it has learned to adapt to the incursion of humans into its habitats. I like these birds and especially like the close up of its neck that I shared last week.

Mystery 9 – Yellow-billed Spoonbill

What amazing legs these Yellow-billed Spoonbills have! They look remarkably as though they’re wearing old-fashioned fishnet stockings.

Mystery 10 – Helmeted Honeyeater

And finally the Helmeted Honeyeater, which is the critically endangered sub-species of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. This photograph is of a wild bird taken when I was part of the team of volunteers involved with the supplementary feeding program.

I was surprised by how many previously-known-as birds there were in today’s post.

Congratulations to everyone who had a go, here and privately.

Happy birding, Kim


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