The dry season in Australia's tropical north is the best season for bird watching and bird photography.

On Sunday morning, I participated in the Royal Park Bird Watching activity jointly organized by MUBS(Melbourne Uni Birdwatching Society) and Friends of Royal Park(Friends of Royal Parks). I saw 42 species of birds. In the afternoon, I went to Jawbone to push birds with my birdmates. Seven new items were added throughout the day.

This is a mecca for bird watching. Through more than half a day of bird observation, numerous bird species were recorded, including the lyrebird, the king parrot, the satin blue bowerbird and other highlight species, and even heard the Great bunny-nose wind bird (a bird of paradise). Unfortunately, there was no sighting of the yellow-headed whiting bird.


Also saw an interesting scene, the kite resting on the signal tower of the golf course (the Australian black-shoulder kite) was bullied by the robber bird (the black mine honey bird), the kite was pecked several times after the brain was harassed and fled, while flying was also chased by the robber bird. Hey, hey, hey, which one of you is a bird of prey 🤔!

There are several broods of stilts sitting on their eggs, and migrating birds are arriving, most of which are from China and this is a good place to see the rare water fowl, two new species, two more have not been found, and we need to fight again. The price of good weather is severe thermal turbulence and mediocre photo quality

Many parks in Melbourne have friends of xxx organizations that regularly do citizen science projects such as bird surveys, and the participants are mostly middle-aged and elderly people in the community. Previously participated in some such bird tone, many participants have rich experience in bird watching, but do not value taking photos, even without a camera, with a telescope easy pure enjoy.

In addition to the MU students, most of the participants were seniors in the community. This organization has been conducting surveys every two months since 2008, and it has been a meaningful citizen science project for 16 years! This time a total of 42 kinds of records, welcome to participate in the future activities oh.

The number of bird species in this activity has exceeded 50, and the target bird species have all been found, and several rare ducks are very prominent! The scenery outside the birds is also very good, even after a week of wind can have this weather is too give face.

This Park is right next to the school, so you can get a feel for the citizen science atmosphere here, and for those who didn't have time at the last Royal Park event, this is another opportunity.

Navigate to Braeside Redgum Picnic Area Car Park, which can be reached by bus 709 or 902, and walk around the western wetlands. The species in the picture are: red eared duck, white ibis, male musk duck, young musk duck, rainbow Lorikeet, common cormorant, Australian spotted duck, red browed firetail finch, brown Pipit Warbler.

The ducks have been breeding for a while, and these cubs are not small. This pair of parrots are making love to each other at the entrance to the tree, so it seems that they have found a marriage house and are ready to breed. Surprisingly, the brown pipit has been observed in this park for the first time, ranking as the 153rd species, which is relatively rare. Adding to eBird's species list for the first time is quite rewarding.