After a crazy day again at work I decided to take the long way home. Locks Lane is a dirt lane that is nearly in the middle of Tamworth and follows the river for a kilometre or so. In summer the long grasses along its verge make ideal habitat for finches, and they can easily be found then. Today I pulled over near the creek crossing as I had spotted some Chestnut-breasted Mannikins. I tried digiscoping through my Zeiss binoculars with my Samsung phone and the results are below. Mind you, it would have been much better if I was fast enough to take the photo when the Mannikins were only 2 metres away, but alas a car whizzed by flushing them to 30 metres away. There were a couple of Plum-headed and Double-barred Finches about too, but they didn't pose for me.
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| Chestnut-breasted Mannikins at Locks Lane, Tamworth |
Further up the road I came across a gathering of Australian Reed Warblers and a Golden-headed Cisticola. I drew upon my time in Karumba with the Ferryman to pish up all the Cisticolas. Then they popped up everywhere, including right in front of me. So I digiscoped it too! It is a bit over-exposed but I am still learning!
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| Golden-headed Cistiola that responded to me pishing |
Here is the link to the complete list I found in my quick drive through:
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