Ian’s Bird of the Week

Ian Montgomery is a fantastic photographer in Australia. He has a website called Birdway which has his photos of the Birds of the World. He has them indexed as follows:

Birds of the World

Australian Birds

Old World Birds

New World Birds

Bird of the Week

Ian had given permission for me to use his photos in my blogs, and now I am posting his Bird of the Week newsletters here. I will be adding my observations of the birds below his. We trust you will enjoy this joint effort to present Ian’s Bird of the Week.

(Updated 9-6-11: Ian’s Phone #’s were changed and some of the older posts still have the old #s. Here are his current numbers – mobile/cell phone 0411 602 737 (or from outside Australia +61-411 602 737  – also – You should email him on ian@birdway.com.au)

Below are the Bird of the Week Newsletter articles:

Bird and Newsletter Date

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Introduction

Solitary Sandpiper – 3/17/22

Green Sandpiper – 3/16/22

Nordmann’s Greenshank – 2/17/22

Toco Toucan – 5/8/21

Isla de la Plata, Equador ~ 10/23/20

Christmas Island Birds ~ 08/11/20

Island Thrush ~ 05/17/20

Bare-faced Curassow ~ 3/24/20

Greater Rhea ~ 2/28/20

Spangled Drongo ~ 1/21/20

Great Horned and Ferruginous Pygmy Owls ~ 1/4/20

Long-tailed Meadowlark ~ 1/23/19

Jabiru ~ 12/19/19

Andean Condor ~ 12/6/19

Hyacinth Macaw ~ 11/24/19

Sunbittern ~ 10/29/19

White-tailed (Sea) Eagles – 9/9/19

White-eared Monarch ~ 4/9/19

Gentoo Penguin ~ 3/26/19

Australian Grebe ~ 2/7/19

Satin and Leaden Flycatchers ~ 2/3/19

Grey Falcon  12/23/18

Red-browed Pardalote 12/4/18

Black-breasted Buzzard ~ 10/10/18

Masked Booby ~ 10/15/18

Night Birds  10/3/18

Masked Finch ~ 8/24/18

Eastern Grass Owl ~ 12/30/17

Brahminy Kite  10/24/17

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ~ 4/19/17

Brown Wood Owl ~ 2/6/17

Eurasian (Three-toed) Woodpecker ~ 1/17/17

Crimson Finch I ~ 11/10/16 Crimson Finch II ~ 12/24/16

Masked Booby ~ 10/15/16

Long-tailed and White-winged Trillers ~ 9/5/16

Red Kite ~ 8-18-16

Common Buzzard ~ 7-11-16

European Bee-eater ~ 6/13/16

Southern Lapwing ~ 5/24/16

Red-wattled Lapwing ~ 4/19/16

Masked Lapwing ~ 4/05/16

Northern Lapwing ~ 3/14/16

Barn Swallow ~ 3/2/16

Barred Honeyeater ~ 2/11/16

Azure Kingfisher ~ 2/3/16

Black Bittern ~ 1/28/16

New Zeland Pipit ~ 1/12/16

Temminck’s Stint ~ 1/1/16

Oriental Plover ~ 12/10/15

Crimson Rosella ~ 11/20/15

Oriental Pratincole ~ 11/12/15

Tomtit – 10/30/15

Snares Penguin ~ 10/23/15

Fuscous Honeyeater ~ 10/14/15

Princess Parrot ~ 10/2/15

Lesser Sooty Owl ~ 9/8/15

Ouvéa Parakeet ~ 9/2/15

Diary of a Bird Photographer! ~ 9/1/15

Small Lifou White-eye ~ 8-27-15

Yellow-bellied Flyrobin ~ 8/7/15

Crow Honeyeater ~ 7/31/15

Horned Parakeet ~ 7/27/15

Kagu, Episode 2 ~ 7/13/15

Kagu ~ 7/6/15

Great Crested Grebe ~ 6/20/15

Diamond Dove ~ 6/16/15

Galah ~ 6/6/15

White-browed Scrubwren ~ 5/28/15

Atherton Scrubwren ~ 5/18/15

White-necked Heron ~ 5/29/15

White-faced Heron ~ 4/19/15

Collared Sparrowhawk ~ 4/17/15

Black-faced Monarch ~ 4/15/15

Pilotbird ~ 3/31/15

Greater Sooty Owl ~ 3/18/15

Budgerigar ~ 3/4/15

Pied Butcherbird ~ 2/23/15

Common/Black-billed Magpie ~ 2/9/15

Australian Magpie ~ 2/2/15

European Goldfinch ~ 1/21/15

Zebra Finch ~ 1/12/14

Collard Kingfisher ~ 12-31-14

Christmas Island White-eye ~ 12/23/14

Squatter Pigeon ~ 12/22/14

Northern Goshawk ~ 11/17/14

Lammergeier (Missió Complerta!) ~ 11/7/14

Cinerous/Eurasian Vulture ~ 10-28-14

Griffon Vulture ~ 10-24-14

Cream-coloured Courser ~ 9-27-14 (Sep 29)

Crab Plover ~ 9-22-14

Stamp of the Week – Antipodean Albatross ~ 9-13-14

Fiordland Penguin ~ 9-5-14

Great Frigatebird ~ 8-28-14

Pale-headed Rosella ~ 8-24-14

Masked Woodswallow ~ 8-14-14

Australian King Parrot ~ 7-31-14

Plum-headed Finches ~ 6-28-14

Hall’s Babbler ~ 6-12-14

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush ~ 5-21-14

Black-breasted Buzzard ~ 5-8-14

Greater Sand Plover ~ 4-14-14

Black-winged Stilt ~ 3-30-14

Coal Tit ~ 3-17-14

Red-capped Parrot ~ 3-15-14

Black-fronted Tern ~ 3-10-14

Yellowhammer ~ 2-17-14

Eurasian Bullfinch ~ 2-3-14

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin/Munia ~ 1-23-14

New Zealand Pigeon ~ 12-26-13

Bower’s Shrike-thrush (Shrikethrush) ~ 12-09-13

American (and Pacific) Golden Plover ~ 11-30-13

Rufous Whistler ~ 11-13-13

Spotted Pardalote ~ 10-30-13

Tooth-billed Bowerbird ~ 10-9-13

Freckled Duck ~ 9-30-13

Sarus Crane ~ 9-19-13

Swamp Harrier ~ 9-2-13

Southern Giant-Petrel ~ 8-7-13

Flesh-footed Shearwater ~ 7-16-13

Flock Bronzewing ~ 6-30-13

Hoary-headed Grebe ~ 6-19-13

Double-banded Plover ~ 6-2-13

Providence Petrel ~ 5-20-13

Lord Howe Woodhen ~ 5-11-13

White-throated (and Large-tailed) Nightjar ~ 4-29-13

Letter-winged Kite ~ 3-27-13

Strong-billed Honeyeater ~ 3-27-13

Tasmanian Thornbill ~ 3-13-13

Tasmanian Native-hen ~ 2-14-13

Yellow Wattlebird ~ 1-31-13

Channel-billed Cuckoo ~ 1-21-13

Mistletoebird ~ 12-23-12

Green Catbird ~ 12-18-12

Powerful Owl ~ 12-9-12

(Southern Cassowary) and Solar Eclipse ~ 11-14-12

Common Redshank ~ 11-4-12

European Honey Buzzard ~ 10-14-12

Brent/Brant Goose ~ 9-28-12

Barnacle Goose ~ 9-11-12

Sooty Oystercatcher ~ 8-17-12

White-throated Dipper ~ 8-6-12

Little Grebe ~ 7-24-12

Bohemian Waxwing ~ 7-5-12

Black Woodpecker ~ 6-26-12

Ruff ~ 6-19-12

Chinese Pond Heron ~ 6-11-12

Royal Albatrosses ~ 6-3-12

Grey Goshawk ~ 5-24-12

Black-winged Petrel ~ 5-14-12

(Norfolk Island) Golden Whistler ~ 5-4-12

Eungella Honeyeater ~ 4-22-12

Cape Petrel ~ 4-17-12

Grey Ternlet (Noddy) ~ 4-10-12

Common White Tern ~ 4-2-12

Pacific Robin ~ 3-26-12

Norfolk Island Parakeet ~ 3-16-12

Yellow-crowned Parakeet ~ 3-8-12

New Zealand/Sub-Antarctic Snipe ~ 2-29-12

Aukland and Campbell Islands Teal ~ 2-17-12

Kea ~ 1-26-12

Paradise Shelduck ~ 1-16-12

South Island Wren/New Zealand Rockwren ~ 1-9-12

King Penguin ~ 12-29-11

Red-crowned Parakeet ~ 12-20-11

Royal Penguin ~ 12-10-11

Light-mantled Albatross ~ 12-1-11

Black Stilt ~ 11-15-11

NZ/Australasian Shoveler ~ 11-13-11

Black-tailed Treecreeper ~ 10-29-11

Red-kneed Dotterel ~ 10-17-11

Spotless Crake ~ 10-11-11

Tropical Scrubwren ~ 9-30-11

White-streaked Honeyeater ~ 9-23-11

Magnificent Riflebird ~ 9-12-11

Trumpet Manucode ~ 9-6-11

Victoria’s Riflebird ~ 8/21/11

Campbell/Black-browed Albatross ~ 8-14-11

Double-eyed Fig Parrot ~ 8-2-11

Tiger Shrike ~ 7-21-11

Comb-crested Jacana ~ 7-11-11

Little Grassbird ~ 7-3-11

Baillon’s Crake ~ 6-27-11

White-headed Pigeon ~ 6-15-11

Red-billed Tropicbird ~ 6-6-11

Crimson-crested Woodpecker ~ 5-30-11

Masked Booby ~ 5-20-11

Eastern Yellow Robin ~ 5-10-11

Eastern Roselle ~ 5-04-11

Turquoise Parrot ~ 4-25-11

Canary (Yellow) White-eye ~ 4-15-11

Little Egret ~ 4-6-11

White-bellied Cuckooshrike ~ 3-27-11

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater ~ 3-13-11

Lesser Frigatebird ~ 3-2-11

Superb Fruit-Dove ~ 2-20-11

Olive-backed/Yellow-bellied Sunbird ~ 2-17-11

Black-breasted Buttonquail ~ 1-30-11

Laughing Kookaburra ~ 1-23-11

Red-necked Phalarope ~ 1-15-11

White-tailed Kite ~ 1-7-11

Metallic Starling ~ 1-2-11

Scarlet Robin ~ 12-24-10

Spectacled (Streak-chested) Antpitta ~ 12-19-10

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan ~ 12-09-10

Slaty Flowerpiercers (and Hummingbirds) – 12/02/10

Scintillant Hummingbird – 11/25/10

Violaceous Trogon ~ 11-17-10

White-whiskered Puffbird ~ 11-11-10

Asian Dowitcher ~ 11-3-10

Boat-billed Heron ~ 10-30-10

Resplendent Quetzal ~ 10-18-10

Clark’s Nutcracker ~ 10-14-10

Sora ~ 9-29-10

Wilson’s Warbler ~ 9-21-10

American Bittern ~ 9-14-10

Bullers’ Shearwater ~ 9-7-10

Anna’s Hummingbird ~ 9-1-10

Pacific Loon ~ 8-26-10

Tooth-billed Bowerbird ~ 8-20-10

Banded Lapwing ~ 8-5-10

White-breasted Woodswallow ~ 7-28-10

Cape Barren Goose ~ 8-14-10

Banded Lapwing ~ 8-5-10

Eastern Spinebill ~ 7-21-10

Magpie Goose ~ 7-14-10

Australian Bustard ~ 7-9-10

Willie Wagtail ~ 6-30-10

White-rumpted/Australian Swiftlet ~ 6-22-10

Silver-crowned Friarbird ~ 6-16-10

Palm Cockatoo ~ 6-9-10

Whistling Kite ~ 5-31-10

Splendid Fairy Wren ~ 5-27-10

Cattle Egret ~ 5-20-1-

Striped Honeyeater ~ 5-13-10

Southern Boobook ~ 5-4-10

White-winged (Black Tern) ~ 4-27-10

Black-fronted Dotterel ~ 4-20-10

Christmas Imperial Pigeon ~ 4-16-10

Welcome Swallow ~ 4-6-10

Spotted Bowerbird ~ 3-31-10

Banded Honeyeater ~ 3-21-10

Helmeted Friarbird ~ 3-14-10

Pheasant Coucal ~ 03-06-10

Golden Bowerbird ~ 02-28-10

Olive-backed Oriole ~ 02-19-10

Chestnut Teal ~ 02-14-10

Little Tern ~ 02-07-10

Bassian Thrush ~ 01-28-10

Displaying Superb Lyrebird ~ 01-21-10

Yellow-legged Flyrobin ~ 01-16-10

Bar-breasted Honeyeater ~ 1/3/09

Masked Finch ~ 12-26-09

Frill-necked Monarch ~ 12-16-09

Golden-shouldered Parrot ~ 12-08-09

Black-winged Monarch ~ 12-07-09

Spotted Whistling-Duck ~ 12-04-09

Rufous-banded Honeyeater ~ 11-21-09

White-throated Needletail ~ 11-15-09

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ~ 11-05-09

Raja (Radjah) Shelduck ~ 10-28-09

Spotted Harrier ~ 10-23-09

White-breasted Whistler ~ 10-13-09

Yellow-rumped Munia/Mannikin ~ 10-06-09

Gouldian Finch ~ 10-03-09

Hooded Parrot ~ 9-23-09

Banded Fruit-Dove ~ 9-18-09

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon ~ 9-16-09

Red-collared Lorikeet ~ 9-3-09

Green-Backed Gerygone ~ 9-2-09

White-throated Gerygone ~ 8-22-09

Wedge-tailed Eagle ~ 8-13-09

Black Swan ~ 8-5-09

Chowchilla ~ 7-31-09

White-browed Babbler ~ 7-23-09

African Penguin ~ 7-16-09

Red-capped Robin ~ 7-11-09

Brush and Common Bronzewings ~ 7-3-09

Varied Sittella ~ 6-10-09

Red-necked Stint ~ 4-1-09

Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch ~ 3-25-09

Crested Tern ~ 3-20-09

Red-faced Cormorant ~ 3-10-09

Australian Hobby ~ 3-1-09

(Pale-vented) Bush-hen ~ 2-24-09

Red-legged Kittiwake ~ 2-17-09

Cedar Waxwing ~ 2-9-09