Not an Australian bird story, but it is so bizarre that I thought it was worth sharing. At least it has an Australian connection where comment was sought from John Pogonoski, ichthyologist at CSIRO.
Alien-like photo shows snake eel dangling out of heron’s stomach in midair
https://www.livescience.com/snake-eel-bursts-out-of-heron.html
Stephen Ambrose,
Ryde NSW