My highlights are very simple.... but I've loved reading everyone else's so
I thought I'd share mine too.
Due to being pregnant the first half of the year and with a new baby the
second half, my birding has been a little on the slow side but.....
Number 1. My first Rufous Bristlebird at a Port Campbell (Vict) tourist
lookout. I was sat on a bench breastfeeding bubs and noticed the
Bristlebird running back and forth across the path ahead. Fun part was
standing up for a better look, still holding bub feeding, while trying to
hold binoculars AND focus one-handed on a very uncooperative bird, all the
while maintaining my dignity (or trying too) in case of any prudish
passerbys. I did get coordinated on the 4th attempt ! Talk about
multi-tasking. [ I'm fairly new to birding.... will this pass the 'Strange
Birding Experience' initiation? Am I _in_ yet? ]
Number 2. Helping Michael Norris with Friends of Native Wildlife (Bayside)
study the local Superb Wrens...... and last weekend watching a male SW, that
we'd previously watched tending its young in the nest, feeding its newly
fledged offspring. Since becoming familiar with these little birds I could
watch them all day.
Certainly not as exciting as many other accounts, but all in all, very
memorable.
Merry Xmas everyone.
Karen :)
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