We left the UK on 28th December to come and spend time with our Australian family. I'm not sure what I prefer - the blazing heat here (reaching 45C) or the minus temperatures and snow back home.
Everywhere is parched and the usual wet creek at the back of our daughter's garden is bone dry. The usual dams that retain water nearby are also drying rapidly so any standing water is a magnet for birds.
The first couple of days were spent recovering from jetlag and getting acquainted with the local garden birds. Red-browed Finches and Silvereyes are coming into the garden to feed and use the three bird baths that I ensure are filled daily.
A few honeyeaters are visiting regularly with White-plumed being the commonest. Yellow-faced and New Holland Honeyeaters are also visiting but are much harder to photograph.
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Star bird though was a distant flyover Little Eagle that I picked up being mobbed by a smaller bird of prey which turned out to be a Nankeen Kestrel. Little Eagle was new bird for my adopted local Australian patch.
