Port Macquarie

On Friday myself and my brother headed up Port to visit our Dad. My brother was the driver so i got to keep a good eye out for birds on the trip. Well it took till we nearly reached our destination before i saw my first Raptor, a Grey Goshawk sitting on a power line. A great sighting but the traffic was very heavy and the old Hilux towing the boat had just wound up the rubber band so there was no stopping for a pic.

Saturday morning looked like this :(

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The weather did break every now and then so managed to get out a little bit but photos were few and poor conditions mostly.

An Ibis shot from the rear deck.

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And a few shots i got in when the weather allowed.

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