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Message: <blockquote data-quote="colonelboris" data-source="post: 1573104" data-attributes="member: 40117">Thanks everyone!This morning, I woke up early again an went for a walk before work.  Down near the Fish Market, I managed to get my first look at an Australian Pelican, which was resting on a boom.  A bit further round, by the Anzac Bridge, was a Willie Wagtail, showing the odd, sideways-sweeping tail.It's not actually a wagtail, but a fantail flycatcher (which also aren't flycatchers in the European sense).  A cormorant of some type flew past and settled with some others, which on closer inspection were Little Black Cormorants, which really are quite little - with bodies barely larger than the Silver Gulls (which in turn are about Black-headed Gull sized).  Walking back through Wentworth Park, there were a pair of Masked Lapwings an also Tree Martins, which were landing and gathering up soil, by the look of things.  I'd also seen a Welcome Swallow picking up mud near the Fish Market.It'll be interesting to see what I can see this weekend.  As it's winter here, it's dark when I leave work, so it'll be nice to get some birding done outside of pre-breakfast walks.</blockquote>