I sent a few hours around the middle of the day at Barton Park looking for birds. It turned out to be a fairly quiet time. I did see a Brown Goshawk perched in a tree near the bend in the cycleway, but it didn’t stay around long enough for a photo.
Here are some of the birds I did see –
Pied Stilts at the Landing Lights Wetland –
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
This Great Egret was hunting near the end of the Spring St Canal –
The Egret has a small fish.
Welcome Swallow
Back at the Wetlands. A New Holland Honeyeater –
Superb Fairy-wren
Brown Quail
I often spot three Quails, but this time I only saw one.
White-faced Heron
Pied Stilt
White-faced Heron
All of a sudden, all the Pied Stilts took off and circled around. They stayed in the air for a fair while. They usually take to the air like this when a raptor is around. I looked around the sky carefully but could not see any.
