This was our second stay here (see From Adelaide to Mount Barney and Mount Barney birds) and above is a reminder of the wonderful setting (even under cloud). The pond had been cleared of vegetation, so the pond life was far less active than earlier ... but as you will see below, a different time of year (July in full winter this time compared to April last time) brought quite a different range of birds 😊.This first of several posts highlights that range in just our first 3 hours on our first day. Quite a treat!
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| Greeted by a pair of pond geese |
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| Lewin's honeyeater on a log |
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| Lewin's honeyeater scanning at ground level |
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| The tiny but striking red-backed fairy wren |
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Although I have already included a Lewin's honeyeater, this one was very willing to allow me to get close and so I was able to get a couple of very sharp images in two quite gorgeous and varied natural environments
Clearly not a bird 😉 but it does have beautiful ornate patterned and colourful wings that contrast with the grassy perch. Quite the sight when they are spread soaking up the sun in a simialr way I enjay catching the pose of the darter on the rock wall by the river.
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| A basking monarch butterfly |
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| A peaceful dove ... being peaceful! |
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| A pair also being peaceful ... great camoflage! |
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| A (tiny) silvereye - a closer study in a later post. |
After individual sightings in different locations earlier it was interesting to see the co-perching of the bar-shouldered and peaceful dove on a powerline when we got back to the main common lawn area. The offerings below provide a sense of the co-perching poses first (same line but different directions, and a sense of the smaller size of the peaceful dove is also presented) and then indivually zoomed poses of each type to highlight the colour variations. |
| Bar-shouldered dove (one had shifted its perch) |
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| Perched on a wire - peaceful dove |
And a real treat to keep an eye on this visit then appeared - a peacock! What a backdrop and perch, entirely befitting such a splendid display of grandeur! Gradual zooms to highlight that grandeur ... and I promise even better ones to follow!
Also in the common yard, posing on the crushed granite this time was the pair of pond geese, and not too far away the gander - not quite as handsome as Fred down in Bellingen, but hey, he still has his hareem 😉.
A couple of varietues of guinea fowl were also present, one with much darker plummage, both with the same characteristic red beak protruding from a white face that is very small in comparison to their large plump bodies.
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| A peaceful dove grazing beneath the vines behind the bungalow. |
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| Male (L) and female (R) king parrots |
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| Clearer image of the regal coat of the male |
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| A ubiquitous willy wagtail |
And, yes ... that really was just a selection from the first three hours! Stay tuned ...
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