Bird Watching at Brisbane Airport, Australia

[@nanniecath528]

This is an eye-opener! Thank you.

[@bambiikins7046]

ive seen more birds in this one video than ive seen in my entire life and i live nearby the airport wow what a great video

[@birdwalkz]

Haha that's cool. I'll bet you'll see more now you know where to look 😁

[@bopyranks]

The fairy wrens are so pretty ❤. That's it! When I visit Australia I'm flying in through Brisbane! 😅 Excellent work.

[@birdwalkz]

Great idea! We have plenty of other bird spots to visit too. Safe travels 🙂

[@bopyranks]

@@birdwalkz for sure! I was being a bit facetious about flying through Brisbane. I believe you because Australia looks like an amazing place with lots of great places to bird.

[@Kayenne54]

Rainbow Lorikeets will pretty much eat everything. Seeds (mostly sunflower, sometimes millet), grass seeds, sap from certain trees in spring, pollen and nectar, clover greens, been known to eat grubs/caterpillars, and even minced beef. If they were confined to only nectar, they'd die out in one season. They love apple. And I've seen them eat grapes and certain berries. They are parrots.

[@wuyunyan1980]

hi Rob Good job!thank you for the effort for these birds watching videos... I like Good camera with Good lence and zoom in .....heehee😊

[@lynneross319]

I caught the air train recently and looked out across that area and wondered about what birds would be there. Now I know. Thanks.

[@user-cl1ew9ki5i]

I really enjoy seeing and learning about all our beautiful birds. Thank you ❤ from Redcliffe 🇦🇺

[@birdwalkz]

Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@nature-wx1or]

Wonderful upload👌 Meny beautiful birds wow, great sharing 👍 Best wishes 🌹🌹

[@sonjavandenende9586]

Thanks very much! What a treat to see a night-heron!

[@birdwalkz]

I was so surprised when I saw it, I did a double-take. Wonder if they can hunt well during in the day too.

[@lindakirby9713]

Excellent! Who would have thought so many species in one visit.

[@alexanderkurokawa8834]

I saw my first black cockatoo here! the yellow tailed ones :)

[@birdwalkz]

Wow. I didn't know they visited this site. That's great 😃

[@karen6778]

❤

[@paulcarrigan691]

Nice that so many are happy to cohabit with the planes and road traffic! There are some Superb fairy wrens living no more than 5-10 metres from Kelvin Grove Road at Enoggera Creek. Red backed fairy wrens there also, just a little further (100m down the creek) along.

[@birdwalkz]

Yeah, when I was visited this site I was thinking "as if there would be any birds in a small reserve surrounded by roads and airport!", little did I know, haha. Superb Fairywrens are a bit more daring than Red-backs. I worry about them being so close to the road. I hope they survive 💚

[@phichaklimprasutr8230]

Brilliant.

[@ChrisGuiver]

Wonderful video, thank you for creating it & sharing.

[@debrowe2120]

Another great video Rob, thank you. So informative. I’m learning so much about bird ID. Just bought a Nikon P1000 & excited to take my bird pics to a new level. You really motivate me. Cheers from Lake Macquarie NSW.

[@birdwalkz]

Excellent choice in camera. Lake Macquarie is so picturesque! When I was working down in Sydney, I did the Great North Walk which went along the lake. Simply beautiful

[@yasmendapittedmonds2286]

This is excellent to know. Thankyou for sharing. Was just as surprised as you when you saw the Nankeen night heron. We have them here at Saunders beach in Townsville, and I have only seen them 2 times in 10yrs in the day time.

[@birdwalkz]

Yeah, they are hard to find. I've only ever seen glimpses up until that day! I once saw one at night competing with a fisherman behind the Powerhouse, New Farm. It's incredible how agile they are!

[@Neptuno22no]

so glad this video got reccomended too me!!! im 16 and ive always loved birds and nature, i had several pet birds growing up and me and my dad wanted to get into bird watching a little while back, i decided i wanted too as well but when he got sick we didnt have much time for it anymore. now is my excuse to start. :D

[@birdwalkz]

Glad you liked it. The more bird watchers the better 🙂 Sorry to hear about your dad's sickness. All the best in your bird watching adventures

[@Neptuno22no]

@@birdwalkz all goods, tysm !! best of luck in yours too :]

[@mikeyhau]

Wonderful - thanks for your work.

[@oldmanstumpie1061]

Next time I'm waiting to pick someone up from the airport, I think I'll wait there. Thanks.

[@birdwalkz]

That's what I do. Sneak in some quick bird watching while waiting 😄

[@lachlangraham1062]

Great, will check out next time in Brisbane.

[@MaiTai16]

How wonderful ❤

[@RevealtheMethod]

6:40 the dang peewee. they attack their own reflection in turn scratching the heck out of your nice new car..

[@birdwalkz]

As long as they don't see their reflection, they're fine haha. It can be scary to watch them swooping new cars. I've actually got a video of two alternatively swooping two cars back and forth, I shall post some time.

[@RevealtheMethod]

they are natures way of rebuking vanity and materialism

[@A_localguy]

My lorikeet went crazy after hearing the sound of the lorikeets😂

[@birdwalkz]

Oops. It was like "hey guys, I'm in here!!" 🤣

[@ethicalaustralian1314]

Well done Rob on another fantastic production. Your efforts are much appreciated! Great photography as always and your commentary is adorable ☺️ Let me know if you guys ever come to the NSW mid north coast for birdwatching as I’d love to join you. Best wishes.

[@ckashikar]

Great job

[@dilligaf2818]

great tweeting

[@jandrabeeston4604]

Yet another terrific YT, Rob. We really enjoy watching your excellent photography & bird identification skills. How do you find all these places?

[@birdwalkz]

Thank you. It's a lot of trial and error actually. Sometimes it's luck too; you can go to a site one morning and they'll be few birds, the next time they'd be hundreds. Wetlands are pretty reliable most days though 🙂

[@issy7465]

Combining plane spotting and bird spotting. I’m from Perth and like doing both. In New Zealand, Australasian Swamphen a called Pukeko.

[@birdwalkz]

When I visited Darwin in 2022, I drove passed a group of 20+ in a field. I was thinking "that is typical birder behaviour", I turned around and asked someone what they looking at. Turns out it was the Pitch Black Air Show fly over, haha. Those units were massive!

[@youdontknowme5969]

A different kind of "bird watching" at the airport (vs airplane spotting) 🙃

[@boredcat7]

What camera and lens combo do you use?

[@birdwalkz]

Hi, I use a Nikon P950. Using a mirrorless/DLR is a bit too bulky (I'm also wearing a GoPro, mic, binos and ambient sound recorder), I think if I added further equipment (lens) I'd tip over, lol. Any further questions let me know 🙂

[@boredcat7]

@@birdwalkz great camera and gear, thank you :)

[@Calonectrisful]

Hey, reef herons can be white too. ;-) That makes five white herons/egrets in Australia.

[@birdwalkz]

I knew a keen birder was going to pick up on this! I decided leave it as four cause the cause I didn't have time to go into a tangent for the uncommon white morph of the Eastern/Pacific Reef Egret and some lists still refer to it as a heron (even though it is in the genus egretta). I'll cover these oddities of the Reef Egret once I get decent footage of one 🙂 I've only ever seen the grey morph. Do you see the white morph often? Thanks for the comment

[@Calonectrisful]

​​@@birdwalkzI live in Europe so reef herons are not something I see frequently. If only ... White morphs I've only seen when visiting Australia. Those white herons can be confusing. Especially trying to figure out whether it's a great egret or an intermediate egret (s.l.). I remember the first one of the latter one (also in Oz) gave me quite the headache.

[@birdwalkz]

Great vs Intermediate/Plumed can be a real bugger to ID! Most times I only ID those when I get a clear view of the gape. Sometimes non-breeding Cattle Egrets can turn up in odd places adding more confusion into the white heron/egret mix. I liken the trickiness to gull id on your side of the world.

[@Calonectrisful]

@@birdwalkz Oh, gulls are a whole pther abll game., with all their age classes and such.

[@northern_cardinal_bird]

I thought "Why would you want to bird watch at an airport? That's like, the worst place for bird watching."

[@birdwalkz]

Yeah, besides Brisbane, my birding experience at airports has been dismal. It usually consults l consists of a couple of crows or a gull or two 😅

[@mrtokigan]

The were loads of interesting birds around the Hobart airport too! Probably because the area was nearby to some forested areas.

[@birdwalkz]

Cool. I'll have to check that out. I sense a bird watching across Australia's capital city airports series coming up, haha.

[@ronaldlauter8742]

do you guide tourists to brisbane hotspots for a fee thanks

[@birdwalkz]

Sorry not at the moment. I work full-time during the week. Maybe I'll get into guiding when I retire, haha. I run a free bird walk each month in various places around Brisbane, so you're welcome to join if you like. Checkout Facebook or Meetup for more details.

[@adamjseymour74]

I live in NSW after coming back here 30 years later. I hear them now.The lorikeets harass me on wet days.I'm not a fan of cockatoo gang no more after the damage. I get lorikeets, noisy miners, cockatoos, turtle doves, Aussie pigeons. a few magpies etc

[@gth042]

Well presented and informative, thanks!! The thumbnail is the best, btw 😅 🦜🛫 Cheers from North Carolina, US.

[@birdwalkz]

Glad you liked it. The idea for the thumbnail popped into my head whilst doing the walk. It would be quite scary a lorikeet that huge! I can't imagine how loud it would be 😂 Thanks for watching

[@gth042]

I'd be worried about the "agro". At least they eat fruit. A maggie or kookaburra on the other hand... Enjoy your walks!!