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<blockquote data-quote="Azzy" data-source="post: 1884257" data-attributes="member: 83206"><p>Over 3 months later I'm finally getting out and about again to do proper birding trips, what I have been doing is mostly opportunistic on my short walks to the store and whilst driving, which can be good; wedge-tailed eagles, red-rumped parrots, superb fairy wrens, brown treecreepers etc, but not as nice as just setting aside time for it.</p><p></p><p>I went out today just after midday, beautiful and sunny. Started off very well, seeing a breeding male <strong>superb fairy wren</strong> whilst driving and a <strong>white-throated treecreeper</strong> before I even got out of my car once I was parked. There was a beautiful male <strong>scarlet robin</strong> in the same tree, singing his little heart out and I managed to record the sound. The temperature would have been around 16, perhaps 17 celcius. Hardly any breeze, so I couldn't have really asked for a better day.</p><p></p><p>The highlight of the walk would certainly have to be the lifer. I was watching a small flock of <strong>crescent honeyeaters</strong> and <strong>yellow-faced honeyeaters</strong> bickering in the trees, among <strong>yellow thornbills</strong>, and I could hear a repeated descending trilling, fairly loud and repeated. It sounded like it was coming from the midst of all the honeyeaters, and not being able to remember what the yellow-faced honeyeater sounded like, I thought that perhaps it was that. But I wasn't really convinced, for some reason I thought that it would sound like a cuckoo, even though I've never heard one before. After 10 minutes or so I managed to discover the source, a beautiful, and thankfully easily identifiable <strong>fan-tailed cuckoo</strong>. The first cuckoo I have every seen! So needless to say, it made my day. Ended up with 23 species, which seems decent.</p><p></p><p>The list:</p><p>White-throated treecreeper (male)</p><p>Scarlet robin (male)</p><p>New holland honeyeater</p><p>Australian magpie (2 males, 3 females)</p><p>Striated pardalote</p><p>Red wattlebird</p><p>Welcome swallow</p><p>Adelaide rosella</p><p>Mistletoebird</p><p>White-naped honeyeater</p><p>White-winged chough (heard)</p><p>Yellow-rumped thornbill (heard)</p><p>Eastern spinebill (1 male, 1 female (pair))</p><p>Crescent honeyeater</p><p>Superb fairy wren (2 males, 3 females)</p><p>Yellow thornbill</p><p>Yellow-faced honeyeater</p><p>Brown-headed honeyeater</p><p>Fan-tailed cuckoo</p><p>Emu (1 immature, 1 adult pair)</p><p>Rainbow lorikeet</p><p>Buff-rumped thornbill</p><p>Weebill</p><p></p><p>and 8 Kangaroos. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> The photo is a fairly large crop of the cuckoo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azzy, post: 1884257, member: 83206"] Over 3 months later I'm finally getting out and about again to do proper birding trips, what I have been doing is mostly opportunistic on my short walks to the store and whilst driving, which can be good; wedge-tailed eagles, red-rumped parrots, superb fairy wrens, brown treecreepers etc, but not as nice as just setting aside time for it. I went out today just after midday, beautiful and sunny. Started off very well, seeing a breeding male [B]superb fairy wren[/B] whilst driving and a [B]white-throated treecreeper[/B] before I even got out of my car once I was parked. There was a beautiful male [B]scarlet robin[/B] in the same tree, singing his little heart out and I managed to record the sound. The temperature would have been around 16, perhaps 17 celcius. Hardly any breeze, so I couldn't have really asked for a better day. The highlight of the walk would certainly have to be the lifer. I was watching a small flock of [B]crescent honeyeaters[/B] and [B]yellow-faced honeyeaters[/B] bickering in the trees, among [B]yellow thornbills[/B], and I could hear a repeated descending trilling, fairly loud and repeated. It sounded like it was coming from the midst of all the honeyeaters, and not being able to remember what the yellow-faced honeyeater sounded like, I thought that perhaps it was that. But I wasn't really convinced, for some reason I thought that it would sound like a cuckoo, even though I've never heard one before. After 10 minutes or so I managed to discover the source, a beautiful, and thankfully easily identifiable [B]fan-tailed cuckoo[/B]. The first cuckoo I have every seen! So needless to say, it made my day. Ended up with 23 species, which seems decent. The list: White-throated treecreeper (male) Scarlet robin (male) New holland honeyeater Australian magpie (2 males, 3 females) Striated pardalote Red wattlebird Welcome swallow Adelaide rosella Mistletoebird White-naped honeyeater White-winged chough (heard) Yellow-rumped thornbill (heard) Eastern spinebill (1 male, 1 female (pair)) Crescent honeyeater Superb fairy wren (2 males, 3 females) Yellow thornbill Yellow-faced honeyeater Brown-headed honeyeater Fan-tailed cuckoo Emu (1 immature, 1 adult pair) Rainbow lorikeet Buff-rumped thornbill Weebill and 8 Kangaroos. :D The photo is a fairly large crop of the cuckoo. [/QUOTE]
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