Tuesday 8 May 2012

How Many Days at Martin's Field?

Close to Bussleton on the road south, I found this splendid property Martin's Field (thought I was back out The Bill) which not only offered excellent accommodation and food but its own inter-tidal estury.
Time and access do not allow to go into any detail save to say thet all the images on today's post


 were taken on, or in sight of the property.

 CASPIAN TERN
 DARTER
 AUSTRALIAN PELICAN
 DARTER
 SACRED IBIS
 LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT

 GREY FANTAIL

 WHITE-FACED HERON
BLACK-WINGED STILT




 YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL
 WHITE-FACED HERON again


 HOARY-HEADED GREBE


RED-NECKED AVOCET
LITTLE PIED CORMORANT
This distant blob turned out to be, with a little magnification, a
BRUSH BRONZEWING which could well be a 'Lifer' but there has been little time for such things as looking through the Field Guide.

BLACK-WINGED STILT (in the garden????).

 CROWNED PIGEON

 FAIRY MARTIN
 BROWN FALCON

 BLACK-FACED CUCKOO SHRIKE


 RICHARD'S PIPIT


 NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER


GREAT WHITE EGRET