A VISIT TO POINT ADDIS

Today we woke up early in the morning and drove to Point Addis. Some birdwatcher friends of ours were coming over from Sri Lanka, and we were supposed to show them a few birding sites. This was one of the places we chose, but since we had never been there before we decided we would visit before the friends came over just to scout the place out. After a long drive, we finally reached the Point Addis Road.

The Mistletoebird, mainland Australia's only flowerpecker

The silvereye, Victoria's only species of white-eye

Point Addis is one of Victoria's better sea-watching sites, and the carpark is also home to the rare and secretive Rufous bristlebird, which I knew the friends would want to see. We arrived at the carpark, but couldn't see a thing. So we walked down the wooden boardwalk.
There was movement in the bushes. We looked and it was . . . A silvereye. We looked closer at the bushes and realised there were silvereyes, mistletoebirds, superb fairy-wrens and crimson rosellas everywhere. All nice, but where were the bristlebirds?
We searched and searched and searched again, but couldn't find anything. Just when we were about to give up, we looked around the carpark and there, dashing into the bushes, was a pair of Rufous bristlebirds! They chased each other around the carpark, letting me get just one photo before they finally darted into the undergrowth.

Probably the world's blurriest photo of a rufous bristlebird. 

Another lifer on the list!

LIST

1. Crimson Rosella

2. Superb Fairy-Wren

3. Rufous Bristlebird

4. Silvereye

5. Mistletoebird

6. Welcome Swallow
TOTAL: 6
LIFERS: 1