Hi Martin et al, I managed to find at least 2 birds a day, some days as many as 6, leading up to and into the first week of may. But alas, come the 7th of may, with an appointment at both ends of the day and work in between, I failed in my quest to find a Crested Shrike-tit at Wilson Reserve which I had seen there a week earlier. So game over….. Today I saw at least 4 to 6 species that I could have had but who’s now counting…. Good luck to the remaining “contestants”. I surpassed my expectation of Easter, may you do the same. Regards Yours in all things “green” John Harris BASc, GDipEd Director – Wildlife Experiences P/L Principal Zoologist/Ecologist Nature Photographer Wildlife Guide Croydon, Vic 0409 090 955 President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria www.fncv.org.au —– Reply message —– From: “Martin Butterfield” <martinflab@gmail.com> To: “birding-aus NEW” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird-a-Day I hope John Harris has found some birds to keep his Bird-a-Day project going into May. When I started to participate in the game my hope was for Australian birds to keep me going until late April, when an overseas trip would provide species to occupy most of May. That trip hasn’t happened but a voyage to Adelaide has provided a few goodies to mean that I’m still going, with some hope of getting through May. The best bird on the Adelaide trip was Elegant Parrot, a lifer, of which a flock of up to 20 birds were seen on each of the 3 days we visited the cliff tops of Maslins Beach. On some days, especially the longer drives, only one candidate was able to be spotted whereas on others I was embarrassed for choice. This is situation normal. On the drive back about 40 Emus were present in several small groups over the first 50km East of Balranald and surprisingly were mainly on the Northern side of the road rather than the South side where we usually spot them. Although there was a fair amount of roadkill around I didn’t record a Black Kite on the Hay Plain nor an Apostlebird on any of the roadsides where we usually see them. Pied Butcherbirds, Black-shouldered Kites and Kestrels were also thinner on the fence posts than I expected. (Perhaps the addition of a camper-trailer to my car meant I was focusing more on my driving than birding?) Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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