RHH's photos with the keyword: cairns

The Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia, is the world's largest Tern. It has a wide distribution and can be seen in the USA though we've never seen it there. This one was photographed along the esplanade in Cairns.

This is Willie Wagtail, a common bird in Australia. He was photographed along the esplanade in Cairns.

We saw so many new birds in Australia that we weren't able to keep up with trying to identify them. With the new lens I purchased just before leaving for Australia I was able to get some decent photos of them, too. This is the Masked Lapwing or Spur-winged Plover, a very common bird, photographed in this case from the esplanade in Cairns.

On the first day of our arrival in Australia, after checking in at our youth hostel, we drove up the Kennedy Highway, the main route out of Cairns to the Atherton Tablelands. This photo was taken from a viewpoint along that highway and shows the Cairns airport (the city is behind the hill on the right) and the area north of Cairns.

This is the Australian Pelican photographed along the esplanade in Cairns. Saturday was mostly a travel day. We drove from Port Douglas to Cairns and then flew to Brisbane. We were early to Cairns and our flight was delayed, so we spent some time walking along the esplanade. We've seen so many new birds here in Australia it is a bit overwhelming.