Sir James Mitchell Park is West of our house and the visit was not supposed to be a birding excursion but I found two new birds anyway. There had been lots of rain in the two weeks before we arrived in Perth, so some of the paths were underwater. We detoured around the flooded parts but one of the runners just walked right through the mud and the water. I guess that in Australia, wet feet are less of an problem than a 2 minute detour. We saw lots of folks having picnics and walking their dogs. We sat at the waters edge and rolled our eyes at the stupidity of the jet skiing fools. We have been very lucky with the nice weather here.
It was Sunday soccer in the park
Lots of different teams
The ball is in play
An old Mercedes seen on the walk
Four doors of luxury
Should I go around?
No, I'll just walk through the mud
Vary large open fields
A frisbee golf course
Lots of handy maps for us not get lost
Water ski time
A lifebird, the hoary headed grebe
Such a funny puffball of a bird
A female Blue Billed duck
The male's bill is very blue
A fine black swan
A small island off shore with pelicans
Big and beautiful
One good tern deserves another
The ferry from north Perth to south Perth
Pelicans on patrol
Rainbow Lorikeet
Frolf anyone?
