Redwren Photography

A beautiful female or young male Paradise riflebird (𝘗𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘴) seen at Ravensbourne NP just recently. There are 4 species of Riflebird, of which Australia has 3. The male is simply divine and has an elaborate and spectacular courtship routine.

They are dependent on rainforest, another species in decline due to forest clearing.

I’m stoked to see one in a place where they’re hard to find and that means not many people will bother them. Plus we fought off the leeches literally crawling up our legs, like nothing I have ever seen 🪱😦…😂