Down to my second home, Mount Gambier, on the weekend for a dive and popped down to the coast for a few hours of birding.
First sighting of Sanderlings and a lone Double Banded Plover on the beach then a few other birds around the wetlands.
Beautiful Firetails were around but hard to catch as were the Southern Emu Wrens.
Lots of noise but little in appearance wise.
Back where we were staying took the chance for some early morning arty shots 
and all in all had a nice birding weekend severly interrupted by the diving
Sanderlings hunting for a feed
Lone Double Banded Plover (juvenile?)
Beautiful Firetail not playing the game
Southern Emu Wren also not playing the game
Early morning Wagtail
Carroling Magpies unfortunately back turned
Seeing this I could only think at the time " Stop eating! Onward to Victory!!!" which was a great way to start the day
Sounds like a lovely spot to do birding! Great shots all of them, I really love the one of the Magpies and the Willy wagtail with the sheep
Thanks for sharing!
It's always good to see new threads like this. You certainly make the most of your week-ends.The last time I visited Mount Gambier was way back in 1981.
Samford Valley Qld.
Great photos Rick, looks like a nice place to visit.
Diving you say, do you do underwater photograhy as well?
I too love the magpies and the Willie on the sheep.
There would be 4 new ones for me here.
Thanks for sharing these great photos.
Cheers
Devster
Lovely Photos RIck!!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful weekends with us!
Wollemi
Happy Birding!
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Thanks for that last photo and comment Rick. I needed that laugh!
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Thanks all for your comments, Willie on the Sheep is still cracking me up
Devon, did some stills in the past but have been videoing for the last few years.
Have just started back with an SLR I bought from a mate, D300s with Subal housing
and am getting back into it.
Will put up some photos from the weekend in the social section.
Great photos rick ....( thanks for including the species names too.)
Good shot of the chorus of magpies in full song!