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Message: <blockquote data-quote="colonelboris" data-source="post: 1584906" data-attributes="member: 40117">Went off for a walk around the Royal Botanical Gardens and got a lifer in the form of an Australian Wood Duck within a couple of minutes.  Quite a few birds about, mainly common ones, but I did get to see an inordinate amount of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Noisy Miners.  Any ideas about why the Noisy Miners sit on sand and flower beds with their wings spread?  They didn't even appear to be dust-bathing, just lying with their wings spread out on the floor.I was almost certain there was a White-browed Woodswallow, but they all cleared off before I could move around the tree to get a better look, but a Butcherbird of some sort came in instead.  It appeared to be a juvenile and I didn't manage to catch which species it was.  There was also a light brown raptor of some sort, but again, too quick to get an ID.Photos to follow after dinner...</blockquote>