Photographed at Healesville Sanctuary, as the Brolga was preening. Healesville Sanctuary is a zoo specialising in Australian species. It is located in Victoria, Australia.
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A pair of Dancing Brolgas fly over the Town Common, Townsville, North Queensland. Go to Deb’s website for more info on workshops, giclee prints, sculpture and news on this Townsville North Queensland Australian Artist.
Acrylic and Mixed Media / Painted by Ciska 03/2008 / ORIGINAL SOLD / 76.2cm x 101.6cm Leaping and flapping their spread wings, a majectic pair of mated adult brolgas reinforce their bond with an elaborate and enthusiastic courtship dance. Comprising intricate sequences of coordinated bows, theatrical jumps, runs and short flights, dancing is the most spectacular of all the brolga’s social behaviours.
Brolgas on green
The Brolga is a large Australian crane. It is a wetland species, found in tropical and eastern Australia.
Australian Christmas card
Brolga , an Australian Crane at Healesville Sanctuary , Victoria .
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia This photo of a Brolga was taken near Normanton, north Queensland, Australia
Located Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Detail from a work called “Dancing Brolga” by Terrance Plowright.
This work relates an Aboriginal dreamtime legend. Pastel on Colourfix Paper / 50 cm X 35 cm / Original SOLD
Native Australian crane
Brolga Grus rubicunda. A member of the crane family of which only two species can be found in Australia. These two were photographed at a waterhole near Darwin in the Northern Territory. / . / African wildlife / Desert Elephants of Namibia / Humpback Whale cards / Australian mammals / Black and whites / Landscapes / Reptiles / Other stuff / Australian birds / – Waterbirds / – Birds of prey / – Small passerines / – Cockatoos and parrots / – Kookaburras and kingfishers / – Honeyeaters and miners / – Miscellaneous species
A Brolga resting with it’s beak in it’s feathers.
Brolga Grus rubicunda. Photographed in flight across Lake Moondarra near Mt Isa, Queensland. / . / African wildlife / Desert Elephants of Namibia / Humpback Whale cards / Australian mammals / Black and whites / Landscapes / Reptiles / Other stuff / Australian birds / – Waterbirds / – Birds of prey / – Small passerines / – Cockatoos and parrots / – Kookaburras and kingfishers / – Honeyeaters and miners / – Miscellaneous species
Spotted these two on the roadside in Western Australia.
There is perhaps no more stately Australian bird than the pale grey, long legged Brolga. When dancing, Brolgas line up roughly opposite each other before starting movements: they step forwards on the long, stilt legs with wings half-open and shaking. Bowing and bobbing their heads advance and retire. Brolgas pair for life and while common in the far north are vunerable or endanged in the southern states. This pair are reside near Coffs Harbour NSW. My first sight of this pair as they rose at daybreak was breath taking. Their movements were stately and refined as they silhouetted against the morning light.
Brolgas take graceful flight on Townsville Common
A friend of mine did a study on these guys (actually I think some of you may know him!) and I always thought that they would be great study species. I am sure he knows some interesting facts about them, all I know is that they are one of two cranes found in Australia and they are stately and dignified and threatened in southern Australia because wetlands are drained for farms (or the water taken to water farms). Brolga (Grus ribicundus), near Bourke, NSW, Australia.
Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Grus nubiciunda shot near the King George River in the Kimberly. I had heard th Brolga buggling to each other for two days, and tried to find them without success. The moment I stopped looking this one basically walked through our camp.
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