A VERY nice surprise :D

Hi all, just thought i’d share my interesting find. >Was at the Leanyer Sewerage Works in Darwin on Sunday 7th April…just recently. Originally scoping >the place hoping for the Little Ringed Plover that has been sighted there a fair bit…may have already left on its >voyage…i did see the Red kneed dotterel all alone amongst all the ducks. > >I said to myself…’Oh well, its not to be…would be nice to see something different’. >I began accelerating along the bitumen next to the treatment ponds to head towards the front gate and >then home…when a bird flew up in front of my car flitted along and landed again and stood there…to my naked eye >i knew it was some sort of pipit but not a familiar one…..grabbed my binoculars and it was an: > >EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL ( Motacilla tschutschensis/race simillima/breeding) > >Yes…excited wasn’t quite the word…overwhelmed with Amazement comes to mind…actually…nope, can’t really find >a word to fully describe what i felt at finally laying eyes on one. I know they’ve been seen at the ponds…but i’m not sure if its a regular thing each year? >I was at Ash Island or Kooragang island/Newcastle last year and tryed to find it down wagtail way/road…dipped out there, rather dissapointing at the >time. I figured oh well…another day…didn’t realise it would be so soon. > >I was able to study its behaviour for 2 min max at the sewerage works/darwin before it took to the sky…bouncing along and calling with every undulation as it flew. I hung my head out the side of the car hoping it would reland behind the car in perfect light for photography but no….that was my brush with the yellow wagtail…. >I always said to myself….’When i see that bird…i’m going to get an AWESOME image of it…not like these blurry, smudged, looking through a windscreen with rain droplets on it kind of photography’….i did get some images….but what did i get….A blurry kinda image….nothing like i dreamed of, but still elated at the encounter. >Unfortunately the perfect morning sun was shining on the OTHER side of the birds lovely yellow plumage and my images are mostly in a little shadow…frustrating but you get that  > >Happy Birding  ===============================

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