Hi all,
Last Sunday we decided to go down to Point Lonsdale (Vic) and look for seabirds. We spent a few hours there but the tide was in, the sky was overcast and the wind was calm. The result was that all we saw of interest were a few Shy Albatross, some gannets, some Silver Gulls and a Black-faced Cormorant.
Knowing that Swift Parrots sometimes hang out at nearby Woodlands Drive in Ocean Grove we drove over and started looking. We didn’t find any Swifties but the trees were in heavy flower and the lorikeets were screaming and yelling everywhere. Amongst the flocks we found what looked like Scaly-breasted Lorikeets and I thought I had a new bird for my year list. It was not to be though because as we looked we saw that they had all hybridised with Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets. There are some photos on my blog.
I did miss seeing my first Scaly-breasted Lorikeet for the year but it was interesting to add two new hybrids to my list. So, as all days are when one goes birding, it was a really good day.
Jenny http://jenniferspryausbirding.blogspot.com.au/ ===============================
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