After seemingly an interminable number of overcast mornings in a row, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky this morning. Unfortunately, the birds weren't very active, or at least I wasn't finding too many that were willing to be photographed. I started off by following around a family of four Western Yellow Robins hoping to improve on the images I took the other day but Ididn't have much luck. After that I wandered around seeing what else I could find. To my delight, I came across another Western Gerygone that did pose, at least for a single image. I got a couple frames yesterday of this small active bird but was hoping for something a bit better and got it today.
As the day progressed, I decided to pack up and get on the road. Debating on which way to go, I finally decided to take the inland route towards August and the extreme southwest. This would give me the opportunity to see the southern race of the Western Corella. I will likely see the northern race later but these are two fairly distinct races so I thought it would be worth trying to see both in case they are split into two species.
Everything I have read says they are fairly easy to see while driving along in the vicinity of the town of Rocky Creek and Muir Lakes National Park. Unfortunately for me, Ididn't see them on my first pass through the area. Since the day was getting late I figured the birds would be congregating to roost somewhere and I obvoiusly wasn't going to make it to Augusta so I decided to drive back to Rocky Creek again and see if I could find them. Fortunately, about four kilometers west of Rocky Creek I saw a small flock of six white cockatoos flying towards the road across a paddock. By the time I stopped, they were gone but were followed up by two other flocks allowing me decent views. Iwas quite relieved as I don't think Ihave missed anything described as "fairly easy" and wasn't looking forward to starting now. Now I can get back on the road tomorrow and explore some of the giant forests of the southwest.
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