While I was walking at the park this week, on a beautiful Spring day, I noticed a little bird I’d not seen there before. I knew what the bird was as it’s on a poster we have at home. The Birds in Backyards website tells us that the Spotted Pardalote is a tiny bird that…
Category: Lysterfield Lake Park
Superb Fairy-wrens at Lysterfield Park
I was fortunate to get quite close to a couple of wrens at the park. This hasn’t been my usual experience so I was quite excited about it. The first is a female who was on the ground calling. Love their sweet sound. The second is an immature male who flew into a tree as…
Birds of Lysterfield Park
With occasional sunny days I’ve been venturing back to my favourite park again. Below is an Eastern Rosella climbing up the side of a tree and also a Butcher Bird who was annoying a Crimson Rosella in a low bough. It would fly up and then back down again, watching the bird above, and then…
Wattle trees in blossom
I went back to my favourite park recently. We’ve had lots of rain this winter. The mountain bike tracks have been closed for at least a couple of months which is a measure of how wet it’s been. I go for walks on the lower tracks but haven’t ventured up the hills. Going up means…
Unusual visitor to the park
I managed to get in a short walk at Lysterfield Park yesterday. The weather was nice, albeit quite cool, but there was no rain and I was desperate to get out in some fresh air. I’m missing my daily walks. Anyway, just after I got out of my car in the carpark and started to…