Leo
@leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social
shorebird volunteer monitoring and protecting beach-nesting birds in southeast Australia
occasional bird photographer
Merimbula, Australia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/0ystercatcher/
occasional bird photographer
Merimbula, Australia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/0ystercatcher/
Common Noddy at Christmas Island in 2023. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Common Noddy at Christmas Island in 2023. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Underexposed! 😱
Here’s the adjusted image. 😊
Here’s the adjusted image. 😊
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Underexposed! 😱
Here’s the adjusted image. 😊
Here’s the adjusted image. 😊
Aurora australis in Merimbula tonight (iPhone from my bedroom window :)
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Aurora australis in Merimbula tonight (iPhone from my bedroom window :)
Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
Golden Bosuns at Christmas Island (Indian Ocean).
This golden form of White-tailed Tropicbird is a Christmas Island special. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
This golden form of White-tailed Tropicbird is a Christmas Island special. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Golden Bosuns at Christmas Island (Indian Ocean).
This golden form of White-tailed Tropicbird is a Christmas Island special. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
This golden form of White-tailed Tropicbird is a Christmas Island special. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
White Terns in front of an incoming storm at Lord Howe Island last year. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #birds #WildOz
October 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
White Terns in front of an incoming storm at Lord Howe Island last year. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #birds #WildOz
Hooded Plover foraging on Haycock Beach (from the archives).
These beautiful little #shorebirds are critically endangered here in NSW and we do all we can to help them survive. #birds #WildOz
These beautiful little #shorebirds are critically endangered here in NSW and we do all we can to help them survive. #birds #WildOz
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hooded Plover foraging on Haycock Beach (from the archives).
These beautiful little #shorebirds are critically endangered here in NSW and we do all we can to help them survive. #birds #WildOz
These beautiful little #shorebirds are critically endangered here in NSW and we do all we can to help them survive. #birds #WildOz
Beach Stone-curlew in Beowa National Park this morning. A decade ago, this would have been a rare sighting here in southeast Australia but we see them every year now. #shorebirds #birds #WildOz
October 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Beach Stone-curlew in Beowa National Park this morning. A decade ago, this would have been a rare sighting here in southeast Australia but we see them every year now. #shorebirds #birds #WildOz
Grey-faced Petrel. #SuperSeabirdSunday
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Grey-faced Petrel. #SuperSeabirdSunday
October 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Pacific Gulls in southeast Australia a few years ago.
Gotta love that red lipstick! 😊
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
Gotta love that red lipstick! 😊
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Pacific Gulls in southeast Australia a few years ago.
Gotta love that red lipstick! 😊
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
Gotta love that red lipstick! 😊
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
Some of them also come to Australia, Gemma.
But they are critically endangered here.
An old favourite photo from 2016. 😊
But they are critically endangered here.
An old favourite photo from 2016. 😊
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Some of them also come to Australia, Gemma.
But they are critically endangered here.
An old favourite photo from 2016. 😊
But they are critically endangered here.
An old favourite photo from 2016. 😊
Here in NSW we only have about 70 Hooded Plovers remaining.
Many of our beaches have been badly eroded this year and our hoodie breeding season has started slowly. (photo from my archives :) #shorebirds #birds #WildOz
Many of our beaches have been badly eroded this year and our hoodie breeding season has started slowly. (photo from my archives :) #shorebirds #birds #WildOz
September 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Here in NSW we only have about 70 Hooded Plovers remaining.
Many of our beaches have been badly eroded this year and our hoodie breeding season has started slowly. (photo from my archives :) #shorebirds #birds #WildOz
Many of our beaches have been badly eroded this year and our hoodie breeding season has started slowly. (photo from my archives :) #shorebirds #birds #WildOz
We've been seeing them more frequently over the past decade here on the far south coast of NSW.
Here's one from last month in Merimbula.
Here's one from last month in Merimbula.
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We've been seeing them more frequently over the past decade here on the far south coast of NSW.
Here's one from last month in Merimbula.
Here's one from last month in Merimbula.
Short-tailed Shearwater.
(look closely and you’ll see the toes protruding behind the tail :)
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
(look closely and you’ll see the toes protruding behind the tail :)
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
September 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Short-tailed Shearwater.
(look closely and you’ll see the toes protruding behind the tail :)
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
(look closely and you’ll see the toes protruding behind the tail :)
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz