Magic Mountain is a mountain and is also the name of the lodge that we are visiting. It was a half hour away and Jun was determined to get a few more birds in. We had a chance on seeing a Torrent Lark at the stream by the village. John and Jun saw two of them while I was busy taking my time on the trail. John went downstream to try to chase them upstream toward us but that did not work. My unofficial count was 48 and I wanted to see two more birds. So off we went. The road leading up the mountain was pretty bad and we were all oofing and owing in the 4x4. But it was a success with two new birds seen at the feeder. We sat at the feeder and watched quietly. It was pretty evident that all of us were tired and as soon as we got the second bird we decided to head back. Once I got back to Australia and was able to see my pictures on the computer, the total at this point in the was actually 58 new birds.
Towards the top the grade was so steep that concrete had to be used to give the vehicles any traction
The lodge area was all planted with flowers
A huge variety of flowers
A large fruit from the Marita a type of pandanus plant
The feeder area at Magic Mountain
The flowering bushes were also popular
Red Collared Myezomela LB#5
An immature red collared myezmola
Short Tailed Paradigilla LB#6
The yellow on the face was fluorescent
Attacking the pandanus
Staphanie's Astrapia
Who are you looking at?
At that point in time I thought that this was my lifebird#50 for the trip
The color on the this birds face will change from red to yellow
A great effort
