Pied Currawong

This Pied Currawong has been photographed at Tweed Heads, Northern, New South Wales. I love the challenge of photographing birds, some birds are quite difficult to get close enough, but these Currawongs are quite easy to capture, being so large and relatively quiet to get close. I liked the positioning of this bird with the ocean in the background and thought it would make a pleasing image. Generally when I set out on a photographic trip I aim for certain subjects and on this trip was not really prepared for birds.

It is relatively easy to get quite close to these Currawongs and for this image I used my Nikon D700 and 24-120mm VR, zoom lens, not really a birding lens as I was really photographing seascapes. For most birding I will use my favourite lens, the 300mm, f/4.0, with a monopod, however the shorter zoom proved to be quite suitable in this case.

The currawong is essentially a bird of the open forest and frequents the Eastern part of Australia.

As I set out to capture a seascape on this trip, I have also included another image from Tweed Heads, as the rocky coastline is beautiful in this area.

Tweed Heads

This image has also been captured with the 24-120mm zoom lens.