Last For The Month.

Drove out to Mckinnon Point last Wednesday with the intention of having a long sit at a small pool of water. Sat for 1 and a half hours for the big result of 2 birds. Brown Thornbill and Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. I then walked up the four wheel drive track and to the walking track back to the Blue Pool. A few small birds flitting around, wrens and thornbills.
I then drove over to Heyfield Wet Lands and got a couple of Grebes and a New Holland Honeyeater.

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater.

Grown Thornbill.

Grebe.

New Holland Honeyeater.

Ross.

Common Again

Another one of my walks through the Sale Common gave me a surprise with the sighting of three Azure Kingfishers, but not many other birds. I estimate the water level is now 4'6" down from last winter. Have seen masses of Carp wallowing around on top of the water literally.

Whistling Kite.

Azure Kingfisher No1.

Azure Kingfisher No 2.

Azure Kingfisher No 3.

White Faced Heron. (or no-neck Heron).

Wasp.

Ross.

Port Albert

Went for a drive down to Port Albert, Agnes Falls and White Women's Waterhole last Thursday. Not much water coming down Agnes Falls, but took some good photos.  Plenty of immature Pacific Gulls at Port Albert and not much to see at White Women's Waterhole.

Pacific Gull. (Immature)

Nankeen Night Heron.

Nankeen Night Heron.

Nankeen Night Heron.

Kookaburra. (Immature)  Looking at Black Snake below.

 Red Bellied Black Snake. 

Pacific Gull. (Immature).

Ross.

Another McKinnon's Point Sit.

Last Friday Julie and I went back to McKinnon's Point, no Peregrine Falcons to be seen. We walked downstream about 150 Metres to the first puddle of water and set up our gear. We arrived there at Mid-day which is not the best  time for the birds at the water. After 2 hours we had eleven species, not all photographed; but the ones I did catch follow. An Azure Kingfisher flew past and disappeared down the creek.

This is what you photograph when the birds are scarce.

White Browed Scrub Wren.

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. There were 5 of these and they stayed around for about 20 minutes.

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

Golden Whistler.

Ross.