This is not today. Today was yuk. This is a week or so ago and the conditions were pretty cool but beautiful. I feel like letting the pictures do the talking today ....
Bird on!
The musings, photos and trip reports of a late-rising, fledgling birder from Melbourne, Australia. © Peter Shanley
Showing posts with label Red wattlebird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red wattlebird. Show all posts
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Angry Birds - White-browed scrubwrens
With their furrowed brows these angry little guys must seem truly terrible to their prey! I enjoyed these views of a small group at Blackburn Lake this week.
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| White-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) |
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| "Go ahead! Make my day!" |
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| Making like a robin |
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| Hunting |
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| Spotted something |
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| In for the kill! |
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| Distant view of Common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) |
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| Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) |
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| Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) sporting a magnificent yellow blush |
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| Crimson rosella (Platycerus elegans) |
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Mouth of Powlett River
Many and varied honeyeaters seen at the Ti-tree car park allowing good views and photo opportunities. A nice surprise was a Crescent honeyeater, a Victorian first for me.
Leaving the coastal banksia and ti-tree habitat a short trudge over the dune reveals a magnificent surf beach. Returning via the Powlett River estuary enables views of estuarine, reeds and salt-marsh habitats.
Today the flowering coastal banksia around the Ti-tree and Echidna car parks provided the best birding.
I have placed this car park on my list of Great Birding Car Parks!
Leaving the coastal banksia and ti-tree habitat a short trudge over the dune reveals a magnificent surf beach. Returning via the Powlett River estuary enables views of estuarine, reeds and salt-marsh habitats.
Today the flowering coastal banksia around the Ti-tree and Echidna car parks provided the best birding.
I have placed this car park on my list of Great Birding Car Parks!
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| Red wattlebird (Anthocaera carunculata) |
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| Red wattlebirds seemed to be outnumbering Little wattlebird 10 to 1. |
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| Little wattlebird (Anthocaera chyrsoptera) |
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| Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) |
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| Crescent honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus). Not a great photo but I was surprised to find one. |
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| Looking west towards Kilcunda |
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| There were a dozen or so surfers at the time. Mouth of Powlett (below). I was expecting a sand barred entrance but the river does flow to the sea. It has even cut a channel through the rock platform. |
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| Sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) |
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| Eastern grey kangaroo footprints (My guess - based on the 2 metre distance between prints and seeing some roos locally) |
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