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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azzy" data-source="post: 1777116" data-attributes="member: 83206">Well, whether those things help or not, I don't really know, but it's just things that I noticed first anyway. If they help, all the better <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />You are right about that car park, I almost missed it again after I had to turn around from missing it the first time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />That's interesting that they're so quiet, not that they have to be noisy, but you'd think any relation of the little would be, hehe.Don't think I can get a lifer outta the guineafowl unfortunately, simply because I believe someone owns them, if they were actually living wild and not just escapees or something, I'd include them. Nevermind, they are still cool to see.Been back to the same spot yesterday and today, it really is a great spot. Got another lifer out of it yesterday in the form of a collared sparrowhawk, what a great looking bird. It didn't stay around very long, but I was prepared for it, there were plenty of alarm calls to let me know of it's approach. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance for a photo, but a nice long squizz through the bins was a real treat. Otherwise the honeyeaters are abundant and as noisy as ever, there's an absolute tonne of superb fairy wrens, I've seen both males in full plumage and those with non-breeding plumage. If I remember correctly the full plumaged bird must be an older male. There's also plenty of pardalotes, striated, and today I came across a spotted pardalote, how I love those birds. Only the second time I've seen one though, the first one I came across flew inside my car while I was driving, but that's another story <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I've also come to love the "Spink" call of the brown treecreepers, it's beautiful. There is one bird that currently has me confused though. It has the jizz of a female crescent honeyeater, but it seems a darker brown all over, rather than just on the back, and it doesn't seem to have crescent markings or the obvious yellow on the wings. I haven't managed to get a photo, but I think it may just be a juvenile, although the darkness of the breast and belly does have me confused. We'll see.Let me know when those reed warblers start singing again <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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