Coming from NZ and the Pacific Islands we have been astonished by the abundance and variety of birdlife in the Bundy area. The hinterland here is heavily agricultural but enough wild land survives to support a lot of birds. Here are a few of them:

 

Australasian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

 

Black backed Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen.  These birds become tame, but occasionally very aggressive towards humans. We have seen several cyclists with electrical cable ties fixed like spikes to the top of their helmets to ward off magpie attacks!

 

Brahminy kite Milvus indus

 

Galah Cacatua roseicapella, a pigeon sized cockatoo

 

Masked lapwing Vanellus miles. This bird has recently introduced itself to NZ, probably because of the spread of grassland. In NZ it is known as the spur-winged plover because of the small wrist spur that you can see poking out of its wing feathers (on line between black & white).

 

And lastly, for now, a laughing kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae. As you can see this is a very large kingfisher with a quite amazing song, a loud warbling laugh.