Sunny, blustery, and
mile (mid 70s)
It’s a great day for a visit
to the Botanical Gardens of Melbourne.
We spent much of the morning touring this beautiful city. It is truly one of the most attractive
urban centers we have visited in all of our journeys around the world. It is a shame we will only be here for
a couple of days. Tomorrow, it’s
off to Alice Springs and the outback.
I had googled the birding
possibilities around Melbourne and the gardens came up as a top choice to get
the most birds in a short amount of time.
They were right on the mark as we found many of the target birds just by
heading down to an area known as “Long Island” at the southern most extremities
of the park. I’ll just include a
few of the most attractive of the birds we found here today. Among those are the following…..
The Pacific Black duck….
The Common Blackbird……
The Hardhead……
The Australian magpie……
The Black swan……
And last but certainly not least, the Sulphur-crested
cockatoo……
The list of birds we found in
the park is quite a bit longer than is related here, but in the interest of
brevity and the fact that we will be up at 5:45 AM tomorrow morning, we will
end here. Tomorrow, we will report
to you from Ayers Rock and Alice Springs.
We will fly to these locations tomorrow and hope to have a new
assemblage of fine birds for you.
Until then…..
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