The day started out with a walk around Sandy Creek. The Sulphur-crested Cockatoos were having a shouting match by the Swing Bridge but they were too high up to try and photograph so I left them to it. I noted that there were several families of Superb Fairy-wrens that were quite active near that path in all the usual locations.
It seemed a good day to see if the Variegated Fairy-wrens were about and sure enough, a quick call and they came bouncing out of the grass near the bent bridge to see what the fuss was about. the male was quite a bit more coloured that when I photographed them a couple of weeks ago. I think that their territory probably extends right through the bush area to the west of Sandy Creek at this location.
This afternoon I walked from the cemetery back towards the Pine-tree corner. I intended for this to be a slow observational walk as I wanted to try out the recording facility in the PK-bird app on the iPhone. The Large-billed Scrubwrens turned up to have their photographs taken. They are always on the move and difficult to photograph, There were a number of Brown Geregones and Brown Thornbills around as well. Yellow Robins were plentiful as usual.
John Doubikin caught up with me and together we found and photographed a rather cooperative Crested Shrike-tit. It was happy to pose for us, changing from one profile to another like a professional.
While I was photographing the Crested Shrike-tit I noticed a similar coloured bird in my peripheral vision. I thought it might be the mate turning up as well, but was pleasantly surprised to find it was a male Golden Whistler. They are similarly coloured but quite different in shape.
There was a family of White-browed Scrubwrens working near where the hidden pool overflows into Dora Creek. I watched them working for a while and noted that a couple of birds were flying into a patch of weeds with leaves in their beaks. I think they are nest building so I will keep an eye on the area during the next few weeks.
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