What a weekend..

This time of year makes living in the Blue Mountains even more amazing, the days are warming up and every thing is coming to life including ME! I guess like a big old bear in hibernation I don’t leave the house enough in the winter.

Honey Eaters: This weekend I spent a few hours around the Kings Tablelands as there are always plenty of willing targets in the area, a few I have been looking for a long time and a few completly unexpected. I was privalaged to sit amongst thousands of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters as they start their trip south. I was in complete awe of the massive number of these birds on the move.

Glossy Black Cockatoos: Just a quick mention that over the last two weekends I have seen at least three pair of these amazing birds in the Kings Tablelands area. At times they are not very aproachable but then others very happy to have their photo taken. This afternoons winds made that a difficult task.

Windsor trip: Today (Sunday) I braved the wet weather and took a trip to Windsor and drove along Cornwallis Road. This would have to be one of my favourite places to go for birding. I spent about two hours in the area and the birdlife was simply stunning. I sighted a huge number of birds (too many to recall) and managed to photograph: Shining Bronze Cuckoo, Golden-headed Cisticola, Superb Fairy-wren and Yellow-rumped Thornbill. For any bird fans this area is a must see.

Australian King Parrot: Another great thing about the warming weather is we have the local King Parrots back in our yard, these birds will at times feed from our hands. I will never get sick of taking their picture.

That’s all for this week, back again soon.

Craig.