Mild tempered wildlife

Sometimes you get the opportunity to go somewhere that has wildlife that isn't too worried about people. Luckily for me, there's plenty of places like this in Australia. These couple of photos are of a Curlew which was part of family I found. I was able to get within inches of this one, It just laid still as if it were wary of me but unlike Curlews normally do, it didn't worry about me enough to run off.

I had no idea how brightly coloured their eyes were until now, and although they aren't the most colourful or active birds, they still have a pretty interesting personality. the reason why I couldn't get a photo of the other parent or the young Curlew was because they were way too intrigued by what on earth my camera was and why it kept making noises, and they wouldn't stay still (apparently, camera lenses look edible to a Curlew).
Next time I'm out that way though I will try to take a few of the younger one anyway, but I don't like my chances of it not running around like a maniac...