I used BirdPals again and found a retired teacher who was willing to take me out birding. Tim picked me up at 6:00 AM which is still dark here in Perth. A but chilly too, only 5 degrees C (41F). I did not get a great amount of sleep the night previous, as is usually the case the first night at a new place. But a jug of hot green tea and the prospect of new birds put a spring in my step. We drove out to the east an hour and a half to get to an area called the wheat-belt. It was good for birds as it had different types of ecological niches to offer, from forests to low scrub to open fields and everything in between. This half of the trip was the best with 14 lifebirds.
Half way there and the sun is still not up
Coming out of the hills and we are already seeing some new birds
Western Whistler LB#1
Common Bronzewing LB#2
Red Tailed Black-Cockatoos LB#3
Scarlet Robin LB#4
Gray Currawong LB#5
We made it to Collings road and parked the car to bird on foot
Spring is right around the corner in these parts
Australia has the biggest ants! This is a serious ant mound
Rufous Tree Creeper LB#6
Kangaroo tracks in the sand
Who's poo?
Yellow Plumed Honeyeater LB#7
These carnivorous plants are very pretty and lethal to bugs
They are so stick that the bugs get stuck and die. The nutrients then leach into the sil and feed the plant
A kangaroo highway
Black-faced Shrike
Australian Ringneck LB#8
Splendid Fairywren LB#9
Cool looking log with eyes
A beautiful Orchid
Another
Lots of beautiful tiny blooms
Cute
The best one yet
A kind of wattle plant
Tim is a fine bird guide
An old rabbit den
Kangaroo bones
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Weebill LB#10
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Wedge Tailed Eagle LB#11
Willie Wagtail
Canola fields in the distance
Ewe know it!
Such a bright hue of yellow
Dusky Woodswallow LB#12
Drought and heat adapted plants
A female splendid fairywren
Bee keepers have been busy
Cockatoos a'squawking
This is the Carnaby's Cockatoo LB#13
Squawk!
A Yellow-Rumped Thornbill LB#14 for the day
