Kitchener

A re-invigorating bird outing with Grant on the weekend has started to bring me back to a birding photography mode after weeks of down time. While not too many photos were kept, we did manage to see quite a few species and I scored another lifer.

The morning was a cool one as we started out. Grant was hoping to see the reported Gang Gang Cockatoos and Swift Parrots recently spotted in the area. While a possible hearing of over flying Swifties was noted, we definitely scored with the Gang Gangs as a small flock of five were observed on the Kearsley South Fire trail.

We tried in vain to photograph Scarlet Robin as the sly bird kept us walking up and down the forest trying to get close enough for a picture.

Lots of mixed Thornbill flocks and a few Spotted Pardalotes kept us entertained and our shutters clicking like mad although we would have liked nicer light.

Species seen included Black Swan, WBSE, Eurasian Coot, Dusky Moorhen, Little Black Cormorant, Little Pied Cormorant and Great Cormorant, Thornbills (Brown, Striated, Buff-rumped and Yellow), Robins (Scarlet, Rose and Eastern Yellow), Honeyeaters (Yellow-tufted, White-eared, Black-chinned, Yellow-faced), Cuckoo-Shrikes (Black-faced and White-bellied), Gang Gang Cockatoo, Little Corella, Eastern and Crimson Rosella, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Grey Shrike Thrush, Spotted Pardalote, Eastern Spinebill, White-winged Chough and a couple of others I have obviously forgotten.