Ugly ducklings and the black swan (Cygnus atratus) @ ACT, Jerrabomberra Wetland

Red-capped robin (Petroica goodenovii) @ NSW, Round Hill, Whoey Tank

Painted honeyeater (Grantiella picta) @ NSW, Round Hill, Whoey Tank

White-fronted honeyeater (Purnella albifrons) @ NSW, Round Hill, Whoey Tank

Woodswallows @ NSW, Round Hill, Whoey Tank

Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) @ NSW, Round Hill, Chat Alley

Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Nowingi track

Yellow-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Nowingi track

Striated grasswren (Amytornis striatus) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Nowingi track

Crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Nowingi track

Brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Old Calder Hwy

Striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Nowingi track

Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus) @ ACT, Brindabella, Blundell creek

Pilotbird habitat @ ACT, Brindabella, Blundell creek

Australian golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) @ ACT, Brindabella, Blundell creek road

Scarlet robin (Petroica boodang) @ ACT, Vanitys crossing road

Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) @ ACT, Tidbinbilla

Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) @ ACT, Brindabella

Rockwarbler (Origma solitaria) @ NSW, Ku-ring-gai Chase NP; Into the bowl of forest floor trickles beads of water, whispers of fallen leaves. From the mossy sandstone emerged a belated rockstar!

Yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) @ NSW, Ku-ring-gai Chase NP; Across dark woods fleets a flash of gold, who has stolen a slice of sunshine, to lit up the forlorn gully.

Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) @ NSW, Barren Grounds NR; Flickering flame swept across the grassy sea, that cool dude wearing sunnies, sent bleak winter heath in bloom.

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) @ NSW, Royal NP

Red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) @ ACT, Pinnacle NR

Striped honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata) @ SA, Gluepot

Yellow-throated (Manorina flavigula) and Black-eared miner (Manorina melanotis) @ SA, Gluepot

Collared sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) @ SA, Gluepot

Grey currawong (Strepera versicolor) @ SA, Gluepot

White-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) @ SA, Gluepot

Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) @ SA, Adelaide

Speckled warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus) @ ACT, Pinnacle NR

Australian reed warbler (Acrocephalus australis) @ ACT, Jerrabomberra wetland

Freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa) @ ACT, Jerrabomberra wetland

Welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) @ ACT, Jerrabomberra wetland

Powerful owl (Ninox strenua) juvenile @ ACT, Brindabella, Blundell creek

Eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) @ NSW, Tallaganda

Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) @ ACT, Lake Tuggeranong

Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) @ ACT, Lake Tuggeranong

Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne NP

White-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) @ VIC, Hattah-Kulkyne

Flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) @ ACT, Namadgi, Orroral valley

Flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) @ ACT, Orroral valley

Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) at the nest entrance @ ACT, Namadgi, Orroral valley

Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) @ ACT, Namadgi, Orroral valley

Scarlet robin (Petroica boodang) @ ACT, Namadgi NP visitor center

Brown-headed honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) @ ACT, Namadgi, Orroral valley

Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata) @ ACT, Australian botanic garden

Superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) @ ACT, ANU Campus

Superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) @ ACT, Lake Tuggeranong

Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) @ ACT, Kambah

Eastern bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus) singing at dusk @ NSW, Barren Grounds NR

Southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) @ NSW, Barren Grounds NR

White-browed babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus) @ VIC, Terrick Terrick NP

Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) @ VIC, Terrick Terrick NP

Little buttonquail (Turnix velox) @ VIC, Terrick Terrick NP

Stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis) @ VIC, Terrick Terrick NP

Little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) @ ACT, Black mountain

Leucistic Pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) @ QLD, Curtain Fig tree

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) @ NSW, Border range NP, Cougal park

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) @ NSW, Border range, Cougal park

Brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus) on sealed road at night @ NSW, Barrington Tops

Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) @ NSW, Border range, Cougal park

Glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) @ QLD, Lamington NP, Binna Burra

Brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) @ QLD, Lamington NP, Binna Burra

Superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) @ QLD, Lake Eacham

Pied currawong (Strepera graculina) @ QLD, Tinaroo Lake

Topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Wompoo pigeon (Ptilinopus magnificus) @ QLD, Curtain Figtree

Superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Rufous whislter (Pachycephala rufiventris) @ QLD, Mareeba

Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) @ QLD, road to Milla Milla waterfall

Masker lapwing (Vanellus miles) @ QLD, road to Milla Milla waterfall

Double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) @ QLD, Julatten

Bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) @ QLD, Mareeba, Michael&Lindy's Fruit palace

Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) @ QLD, Mareeba

White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa) @ QLD, Mareeba, Michael&Lindy's Fruit Palace

Red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis) @ QLD, Mt Lewis grassland clearing

Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) @ QLD, Lake Eacham

Squatter pigeon (Geophaps scripta) @ QLD, Mareeba, Granite gorge

Double-barred finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii) @ QLD, Mareeba

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) @ QLD, Mareeba

Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) @ QLD, Mareeba, Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus) @ QLD, Mareeba, Granite gorge

Spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) @ QLD, Atherton Tableland

Black butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi) @ QLD, Yungaburra, Peterson's creek

Bridled honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus) @ QLD, Lake Eacham

Golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) @ QLD, Atherton Tableland

Pale-Yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) @ QLD, Curtain Fig tree

Leucistic Pale-Yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) @ QLD, Curtain Fig tree

Pied monarch (Arses kaupi) @ QLD, Curtain Fig Tree

Yellow-breasted boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer) @ QLD, Julatten, Kingfisher lodge

Square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) @ QLD, Mareeba

Green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) @ QLD, Yungaburra, Peterson's creek

Scarlet honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) @ QLD, Yungaburra, Peteron's creek

Brown-backed honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) @ QLD, Yungaburra, Peterson's creek

Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Paradise riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus) @ QLD, Lamington NP

Eastern whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) @ QLD, Lamington, O'Reilly

Yellow-throated scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis) @ QLD, Lamington NP

White-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) @ QLD, Lamington NP

Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) @ QLD, Atherton Tableland

White-headed pigeon (Columba leucomela) @ QLD, Lamington

White-headed pigeon (Columba leucomela) @ QLD, Tinaroo Lake

Topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) @ QLD, Lamington NP

Topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) @ QLD, Bellenden ker summit

Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Albert's lyrebird (Menura alberti) @ QLD, Lamington NP, O'Reilly

Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Australian king parrot (Alisterus scapularis) @ VIC, Great Otway

Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) @ ACT, Canberra

Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) @ ACT, Mt Taylor

Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans), juvenile @ ACT, Mt Taylor

Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum), male @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum), female @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) @ ACT, Mt Taylor

Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) @ ACT, botanic Garden

Eastern golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) @ ACT, Botanic Garden

Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) @ ACT, Canberra

Emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae) @ ACT, Tidbinbilla

Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea) @ NSW, Yathong NR

Short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) and Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Southenr royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) @ NSW, Eden pelagic

Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) @ NSW, Montague island