Being completely honest, today was not the best day to head to the south of the ACT looking to photograph birds. While the temperature was recorded at 10 degrees, the gusts of wind from the south up to 50 kph gave an apparent temperature of 4 degrees, if not cooler. There was also a mist hanging around that added to the cold. The birds were smarter than I, they mainly seemed to be sheltered somewhere away from the prevailing conditions. This post is a bit light on for birds but hopefully it is still of interest. I was annoyed that I could not take all the photographs I wanted as I did see what may have been a hawk causing some magpies a bit of concern. Eventually the magpies chased it off but I was too far away to confirm what I was seeing let alone photograph it. Still, it was nice to be out in Namadji National Park taking pictures, which I hope are still worthwhile.
I saw several groups of Striated Thornbills who made it very hard to take their picture. I generally heard the group first in the canopy before they flew to a shrub and then to the grass before moving back to shrubs and back to trees. They were very cautious, never letting me get too close. I was only able to focus with the camera on one individual bird due to the light and their rapid changing of location. Below are a series of shots of the one bird I was able to clearly shoot.
An Australian Raven flying high over the open ground
A Red-necked Wallaby posing nicely; if I cannot photograph birds, I am happy with mammals