Little Visits: You Yangs on Sunday

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020Posted in Australian Magpie, Little Visits, Scarlet Robin, Spotted Pardalote, Varied Sittella, You YangsTagged Australian Magpie, Scarlet Robin, Silvereye, Spotted Pardalote, Varied Sittella

One of the first times EE and I have been out just looking about.
We had been hoping to find some Eastern Yellow Robins, and or some evidences of the Scarlet Robins at the You Yangs, and EE also wanted to visit her water feature near the Big Rock carpark.

In the end, the big surprise was a family of Sittella, and their young recently fledged clan. I’m going to do a separate blog on that encounter.

In the meantime in spite of all the disaster that is around, and the challenges of the rest of summer ahead of us, it was good to see the birds had new life on the way.

Young Australian Magpie engaged in some serious preening, while reminding the parents of its presence.

One of several juvenile Grey Shrike Thrush working in the area

A Yellow-faced Honeyeater waits, nervously and politely for its turn at the water.

Two young Varied Sittella preening and resting while the family feed nearby

A young Scarlet Robin, one of the first we’ve seen in many months. Presumably its a male beginning to moult in.

Spotty the Pardalote. This is the male that I showed feeding his young on my Flickr steam.

Well not every shot is a winner, but I rather liked the colour set of the Sittella wings

6 thoughts on “Little Visits: You Yangs on Sunday”

Nina Zuccolo says:

January 13, 2020 at 8:40 pm

I like the shot that isn’t a winner….love the wing detail. What time of day were you there?
Amazing images and story as always

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David Nice says:

January 13, 2020 at 8:42 pm

A delightful set of images, David! Lovely to see the Sittellas. Sounds like you had a great day!

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Eleanor Dilley says:

January 13, 2020 at 9:28 pm

What a lovely “mixed bag” you have here, and of course beautiful shots of them as always.

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derekmidgley says:

January 13, 2020 at 9:52 pm

Just a lovely set of shots. Looks like you had a very productive visit. Such beautiful birds and wonderful close-ups of the action!

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Chronicles of a Blogaholic says:

January 14, 2020 at 4:23 am

You are so fortunate to not only witness such a diversity of birds, but you capture such sweet and beautiful images of them in their natural home. Great job indeed.

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aussiebirder says:

January 15, 2020 at 6:43 am

All beautiful images as usual David, I especially like the last with wings open, amazing capture! Yes Sittella’s are nice rarity to include to a birding outing as they are not commonly seen and one has to go out in the bush to see them. The young Maggie was a special capture, it has real character. Enjoy the rest of the week and stay safe!

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