May 1, 2005
Afternoon
On Kevin’s last day in Australia, we visited a local recreation area, Belair National Park. It’s a lovely park with all sorts of things to do and different habitats. We spent most of our time at the children’s play area (which Eclipse loved), but Mark, Vicky, Arran and I also went for a nice walk along one of the trails into the heart of the park. We saw loads of birds and several Koala. New species included Common Brown butterfly and Red-browed Finch.
Species List
Eastern Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps), Southeastern Black-backed Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen), Eastern White-backed Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen tyrannica), Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Common Brown (Heteronympha merope), Adelaide Rosella (Platycercus elegans subadelaidae), Little Raven (Corvus mellori), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca), Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), Black-winged Currawong (Strepera versicolor melanoptera), Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata), Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis), Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus), White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis), Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis longipennis)
Let me know what you think!