Observations by elmundopablo

I came upon a stand of tea-trees (Leptospermum) by a creek and accidentally flushed a flock of roosting Rufous Night-Herons. One flew out and perched in the open, perhaps to act as a lookout.

A solitary Australian Pelican makes a rare stopover for breakfast in River Gum Creek Reserve.

A Common Brushtail Possum sleeping the day off underneath the tin roof of a workshop.

I was lucky to snap one of a pair of white-faced herons browsing in the wet verge by the side of the road.

A lone Yellow-billed Spoonbill looking for lunch in rain-soaked field.

A pair of masked lapwings looking for lunch in the soggy grass verge.

I snapped through my car window as traffic halted at the train crossing this tiny flock of Common Mynas lunching by the road.

A lone Crested Pigeon foraging for breakfast in the parking lot of the town shopping center.

Also in Marysville, where wood ducks cross the street, I saw this lone Crimson Rosella on a bare tree, obviously a deciduous Old World tree because generally Australian trees stay green all winter.

On our way to the Lake Mountain Alpine Resort my family and I stopped by Marysville where street signs warned of ducks crossing. Sure enough we saw this couple leisurely crossing a side street.

I came across this little flock of Red-rumped Parrots on the sidewalk while on my morning walk. They did not seem to mind people and vehicles passing by but they kept a comfortable distance.

Four silver gulls enjoying the morning sun in between dives.

Red wattlebird calling for a mate.

Immature blue-winged parrots, one male, the other female, looking for breakfast.

Australian ravens on a construction site fence disturbed by my approach.

Sulphur-crested cockatoos looking for a feed by the sidewalk.

Pair of straw-necked ibis foraging among grasses by the creek's edge.

Lone spotted turtle dove looking for a feed.

A magpie-lark enjoying the sun on the sidewalk.

A lone little pied cormorant perched on a rail but got disturbed by my approach.

A lone galah looking for food in the grass.

A common starling, juvenile, perched on a power line.

A common blackbird, female, drinking from a plastic bucket.

A pair of Australian white ibis together with a straw-necked ibis feeding in the grassland.

A lone willy wagtail hopping about feeding on things in the ground.

A lone goose, probably a cross of several breeds of geese, has taken up lodgings in the River Gum Creek wetlands.

A pair of Eurasian coots swimming among other water birds in River Gum Creek, late afternoon.

A couple of noisy miners chasing each other among branches of maple tree. I was able to snap one of them.

Lone Australian magpie searching for food by edge of park along a road.