Bird Watching: More birds from Down Under, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
New Holland Honeyeater. Focus is dodgy, but I just love the colours.

There are so many different birds in the area where I watch the Ospreys. This afternoon, in addition to these two types of honeyeater I also saw more Rainbow Bee Eaters, a Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike, Kookaburras, Red Wattlebirds, Port Lincoln Ringnecks (28's), Rainbow Lorikeets, Brown Honeyeaters, Willie Wagtails (with babies), Laughing Turtledoves, Spotted Doves and some tiny little birds that I couldn't get a look at.

Down below I saw an Australian Pelican, Pied and Black Cormorants, Silver Gulls, Divers and could hear, but not see Pied Oyster catchers. There's always something to see. At one stage I was torn between getting a photo of the male Osprey who I thought was about to take off and two Rainbow Birds. The Osprey won out as I'd spend an hour sitting on the damp ground waiting for him to move.