This warm autumn weather in Vic. is great for birding, but it is also
great for reptiles. This morning I had close encounters with two tiger
snakes on the Flooding Creek track next to the Sale Common. These
fellows like to lie in the grass at the edge of tracks where it is sunny
and close to cover, and it is very easy to walk on to them while
sneaking along looking for birds up in the trees. This happened to me
when I was concentrating on a flock of Brown-headed Honeyeaters, I
didn't think I was still capable of moving so quickly. Also enjoying the
beautiful day in this southern clime were a pair of Sacred Kingfishers
and two O B Orioles. Duncan Fraser, Maffra, Vic.
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