The 45 minute drive down from our digs at Torrumbarry resulted in stops to view brown falcon, white-fronted chat, Australasian pipit, brolga (did I mention?) & long-billed corella.
In the cool temperate rainforest & other bush surrounding Melbourne you can't leave a track, even if you wanted to, without a machete. It was strangely satisfying to walk in and amongst the actual bird habitat rather than view it from a track. Although I did do less of this after we saw several long reptiles.
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| Native pine and grasses |
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| The Mitiamo cemetery section |
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| Climbing Mt Terrick |
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| The team! |
The day was warm and we were there from about 10am until 3pm - not ideal for birding. Several sightings were lifers (of these a couple were suspected at the time but confirmed by photograph later on) but I feel we really dipped on a variety of honeyeaters that are often seen.
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| Black-faced cuckoo shrike - the immature birds still get me thinking I might have something new! |
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| Rufous songlark (above & below) AKA Noisius buggeris |
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| Red-capped robin |
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| Hooded robin |
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| Mistletoebird (after a big night I think) |
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| Southern whiteface (needs a wash) |
Hannah was great company and started keeping her own list. She pays greater attention to bird counts than I can be bothered with at times!
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| Written while driving on gravel Please excuse hand-writing! |
To the north of the forested section of the Park are some areas of designated Park described as native grassland. We had a brief look at the grasslands (didn't get out of the car) where people try to see Plains wanderer (at night I think). We found them difficult to distinguish from the farmed paddocks - some of the locals indicate that they are farmed paddocks (or have been).
I am very grateful to Peter Allen & Keith Stockwell's birding guide for Terrick published via Echuca BOCA's website:
And thanks to Tim Bawden for suggesting the place.
We were also hoping to see Diamond firetail but that's another story....
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