On the weekend we found ourselves heading up to Wangaratta so we thought we'd take the time to have a crack at finding the Regent Honeyeater. The best way for me to describe it is it looks almost similar to a New Holland Honeyeater, but it's darker, more black around the head and all over. It's endangered.
Anyway, despite the weatherman's assurances for a cold but sunny day, the weather was miserable! It alternated between fog, misty rain and... well, that's about it. We went to the National Park anyway to see what we could find. Two new birds we can add to our list include the Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater and the White-Naped Honeyeater (photos / descriptions in Robins and other small birds). Other birds that we saw included Fantails, Golden Whistlers and Willy Wag Tails... with the rain I'm afraid we didn't stick around for much longer than that.
In addition to that, for the first time I spotted a wild deer. The young Samba buck was just standing there watching us go by... it was then my husband pointed out the doe. You wouldn't think such large animals would blend in so well, but there you go. I wouldn't have seen the doe if Rob hadn't let me know it was there.
Good weekend in all. Hopefully when the gumtrees are mid-flower we'll go back to try again for the Regent.
Anyway, despite the weatherman's assurances for a cold but sunny day, the weather was miserable! It alternated between fog, misty rain and... well, that's about it. We went to the National Park anyway to see what we could find. Two new birds we can add to our list include the Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater and the White-Naped Honeyeater (photos / descriptions in Robins and other small birds). Other birds that we saw included Fantails, Golden Whistlers and Willy Wag Tails... with the rain I'm afraid we didn't stick around for much longer than that.
In addition to that, for the first time I spotted a wild deer. The young Samba buck was just standing there watching us go by... it was then my husband pointed out the doe. You wouldn't think such large animals would blend in so well, but there you go. I wouldn't have seen the doe if Rob hadn't let me know it was there.
Good weekend in all. Hopefully when the gumtrees are mid-flower we'll go back to try again for the Regent.
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