Yesterday my dad and I went on a late visit to Afton Street Conservation Preserve as it was getting dark. There were only a few waterbirds hanging around- two Pacific black ducks and an eastern great egret perched on a branch, plus a few yellow-rumped thornbills, New Holland honeyeaters, red wattlebirds, spotted paradalotes and white-plumed honeyeaters in the grassy and forested areas.
The real surprise came just as we were about to leave the park. I heard a strange bird call and noticed a bird on the fence. I slowly approached the bird to discover that it was a lifer, a horsefield's bronze-cuckoo!
The cuckoo on the fence
It just goes to show that the most unexpected birds can be found in places you wouldn't expect them to be in.
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