Tasmanian Native Hens are good swimmers and fast runners with strong legs therefore some people call them 'turbo chooks'. The chooks can run up to 50km hour are plentiful near marshes, rivers and so on. The Native Hen is protected. Link to better photos I took last year is [here ]
In the current photos the Chook was some distance away. Then photos of some ducks down Huonville, Tasmania.
Plovers you can read about them [ here ]
Beautiful birds, I especially loved the Turbo Chook, as I had never seen this bird.
ReplyDeleteThe run here and there and are a Native of Tasmania, Australia Maria.
DeleteHave never seen a plover...so cute!
ReplyDeleteThey are rather a nice bird the plover, protective of their nests too.
DeleteBeautiful things. All of them. And the phrase turbo chook is new to me.
ReplyDeleteWell it's probably a Tasmanian thing from the past EC :)
DeleteSon completamente distintas, a las que se ven en España. Preciosas aves.
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I should imagine they are as these birds are a Native of Tasmania, Australia.
DeleteGostei do que vi por aqui.
ReplyDeleteParabéns pelo blog.
:-D
Thank you.
DeleteGreat photos
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo-Anne.
DeleteI don't know of the native hen. That is one very fast bird.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't know about our native hen - very fast bird and they are in many places.
DeleteSon unas aves que me encantan. Besos.
ReplyDeleteSome birds are nicer than others.
DeleteThey are very photogenic :)
ReplyDeleteThey are sometimes Catarina.
DeleteWhat beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteEspecially the plover is very special, this species is not found in the Netherlands.
Greetings Irma
Interesting bird is the plover Irma, I presume you looked it up as you seem to be interesting in the birds :)
DeleteUma bela sequência de fotografias.
ReplyDeleteGostei.
Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
Thank you.
DeleteTasmanian Native Hen is a great bird and without a doubt the easiest endemic I ever found.
ReplyDeleteКакие красивые птицы!
ReplyDeleteThanks and they are indeed.
DeleteBeautiful photos! I've heard of the Plover but never saw one. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Bill.
DeleteHow beautiful they all are. :)
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