Straddie and beyond
August came and went rather quickly, I must say. Unfortunately, the quality of domination was rather poor and IMD3 had to be extended into September. I have now done around 800 push-ups (heading for TimTim’s benchmark of 3010) and hope to touch my toes too.
Towards the end of August, I headed up to Sth Stradbroke island for a conference on rivers. It was actually a pretty productive (and relaxing) trip. We headed into the hinterland on the final day and I managed to get onto a logrunner, bringing my monthly total to around 11 new birds*.
*The final August tick list was:
1. Grey-crowned babbler
2. Yellow-throated miner
3. Banded lapwing
4. Singing honyeater
5. White-winged wren
6. Southern whiteface
7. Superb parrot
8. Diamond dove
9. Regent bowerbird
10. Glossy black cockatoo
11. Logrunner
September 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
We were up in Coffs over the weekend and while I can’t claim anything other than common species, I did manage to shoot a few:
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Figbird
- Australasian Gannet
I think I need to get up earlier in the morning to start cranking up the numbers.
September 11th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
The other day I saw a house sparow that looked rather “superb”
How sad? I’m in some sort of birdwatcher’s coma.