Waders

Town Common Conservation Park, Townsville, Australia, October 15, 2009

The tall birds in the middle are White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae (left), and Little Egret, Egretta garzetta (right). A somewhat out-of-focus Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles, is visible in the foreground. Another White-faced Heron is to the left, while a White-necked Heron, Ardea pacifica, is in the right background.