2010.5.16

Bird feed: Round Robin

At Longneck Creek I spied a bird, but was distracted by another. At Castlereagh, I thought it a pointless trip till I saw a robin. I got fabulous pics of a Rose Robin, but it wasn't till I saw my pics from Longneck that I realised I had both a female and a male.

2010.5.9

Bird feed: Bird in hand

Oh! how I so want to see a Rose Robin, or get a photo of a Scarlet Robin. I tried a site that is supposed to be good for them but dipped. However, I didn't come away empty handed; I added to my Thornbill list with the Buff-rumped Thornbill.

2010.5.8

Bird feed: Back in the ACT

During my work week at Black Mountain, I spent my breaks in the National Botanic Gardens. Being back in an old haunt highlighted my improved birding skills as I saw a handfull of new location sightings , female Satin Bowerbird, Brown Thornbill, as well as a new species!

2010.4.24

Bird feed: Star Spangled Drongo

My original sighting of the Spangled Drongo was up north and found me with my jaw at my feet and my camera in my tent. This was a bit more successful, even with 5 trips to Sugarloaf Point chasing sightings. I also saw some interesting fungi.drongo with mantis

2010.4.20

Bird feed

It seems like aeons since my last new bird—working full time is seriously impeding my birding mojo. I am being even more targeted in my locations, and it's paying off. I've seen both the Black Noddy and the Grey-tailed Tattler at Long Reef recently.

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