A collection of images

A Pied Cormorant catches a Butter Bream, east end of Deadman's Beach.


Tringa incana, Wandering Tattler. (Heyn de Kock)

Rainbow Bee Eater, above the Quarry, Timbin Road.

Heart Urchin, Echinocardium cordatum. A wind direction change in Moreton Bay results in water current direction change with subsequent erosion of Sea Grass beds harbouring Heart Urchins. These have washed up on Deadman's Beach.


Everlasting daisy, Xerochrysum bracteatum. (Bruce Martin)
 
Bush Stone Curlew, Amity Caravan Park.

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