Mitchell Park

Today I took a trip to Mitchell Park with a friend of mine (visit his Flikr page) This was my first trip here and I can assure you it will not be my last. What a sensatinal place!

The morning started with setting up the hide and attracting half a dozen Eastern Spinebill then a single Scarlet Honeyeater chased them away. Thankfully I managed a few photos that I am resonably happy with. After that we were visited by a few friendly Brown Thornbill and a very inquisitive Eastern Yellow Robin. Not long after we moved the hide to a new location where we were again visited by more Eastern Spinebill and another Eastern Yellow Robin. I was waiting for a male Golden Whistler but only the female showed up (for a very short time) and not interested in having a photo taken.

We moved the hide for a final time and on the way stunbled onto a pair nesting Spotted Pardalote. These are one of my favorite little birds and the male was not worried by us at all, he was most obliging and posed for many very nice photographs. After setting the hide up we found a pair (or three?) of Grey Shrike-thrush though they didn’t seem to want their photo taken and stayed just out of reach of the zoom the whole time.

Mitchell Park is a beautiful place and has a very diverse range of forrest attracting a large amount of birdlife. For those of you wanting to see a large variety of bird in one place with great amenities highly recommended.

That’s all for now.

Craig.