I was planning to go and do some birding in the Toolangi forest today. But I had a lot of trouble sleeping as I was sweating profusely with a fever and a general unwell feeling. I turned the alarm off and stayed in bed. I eventually got up around 8:30am, way after the 4am alarm that was meant to get me to Toolangi at dawn! I was feeling slightly better, so I decided to go to the Western Treatment Plant and look for the Red-necked Phalarope that had been reported the day before.
I arrived at the T-section ponds to find it crawling with birders. They were all converged around pond 5 so I assumed that the phalarope must be there. And it most certainly was. I got much closer to it then I ever expected as it was feeding right at the edge of the pond. This is a very rare bird for Victoria and made for one massive LIFER!!!!
Unfortunately I was getting sicker and sicker by the minute with what was now clearly a bad case of gastro. Eeeewwww. Of course I pushed myself to stay far longer than I should have, but after almost three hours I decided to go home where I pretty much slept for the rest of the day (in between frequent trips to the toilet).
eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27026997
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| #104 Red-necked Phalarope - LIFER!! |
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| #105 Little Grassbird |
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| #106 Australian Reed-warbler |
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| #107 Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
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| #108 Brown Falcon |
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| #109 Golden-headed Cisticola |
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| #110 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
After today:
2016 year list: 206
2016 photos: 110
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