Happy hour In the Bird Garden with Annette

Noticed the Blackheaded Honeyeater is back - even having a bath in the birdbath. We usually get quite a few so are looking forward to their return. 

A couple of weeks ago Pam - a fellow birder - joined us for happy hour, sitting facing our 'open air aviary' in about half an hour we spotted:
Blue Wrens, Firetail, Silver Eyes, Scarlet Robin, Yellow Rumped Thornbill, Green Rosella, White faced heron, Forest Raven, Grey Fantail, 3 unidentified fly-overs and a bit later a long lovely concert by a happy Eastern Spinebill. One of the most enjoyable 'happy hours' ever! Enclosed 2 photos I took that time and 2 closer up from before.

Happy Easter from just me, as Nick is still on Royden Island eradicating noxious weeds.

Cheers!
Annette 

Dianas Basin

 Dianas Basin is located 8 km south of St Helens beside the Tasman Hwy

Pic courtesy Google Maps

Bird List:

MUSK DUCK	Biziura lobata
BLACK SWAN	Cygnus atratus
HOARY-HEADED GREBE	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
LITTLE-PIED CORMORANT	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN	Pelecanus conspicillatus
WHITE-FACED HERON	Egretta novaehollandiae
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE	Aquila audax
BROWN FALCON	Falco berigora
PIED OYSTERCATCHER	Haematopus longirostris
RED-CAPPED PLOVER	Charadrius ruficapillus
HOODED PLOVER	Thinornis rubricollis
RED-NECKED STINT	Calidris ruficollis
PACIFIC GULL	Larus pacificus
SILVER GULL	Larus novaehollandiae
BROWN THORNBILL	Acanthiza pusilla
EASTERN SPINEBILL	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
YELLOW-THROATED HONEYEATER	Lichenostomus flavicollis
LITTLE WATTLEBIRD	Anthochaera chrysoptera
WHITE-FRONTED CHAT	Epthianura albifrons
CRESCENT HONEYEATER	Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
GREY BUTCHERBIRD	Cracticus torquatus
GREY CURRAWONG	Strepera versicolor
GREY FANTAIL	Rhipidura fuliginosa
FOREST RAVEN	Corvus tasmanicus
SCARLET ROBIN	Petroica boodang
WELCOME SWALLOW	Hirundo neoxena
SILVEREYE	Zosterops lateralis