Peak birding time and at last pressure at work begins to ease.
I commented early in the year on the absence of Silvereyes, well they still haven't arrived but nature 'abhors a vacuum' and we've noted that the bushes have been busy with Brown and Buff-rumped Thornbills. These tiny little birds (about 9-10 cms long and weighing in at a heft 7-grammes) have been flitting around in the Grevilleas in pursuit of bugs seemingly unconcerned by the chase games being played by the Honeyeaters (Brown, Scarlet and White-throated) who prefer the nectar provided by the flowers. Indeed, the Brown Thornbills are far more interested in inspecting the dead flowers where the juicy bugs are lurking.
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| Brown Thornbill |
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| Buff-rumped Thornbill |
Meanwhile, back on the gradually evaporating dam my Rainbows (fish) are being culled by an Intermediate Egret who seems to have set up home.
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| Hunting from the long grass at the waters edge |
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| Success, a fat, juice Rainbow fish. |
It's a good job that the Rainbows are such prolific breeders.
Talking about Rainbows, the Rainbow Lorikeetts have been performing their usual acrobatics on the Bottlebrush tree which has flowered well this year.
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| I'm unsure as to why feeding upside down is so popular |
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| but it's all the rage on the Bottlebrush |
The fish are the only thing breeding as its Joey season... I've been very please to see we appear to be getting up to half a dozen Wallabies on the dam wall most morning and at least two of which are carrying joeys. This one looks as if its about time he got out on his own two legs, but perhaps he's the stroppy teenager type.
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| Red-necked Wallaby |
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| Tilly |
and back to the birds...
Regulars
Australian Magpie
Bar-shouldered Dove
Brown Honeyeater
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| Brown Thornbill |
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Common Bronzewing
Galah
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| King Parrot |
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Corella
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| Little Corella |
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
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| Olive-backed Oriole |
Pacific Black Duck
Peaceful Dove
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Plumed Whistling Duck
Rainbow Lorikeet
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| Scarlet Honeyeater |
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Common (Seen Weekly)
Brown Thornbill
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| Gulp! |
Welcome Swallow
Uncommon (Seen occasionally)
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
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| Crested Pigeon |
Eastern Boobook
Magpie Lark
Masked Plover
Pale-headed Rosella
Rainbow Bee Eater
Australian Ibis
Glossy Black Cockatoo
