I
got up this morning at 6.30am to go and sit down by a creek to watch birds…
does that make me a ‘twitcher’? I really
wanted to see the rare and elusive Gouldian Finch. There was no way in this world I was going to
spot anything with our two incredibly loud, ants-in-their-pants-can’t sit-still
kids. So off I went on my own. I had spoken to the Manager here about the
best spot for spotting the finches.
Armed with this knowledge, I found one of the creek crossings, parked
the car then headed in search of a small pool of water. I then proceeded to sit here for the next
hour and a bit…
There were Double-Barred Finches galore and I even spotted
some Long-Tail Finches. I spotted a
finch-like bird that had a grey head, green (olive) wings and a slightly
yellowed belly. Having no idea what it
was I described it to the Manager and the pair of us went hunting through
numerous bird books. It was a unanimous
decision… I had spotted a juvenile Gouldian Finch!! Okay, so it is not as cool as seeing a mature
bird with all their glorious colour, but I was still pretty excited. So much so, I am going back tomorrow morning
to try again…
Evening drinks at the bar on our last night at Mornington…
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