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Perth Hills National Parks

10,000 Birds

Around the picnic area at the weir the Galahs were busy on the ground feeding and the ground was also littered with the tips of the trees. We hiked the Glen Brook Dam trail on our visit and although there were not many birds to be seen that day we did encounter our first Red-capped Parrots , which were of course high up in the trees!

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Sassafras Gully Loop

10,000 Birds

We searched for walks that started and ended near public transport, as we were going to get a ticket- MyMulti 3 -that would let us travel wide and far unrestricted each week. The route map near the Springwood train Station As we walked through the houses to start the walk we had a wonderful surprise-our first ever Australian King Parrots !

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Ferntree Gully-Dandenong Ranges National Park

10,000 Birds

Last Sunday Grant was able to leave work in the afternoon and I had researched options of places we could get to within one hour of the city of Melbourne using public transport that would offer us some birding opportunities. Australian King-Parrot. Birding Australia Australian birds Melbourne parrots treecreeper'