A few months ago I looked at the back cover (somewhat faded in my copy) of Bruce Pascoe's excellent 1979 book "Birds of Mallacoota" ...
... and wondered why there were no bird walks as such in Mallacoota. The Footmobiles go to birdy places and members of that group are generally interested in birds, but they are primarily walks not bird outings. So I decided to organise something myself.
That was all set up to start when the infamous COVID-19 intervened making such an undertaking impossible. However with a few simple rules to follow that is no longer an issue so I arranged an outing for 5 December. 7 of us turned up, which was a good number for an initial walk.
The meeting point was at the end of Lakeside Drive and we started by walking to the turning area past Bucklands boat hire.
En route a White-faced Heron posed nicely for a photo.One of the target birds for the outing was the Nankeen Night-Heron often found roosting in the Pittosorum. It obliged us today. Spot the eye!
Arriving back at the cars we were entertained by a family of Golden Whistlers. The fully coloured adult male didn't pose for a photo but I did get a sort-of snap of the begging immature.
All up we recorded 39 species listed in the eBird checklist. https://ebird.org/australia/checklist/S77066191
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