PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Motacilla tschutschensis  

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
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© Geoff Walker 2013
Sandgate, QLD (Jan, 2013)

An alert on the Birdlife Birdline website sent me scurrying to Dowse Lagoon in search of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Fortunately I met another birder who gave me precise directions on where to view it. Soon there were three of us, and then five, and more probably turned up after I left. It was dark, gloomy and showery but with a 2x on a 400mm f5.6 lens, I was able to get some meaningful photos.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

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Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima