Today was to be a day of
reflection (due to heavy rain) on the success of the trip so far. I will be leaving
Bruny Island tomorrow and then fly to ACT Canberra (via Melbourne) on 8th.
Birding will continue but not at the same pace with some tourist type
adventures thrown in. A trip to Sydney will then follow and hopefully I can
connect with the only NSW endemic Rock Warbler. I then depart for New Zealand
and four weeks of trying to see everything. This includes several nights on
Tiri Tiri Matangi (twelve endemics)and Stuart Island. After New Zealand I return to Perth for just
over a month before heading home via a few days stop-over in Singapore.
I had a lie in until 7am and
then had a wander along the beach at Adventure Bay and Captain Cooks Cove.
There were a couple of Pied
Oystercatcher, Silver, Pacific and Kelp Gull on the sand. A couple of Hooded
Plover were also chasing the waves as they covered the sand with foam. A small
group of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were observed from the comfort of my
caravan during the rain.
The rain had me in admin mode
and I have updated my Wildlife Recorder with my sightings.
The trip totals thus
far are as follows:-
Singapore 90 species recorded
which includes 72 life species.
Australia 225 species recorded
of which 195 are life species.
Total species recorded this trip
309 with some species duplication between Singapore and Australia.
My World total 2072
with 267 lifers recorded during this trip!
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