I spent a nice day visiting Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside.
Eastern Spinebill
Compared to some of my other visits to this reserve, this one was relatively quiet. I like to see the resident Kingfishers, particularly the Azure Kingfishers, but on this visit I did not spot any. I did see one Sacred Kingfisher, and that was only for a short time.
In one of the ponds there were some Chestnut Teals with chicks –
I walked around the perimeter fire road three times during my visit. These were slow walks with lots of stops to see if any birds turn up. I could hear a lot of birds, but was not able to spot them or get them to stay still enough for photos. On my previous visit I had seen a number of Satin Flycatchers and one Rufous Fantail. This time I saw none of these. But I did manage to see some other nice birds. Here are some –
Eastern Rosella
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Olive-backed Oriole
Superb Fairy-wrens
Silvereye
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Spinebills
I saw two juvenile Spinebills flying around chattering together.
Yellow Thornbill
Spotted Pardalote
And here is a Dusky Moorhen on a nest in one of the ponds.
Hi!
Sorry for mentioning this again, but the ducks are Chestnut Teals.
I have seen chicks of Pacific Black Duck and Maned Duck, but never of Chestnut Teals. Hope to see them someday. I haven’t walked around for weeks due to bad weathers.
ooops!! Thanks for pointing out another of my careless mistakes. I do know the species well. Now fixed.