Initially, few birds were seen. A small flock of brown thornbills, a lone flame robin and 2 weebills quickly moved through the forest as we walked along the trail. A common bronzewing startled us when it suddenly flew out of the bushes and landed in a nearby tree, allowing us to get some photos.
The common bronzewing is one of 3 bronzewing pigeons in Australia
We then came into a gully filled with flowering gum trees. Immediately, we were surrounded by calling yellow-tufted honeyeaters, as well as lifer brown-headed honeyeaters. A single scarlet robin darted into a distant tree, as several 'yellow-rumped' spotted pardalotes searched the tops of trees for food.
Victoria's national bird is a rare subspecies of the yellow-tufted honeyeater
The brown-headed honeyeater feeds mainly on insects
As we headed back to the carpark, we came across several large bull ants and took a few photos of them.
Most bull ants have very large eyes for their size.
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