Hidden Grove to Hourigan

Plenty of Purple Swamphen at Hollow Grove on our morning walk

Our morning walk was to Hollow Grove, a Melbourne suburban park of woodlands and wetlands connected by a network of tracks, bridges and boardwalks, where we finally found a few ‘bush birds’. These included Blackbird, House Sparrow and Goldfinch – I could have been in my Cromer garden – but also thornbill, scrub-wren and fantail. On one of the pools we watched an egret being bullied by a Willie Wagtail! A late morning transfer had us lunching at Rob & Gi’s place on Wilsons Promontory, over-looking the entrance to the National Park, across to Mount La Trobe and beyond. Afternoon walks to two tidal creeks were very pleasant but relatively unproductive.

A Willie Wagtail bullies an egret off the pond and finally away altogether
Not our first views of Australian Spotted Crake but certainly our best
Highlight of the afternoon was a selection of Pacific Gulls – this juvenile was in less familiar plumage

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