RED BROWED FINCH (Neochmia temporalis)
These finches were very busy in the sunshine the other morning. They were in quite a large flock, moving between the trees and the ground where they were feeding.
I was in a gully at the end of Moore's Lane, to the east of Kilmore. This is a good place to watch little birds, it is a dead end road, so no traffic. And there are small clumps of wattle trees and a lot of furze for the birds to hunt through. Horses graze here and I think the finches were picking through droppings for the undigested oats.
There was lots of talk as they went, moving over quite a large area. They were wary of me, but moved around from where I was sitting under a tree, only to move back to their foraging place.
They are very common around the area but are such beautiful birds to watch.
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