BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azzy" data-source="post: 1889156" data-attributes="member: 83206">So, I was back at the same patch yesterday, armed and dangerous with my shiny new 550D. It was the first glimmer of sunshine we'd had since I bought it, so even though I was feeling a little ill, I had to get out there <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" /> I'm glad I did too.The scarlet robin was there to greet me once again when I got out of my car, he flew across the road, so I followed him over. He seemed curious about my new camera and came nice and close, allowing me some lucky shots of him. I also saw his lady friend very briefly, but she was camera shy <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" /> Next on the walk were plenty of Welcome to the forum, afraid I can't help you with the duck ID problem, a nice looking website you have though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />, the golden wattle has just started flowering, so it's attracting the nectar eaters, insects and insect eaters. There were also a few red-rumped parrots, which I would have liked to capture, but their camoflague is so good, I didn't even know they were on the ground a short way in front of me until they took off. Could've kicked myself for that!Following that, I got a glimpse of an Emu, I don't think he was aware of me, but he was still walking away from me (of course)! Earlier in the walk, I'd heard some laughing kookaburras, and I saw one flew between trees, I took it slow and quietly, but I couldn't get him in sight before he took off again. I like smaller birds in that way, they tend to be less fearful than the larger birds. My guess is because they have a faster take-off and are less conspicuous once they take off, they can just dart into any little bush and dissapear. I was really hoping to get a good shot of the kookaburra too. Nevermind, a kangaroo took his place instead.Once again, praise to the brave little birds, I got an eye-full of a lone little buff-rumped thornbill, who was happily munching his way through the lerps and other insects on a flowering golden wattle. There was also some other small thornbills in another tree... my guess is more buff-rumps as there was another one on the ground. I could hear a few weebills in the trees, although I couldn't get an eye on them, the same with striated pardalotes. Further up the track I could start to hear the fan-tailed cuckoo, the same as from the other day. There were also plenty of crescent honeyeaters calling although they didn't want to give me a good view.Around the corner I was very excited to come across a small foraging flock of Varied Sittellas. They gave me endless trouble hiding behind twigs when I was trying to photograph them, but they're real characters. A lifer for me =) So it was great watching them. I was hoping for the brown-headed or yellow-faced honeyeaters that were in the same location previously but I didn't see them. There was however another pair of scarlet robins, the male was quite busy chasing away crescent honeyeaters. After that, I got a peek of the fan-tailed cuckoo again, which was nice and some white-winged choughs. So it was a nice walk and great to get a feel for the new camera.1. Scarlet robin2. Western grey kangaroo3. Buff-rumped thornbill4. Female varied sittella race pileata5. Male varied sittella race pileata</blockquote>

Verification