Adelaide Hills in winter

 

 

Driving around the Adelaide Hills on a cold winters day does not have to feel dreary. If you look you can see the beauty and enjoy the freshness and, if you are lucky you might even spot a few birds who don't mind what the weather is like. Ducks are a good example of this!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Australasian Shoveler

Pink-eared Duck

 

Freckled Duck

 

Common Bronze-wing

 

 

 

 

Freckled Duck doing yoga to keep warm...

 

 

Gluepot Reserve and Laratinga Wetland

 

I went to Gluepot Reserve on the weekend with a friend. After a foggy morning we were blessed with a sunny day enjoying some lovely birds.

 

 

Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pallid Cuckoo

 

 

Varied Sitella

 

 

Varied Sitella

 

Native termites eating old growth mallee

 

 

 

Yellow-throated Miner

Yellow-throated Miner

 

 

 

Gilbert's Whistler

 

 

 

 

Today I decided to go out to a local wetland. It was cold and overcast but I was rewarded with enjoyable views of a few nice species of duck as well as catching up with an old friend.

 

 

 

 

Australasian Shoveler

 

 

Freckled Duck

Pink-eared Duck

 

Was happy to manage three species in one photo!

 

The little poser!!