Last night was a bit crazy as a bunch of teenagers showed up at the campsite at about 2:00 in the morning to socialize and in the process woke everybody up. It took me a long time to get back to sleep so this morning I was hardly rested and slept in instead of getting up early. Once I did get up, Iheaded down the trail to see if I could finally locate my Pilotbird. Pilotbirds are small brown birds with a bit of orange on their throat and rump. They are related to scrubwrens and like teh scrubwrens, seem to prefer dense undergrowth and don't venture out in the open for long.
I was fortunate enough to find a small gully just a short way down the track that looked promising and without too much trouble, I managed to find a pair of Pilotbirds lurking in the undergrowth. Ispent a while here but didn't manage to get any photos of these rather shy birds. I will have to return again tomorrow and see if I can do better. After leaving the Pilotbirds, I continued on the track but didnt' find anything unexpected or have any photo opportunities soI headed back to camp.
After a lazy afternoon, I tried to photograph the local Flame Robin pair again with no success but I did find a small snake that was a bit more cooperative. Iam not a reptile expert by any means and in fact I know very little about reptiles so my identification is a bit of a guess. I think it is either a Eastern Brown Snake or a Lowlands or Highalnds Coperhead but I am not sure which. Any confirmation would be much appreciated by those that know more about these animals.
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