Saturday, May 8, 2010

Ourimbah RTA Reserve

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Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis

The RTA Reserve at Ourimbah was alive with birds yesterday morning, calling and flitting through the trees. Rainforest conditions are always a challenge for photography, but it was a beautiful morning for walk. The Yellow Robins were everywhere, and characteristically curious.

Bird list:

Australian Brush-turkey; Brown Cuckoo-Dove; Crested Pigeon; Bar-shouldered Dove; Cattle Egret; White-faced Heron; Pacific Baza; Superb Fairy-wren; Green Catbird; Regent Bowerbird; Superb Lyrebird; Laughing Kookaburra; Fan-tailed Cuckoo; Eastern Rosella; Galah; Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo; Rainbow Lorikeet; White-browed Scrubwren; Mangrove Gerygone; Yellow Thornbill; Brown Thornbill; Eastern Spinebill; Lewin's Honeyeater; Yellow-faced Honeyeater; Bell Miner; Noisy Miner; Little Wattlebird; White-cheeked Honeyeater; Eastern Whipbird; Golden Whistler; Grey Shrike-thrush; Australian Magpie; Pied Currawong; Grey Fantail; Willie Wagtail; Australian Raven; Magpie-lark; Eastern Yellow Robin; Silvereye; Welcome Swallow; Red-browed Finch.

2 comments:

  1. What a great looking bird - Eastern Yellow Robin. Your photos are wonderful. Makes me want to fly over to Australia and go birding .... one day I'll get there. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. You would be made very welcome!

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