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Hi,
Myself and Nathan Waugh, commiserating a cancelled
PF pelagic, went to Werribee in search of the OBP that has so far eluded us both
on so many occasions.
This was not to be one of those occasion! Finally,
great views.
We arrived at the T-section lagoons at about 4:30pm
and immediately a flock of about 7 Neophemas flew over, landing a short distance
away. We walked over slowly and scoped blue-wings feeding on the path. After a
period of sifting through these birds, mostly out in the open, another smaller
and bright green bird appeared, sporting a nice orange belly, turquoise wing
patches and a pale blue tail, green rump. It was also wearing an aqua green ring
on the left leg, and a navy blue ring on the right leg.
The birds were mostly out in the open on a heavily
weedy area of path, appearing to be feeding mainly on a species of goosefoot
(Cheopodium).
Also at the spit, a single Australian Spotted
Crake, Buff-banded Rail and imm male Flame Robin - but no spotless crake. Tide
was still quite high, so searching was difficult.
Earlier in the day, a brief search for blue whales
off Barwon Heads proved fruitless (good onya for staying with your painting
Maarten).
Cheers,
Simon.
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