MY WORLD, World Bird and Watery Wednesday - A Dawn Walk

While staying in Bright, Victoria last month, I took off as dawn

was breaking and was already in this well kept park in town

just as it was light enough to start activating my itchy shutter-

finger.

In the mists on the Ovens river, Australian Wood Ducks,

Chenonetta jubata, were flying to join the Black Ducks which

were already busy bathing in the icy waters.

Light in the sky brought light into the depths of the fast

flowing river.

A new well mannered friend accompanied me, I found him on our

doorstep and as I left, he followed . . .

a great companion, so obviously NOT water shy. He blithely

stepped into the icy cold river to his shoulder just for a drink!

A flotilla of Black Duck paddling upstream . . .

I had so many photos, I could bore you to tears . . . just not

this time.

Here is a Pied Currawong, Strepera graculina, feeding on

berries almost at my feet.

Currawongs are larger and heavier than Crows and can do a

lot of damage to fruit trees, just look at his powerful beak.

Note the wide legged stance, he really is the tough guy on the

block.

On a softer note, a Rosella camouflaged in the autumn

foliage.

Here is a teenager Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans,

changing into adult plumage.

. . . and so , back to our digs where the Prof was still peacefully

sleeping and I said a sorry farewell to my companion , who

apparently belonged in the next little town!

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These two birdies have patiently waited to be posted
for quite some time.

This colourful Rosella I spotted in the Australian Alps
in New South Wales,

while by way of contrast, this Emu wandered by in the

Little Desert National Park in the flat lands between

Adelaide and Melbourne.

The Emu is quite a large bird, the second largest in the country

and can easily look you in the eye if you are between 5' - 6'.

I for one do not like being up close and personal with them as

they have a flat head on top with a brain the size of a pea and

can be rather unpredictable.

Happy Sunday everyone!