Woodsman, woodsman sell that tree!
As soon as it got light I could see a flock of Pelicans fushing (a typo, but I thought it might make any Kiwi readers feel at home) in the Inlet. My guess is that they were
about 400m from the deck, so this photo isn't too bad.
The dog walk today was the Western route passing a jetty which is about to be declared a guano mine
and added two
species to the bird list. The first was
an Azure Kingfisher
and then a flock of Royal Spoonbills roosting with some
Pelicans.
The supply of firewood was getting a little low but the folk
at the bakery had given me information about contacting the local sawmill in
Genoa, about 20km away. This was made
easier by finding the local phone book (put out by the Community Radio Station
rather than Telstra). With a small
difficulty due to mobile phone running out of charge we arranged for a load to
be dropped off sometime in the afternoon.
To fill in the rest of the morning we went for a second walk
at Bastion Point. The small dog took the
direct route through the foam and disappeared completely from view. This led to the first time I have seen her
get scared: when I dug her out she was shivering and not looking happy. That lasted about 1 minute then back to normal.
We added some more species to the birdlist. I didn't try to snap the Eastern Curlew as it
was too far away, nor the European Goldfinches (too mobile). However the Hooded Dotterel was
obliging.
These birds are of
conservation concern but I think we nearly always see 1 or more here. I also took an immature Red-capped Dotterel
as a comparison.
Just before 2pm there was a knock on the door by Fred who was
looking for somewhere to deliver a load of firewood. I allowed that I could assist him with
that. The truck was carefully backed in
To my great surprise he and his
offsider Ron (and myself) unloaded the truck by hand and stacked it neatly
away.
(In Carwoola when wood is
delivered it is by tip truck which just dumps it, grabs the money and runs.) After this service they requested about half the price for a
cubic metre of firewood compared to prices in the Canberra area and that doesn't include delivery! A great big bouquet! So,
anyone in the Mallacoota area who needs firewood, contact the Genoa Sawmill.)
The rest of the afternoon was spent recovering from the
exertion, with some scrutiny from Rainbow Lorikeets checking the unsatisfactory
condition of our feeder (ie no seed, unlike every other house's feeder).
I wandered up the Avenue snapping a few things. A Gymea Lily about to flower, with the Inlet as backdrop (this spike is about 2m high)
Another garden had some Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea)
A female King-parrot
On the subject of images, here is the wonder dog, looking for her royalty cheque from HMV!
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