White-throated Needletails and Cicadabirds, Bunyip Vic

Hi all, We had an excellent day of birding in the Bunyip area yesterday and the Mortimer Picnic ground was particularly good. We heard a pair of Cicadabirds calling in the dry forest along the walking trail from the picnic ground and saw one of them. Back in the picnic ground we heard an Australian Raven calling and it eventually landed on an exposed branch at the end of the picnic ground and gave very good views of its hackles. To make the visit even better approx 20 White-throated Needletails rose from about tree hight and rose on the south wind until they disappeared to the north-west. And just to show that the unexpected can happen at any time, we were driving up Link Track and a Blue-winged Parrot flew across the road and landed just off the road so that we could get good views and a few pictures. cheers Jenny _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org