#186 at Eynesbury, Victoria, May 21 2016

I spent the morning walking around Eynesbury forest. Lots of walking, lots of photos, and a lucky shot of a back-lit Speckled Warbler for the year photo list.

#186 Speckled Warbler

eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29804468

After this outing...
2016 year list: 250
2016 photos: 186

#181 to #185 at Woodlands Historic Park, Victoria, May 14 2016

I walked waaay too far at Woodlands this morning, and now I'm paying for it - sore legs, humming feet, and tiredness catching up with me. I thoroughly enjoyed it though! As I was getting into the car in the pre-dawn light a Red Wattlebird flew into a tree right in front of me. Luckily I already had the flash attached to the camera. A few more photo opportunities arose throughout the day, and presto, 5 more species for the year photo list. I was quite thrilled to see the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater by the way - I've not seen one at Woodlands before. As per usual, I did get a few more photos of species not yet listed here, but, well, the photos just weren't good enough!!!!

#181 Red Wattlebird

#182 Grey Shrike-thrush

#183 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

#184 Eastern Rosella

#185 Dusky Woodswallow

eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29624627

After this outing...
2016 year list: 249 species
2016 photos: 185 species

#179 & #180 at the Laverton Creek Mouth, Altona, Victoria, May 7 2016

I've been thinking a lot lately about why I go birding. And for a while I think I've been getting it wrong by chasing 'targets' and trying to get some 'ticks'. Today I decided to do the exact opposite, and go out with the camera to one of my favourite locations and just see what I could see and enjoy taking photos. And I really, really enjoyed it. I had an amazing morning!!! The weather was perfect, the light could not have been better, and I got some great photos. I think this mindset suits me much better. And I managed to get two 'common' species for the photo year list.

#179 Superb Fairy-wren

#180 Australasian Pipit

I've included some more photos from the day on my eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29451542