It's that season again, a young man's fancy turns to raising a family A male Superb Fairy-wren or Malurus cyaneus, looking resplendent in breeding colours Photographed at Lake Colac, Victoria, Australia Tranquility Found

Three male Superb Fairy-wrens or Malurus cyaneus foraging on the bank of Barongarook Creek south-west Victoria, Australia They appeared to be part of a family group of five Tranquility Found Fairywren Project

Starting your day with a Crimson Rosella... Fred O'Donnell #birds #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography #BirdTwitter #parrots

An Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) on its favourite tree stump in the mouth of Barongarook Creek, south-west Victoria, Australia Tranquility Found

A cheeky Lewin's Honeyeater keeping an eye on lunch... (Meliphaga lewinii) Fred O'Donnell #birds #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography

I knew that if I waited long enough the Royal Spoonbill or Platalea regia would come out from behind the reeds and I would get a clear picture. Photographed at Barongarook Creek, south-west Victoria, Australia Tranquility Found

On a day that only suits ducks this pair turned up in my backyard, this morning Pacific Black Ducks (Anas superciliosa) Tranquility Found

At 4.19 this morning I heard the unmistakable shriek of a Channel-billed Cuckoo making its first flyover of the 2024/25 season. They're back from New Guinea or Indonesia to strike fear into the local nesting birds again! Photo: Ken Jones Fred O'Donnell #birds #cuckoo

A male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) usually secretive and elusive, but this morning he appeared outside my backdoor Tranquility Found

Eastern Yellow Robins watching from their perches in Lamington National Park (Eopsaltria australis) Fred O'Donnell #birds #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography #Robin

A couple more pictures of the male Satin Bowerbird or Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, and one of his mate who follows him. He would have impressed her with his bower and gifts of blue coloured objects. Tranquility Found

Red and blue beauty - the Crimson Rosella... Fred O'Donnell #birds #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography #BirdTwitter #parrots

One rain-soaked Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), possibly a juvenile Tranquility Found

I may have spotted the 1st Far Eastern Curlew to arrive on Kakadu Beach from Russia or north-eastern China this season. One lonely bird on the same beach which last January was crowded Fred O'Donnell #bird #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography #shorebird #BribieIsland

Eurasian Coots (Fulica atra) at Barongarook Creek, in south-west Victoria, Australia

This Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) is at its favourite feeding spot near the mouth of Barongarook Creek I south-west Victoria, Australia Tranquility Found

Rainbow Lorikeet happily feasting in a grevillea... Fred O'Donnell #birds #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography #lorikeet #parrots #BribieIsland

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) among the reeds in Barongarook Creek, south-west Victoria, Australia Tranquility Found

A hungry female Satin Bowerbird preferred sultanas to apple... (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) Fred O'Donnell #birds #birdwatching #birding #WildOz #birdphotography #australianbirds #bowerbird

Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) Tranquility Found