Willis Island II
More images taken during my 6 month stint on Willis Island
October 2018 - giant clams and coral on the reefs just offshore
December 2018 - Green turtle tracks cross the beach
January 2019 - Juvenile Brown Booby doing a fly by
February 2019 - downbursts out of a squall line approaching the island from the Southeast
February 2019 - Beautiful face colouring of a Red Footed Booby
April 2019 - Farewell to 3 Red Footed Booby birds - a few days before departing Willis island
October 2018 - bird flying into the setting sun
December 2018 - Beautiful specimen of an adult male Brown Booby
January 2019 - Another epic tropical sunset
February 2019 - Male Brown Booby with it’s newly hatched chick
February 2019 - Hundreds, maybe thousands of birds, mostly Sooty terns, fill the evening sky during the breeding season
April 2019 - Sooty tern returns to its nest.
November 2018 - Big hermit crab on the beach
December 2018 - Ruddy Turnstone catching flies on the reef
January 2019 - Brown Booby fly by
February 2019 - Squall line approaching from the Southeast
February 2019 - Spectacular Crepuscular Rays
April 2019 - Pacific Golden Plover in breeding plumage
December 2018 - Setting sun
January 2019 - Black Noddy and it’s chick - Moral of this story: don’t build your nest on the lower branch
February 2019 - Common Noddy tern gathering on the southwest beach
February 2019 - Brown Booby in flight
April 2019 - Red Footed Booby nesting tree at the far southern end of the island
November 2018 - Bird silhouetted against sunset with crepuscular rays
December 2018 - Christmas sunset - Santa Clause on his sleigh pulled by reindeer
January 2019 - Black Noddy and it’s chick
February 2019 - Common Noddy terns gather on the leeward (NE) side of the island
February 2019 - Breeding time for the Sooty Terns
April 2019 - Mated pair of Red Footed Booby birds tending to their nest
December 2018 - Christmas Hermit Crab
January 2019 - Black Noddy chick
February 2019 - Juvenile Brown Booby performing a fly by
February 2019 - Altocumulus at sunset
February 2019 - A pair of Brown Booby birds fly past the setting sun
April 2019 - Breeding season for the Sooty terns
December 2018 - Itinerant species - Oriental Cuckoo
February 2019 - Welcome to Willis Island
February 2019 - ‘Squadron’ of Brown Booby birds overhead
April 2019 - Hundreds of breeding Sooty Terns at sunrise
December 2018 - Christmas day Thunderstorm
February 2019 - Juvenile Brown Booby birds gather on the southwestern side of the island
February 2019 - Hundreds, maybe thousands of birds, mostly sooty terns, in the sky at sunset
March 2019 - Beautiful facial markings of a Red Footed Booby
March 2019 - Sooty tern breeding season
March 2019 - Breeding season of the sooty terns with a evening rainbow
December 2018 - Male Brown Booby taking care of it’s growing chick
February 2019 - Partially buried crayfish carapace
March 2019 - Sooty terns fill the air during the breeding season
March 2019 - There is abundant varieties of coral and tropical fish amongst the reefs surrounding Willis Island
April 2019 - Mated Red Footed Booby pair building a nest
December 2018 - Brown Booby birds silhouetted against the sun and a solar halo
February 2019 - Female Brown Booby perched on a rock on the western side of the island
March 2019 - Reef extends from the north of the island
April 2019 - Sooty terns flying over the nesting ground at sunrise
January 2019 - Big swells whipped up by Tropical Cyclone Penny as it passed to the north of Willis Island
February 2019 - View across a new lagoon formed by the consistent Northwesterly winds and swell
March 2019 - Willis Island from above
March 2019 - Sunset over the Coral Sea
March 2019 - Clown fish on the reef at the northern end of the island
February 2019 - View of Willis Island from above
March 2019 - Close up of a female Brown Booby
March 2019 - Gorgeous day at low tide on the reef
March 2019 - Cumulus train to the west of the island
March 2019 - Mated pair of Red Footed Booby birds on their nest
March 2019 - Stunning Red Footed Booby basking in the early morning sun
April 2019 - After just over 6 months it was time to leave Willis Island
April 2019 - Heading towards the setting sun - next stop Cairns
April 2019 - Only a few hours to go before we reach Cairns