G’day Readers,
Yesterday I squeezed in a half day ramble
through a favourite patch of the Mullungdung Forest south of Rosedale. This bit
of country is a mixture of eucalypt and banksia trees with tracts of understory
scrub and heath.
The birds were quiet but I got some views
of the usual Eastern Yellow Robins, blue wrens, Brown Thornbills and the odd
honeyeater, etc. To compensate for the
lack of avian life, some of the understory shrubs were starting to show off, so
there was plenty to look at.
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| Bushy Needlewood Hakea? |
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| Bushy Needlewood? |
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| Common Heath |
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| Common Heath |
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| Common Correa |
While lying prone for some shots of the
correa, a small bird flitted past and landed a short distance away to watch me.
I rolled to one side and untangled the binoculars to discover it was a
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren. I’d seen this uncommon little bird several times
before in this spot but not been able to get a decent picture. By the time I
got to my knees and changed camera settings, the bird had moved away back into
the scrub, but a quiet search revealed it again briefly in the distance. I got
one shot.
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| Gotcha |
I’ll just have to return.
Regards,
Gouldiae.
Congratulations! I find these little birds difficult to get a decent look at, let alone a good photograph such as yours.
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Thanks Martin - it was a lucky break is all. Previous sightings have been very brief and/or distant. Nice to get it though, and nice to know that the bird(s) is still there, as I've been seeing them over a couple of years now.
ReplyDeleteNice one Gouldiae
ReplyDeleteFantastic, great to know they are in that area
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