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In this 60-second exposure, a lot of southern constellations are rising, and most of them are birds. Just left of center is Grus (the Crane), which looks like floppy upside-down cross with lots of double stars. On the far left, there are three stars in a vertical line: the bottom two form one wing of Phoenix. The two stars in a somewhat horizontal line, at the bottom and just left of center, belong to Tucana (the Toucan). The brightest star in the lower right belongs to Pavo (the Peacock).
There are also two faint constellations that don't look like anything: Indus (the Indian) is the collection of faint stars between Grus, Tucana, and Pavo. Microscopium (the Microscope) is in the upper right.
With guide-lines, Grus can be imagined into a crane with a little work. Indus, on the other hand...
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