Spent a couple of days last week along the Strzelecki Track, North of Lyndhurst, up to Montecollina Bore. Though very hot and bad flies (as usual :-) saw some wonderful birds and added nine new species to my list.
Budgerigar, Cockatiel, Orange Chat, Australian Pratincole, Chirruping Wedgebill, Diamond Dove,
White-breasted Woodswallow, Red-backed Kingfisher and Black-breasted Buzzard.
Smaller grasswrens and Chestnut-breasted Whitethroat were elusive but plenty of Zebra finches and a couple of Blue-winged Parrots as well. Without much time to search for Grasswrens and Whitethroats will maybe return at Xmas for a better look and a nicer photo of the Pratincole.
Black-breasted Buzzard
Budgerigars
Cockatiels
White-breasted Woodswallow
Australian Pratincole
Orange Chat
Nice. I haven't seen any of them
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Awesome! I love going inland, the birds are all so different than here.
very good pics, I have a very poor Black-breasted Buzzard pic and therefore might have to buy that one of yours
Peter
Anytime Peter, free for you :-) :-)
Great collection Rick and congratulations on spelling "Strzelecki". I hadn't even heard of some of those species. What is your bird list up to now?
Samford Valley Qld.
Cracker photos Rick. A few new ones for me there as well.
Amazing variety of birds - great photos. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks all, was a great couple of days but flies really did drive me crazy at times.
John, 263 photographed, long way to catch Peter, Shorty and many others :-)
Rick, then you did well to have no black fuzzy blob in the photos. It always suprises me how often a fly makes it into the pic when they are about. Nice shots, thanks
Ipswich Shire Eastern flanks
Well done Rick, there are 3 there that would give me a tick. The way you are going you will catch me very soon.
This year i have been concentrating on photographing as many species in the A.C.T. as i can in one year, up to 174 so far :)
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Wow! 174 is impressive Shorty.
Wow Rick, great shots. I have only seen one Black-breasted Buzzard this trip and Orange Chats have eluded us. Nothing like getting out into the middle of nowhere for some interesting birds. However, I must agree that the flies are awful followed closely by midgies! Sue