MadHatter's Big Year

[desertbirds]

I noticed the Zebra finch is eating a seed head off of our native lemon grass, i have a front yard full of it but never feed it to the birds. I was always told the fluffy type seeds are no good, there`s a wild one in the pic suggesting otherwise.
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[Tintola]

What pic??

[VR1Ton]

last photo back on page 6

[Tintola]

Mystery solved?

[desertbirds]

Must be nearly time for an update mate.

[jusdeb]

Yes PLEASE

[arthur]

Checked out the 'zeb photo' . . bit of wow factor, great looking cockbird

[MadHatter]

Must be nearly time for an update mate.

Right you are mate.

As of today I am at 194 species. The full species list has been updated. Check the link in the OP.

The easter long weekend took me out to Mildura from where I visited Hattah-Kulkyne and other sites in the region. The amount of parrots up there has to be seen to be beleived. Wherever i went, I saw tons of Mallee Ringnecks, Bluebonnets, Mulgas, Red-rumps, Yellow Rosellas, and the occasional Regent Parrot. Deb would be in transports of ecstasy.
It was not all plain sailing however. On the 2nd day, the autofocus motor on my lense packed it in and left me with only manual focus. I still managed OK but focusing on anything beyond a few meters away is a bit hit and miss. Mostly miss. I must have taken at least a hundred shots of the Bluebonnets and not one is any good.
I still managed to get some rippers though:

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater


White-browed Woodswallow
Cock


Hen


Striped Honeyeater


Emu


Masked Woodswallow


Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater


Regent Parrot


Striated Grasswren



Shy Heathwren


Chestnut Quail-thrush


Also came across a flock of these on the way home:
Long-billed Corella

[MadHatter]

Oh also, I've decided these shots of the Dusky Grasswrens are better than the ones I originally posted:

[Jayburd]

wowww as usual fantastic shots!!!!
I've only seen five of thespecies you photographed I'll just HAVE to do what you're doing one day. Oh how terrible