Check my birding map for specific location.
Warby Ovens National Park is to the east of Winton Wetlands and I knew it is a hotspot for the Turquoise Parrot. I visited on a fairly hot day and there was quite a steep track (doesn't really show in the photo but it was steeeep!). That was ok, as I walked really slowly listening to the birds in the trees.
At the bottom of the track, I caught 3 Brown Treecreepers flitting around some wood on the ground. One of them sat nicely for me. I am working on improving my compostion so I tried to get some nice colours in the background from the grass.
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
Next up was the other treecreeper - the white-throated. I actually got close enough to watch this one digging into the bark. Treecreepers usually hang around on the opposite side of the tree so this was really interesting.
White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
Lots of small birds were calling in the trees and I saw Striated and Yellow Thornbill and heard the pretty song of the Western Gerygone. No parrots but I was happy to catch a pair of Leaden Flycatcher. I couldn't get it on the right side of the sun but was happy enough with this shots.
Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
Back at the van, I had a cup of tea and could hear Rainbow Bee-eaters. I shot this out bending around out the back of the van. Interesting that this bee-eater was so green.
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
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