Because of my spotty internet in my second hotel, I’ll offer only the basic details of today’s activities. I only had a few hours to kill between hotels so I visited the nearby Royal Botanic Gardens again to see if there was anything new to see and because it was such a great place to spend time in yesterday.
Australian Wood Ducks:
Australian White-Eyed Duck (also known as Hardhead):
Eurasian Coot:
Fantail:
Purple Swamphen with babies! Feeding time:
Little ones walking around the water plants, moving toward an adult:
Ridiculously big feet:
Begging baby:
The baby flapped its tiny winglets:
Nankeen (Rufous) Night-Heron:
It got harassed by an Australian Sulphur-crested Cockatoo:
Superb Fairy-wren (a magical bird):
Lone bird singing in the trees:
A Magpie having a brief rest:
Its neighbor hunting:
Cockatoo in a tree:
Australian Ravens having a sun bath:
Black swan and family:
Spotted Turtle Dove:
In my new hotel (an airport hotel with a view of the Melbourne skyline):
Bye bye, Melbourne. I’ll be meeting with my birding tour tomorrow morning at 5:30AM. We’ll be off to Hobart, Tasmania on an early flight. I’m not sure how my internet access will be from now on but I hope to post pretty regularly before I leave the country.