Child that I am I am a twitcher (or in American a lister). The big list is my Australia list. New ticks are a rare event. Next is my state list. Since I share my time between Western Australia and Victoria I double my chances. Even so new ticks are a rare event. So shire lists then. Make that Moyne in Victoria and Broome Shire in WA. But I’ve been doing those for quite a few years now so new ticks are a rare event. A new year starts another list in all of the above and, initially, at least the ticks begin to flow.
On the Australia list I scored an early tick on an urban building site in Melbourne, a probably ship assisted House Crow. Not a lifer, I’ve seen them in Africa and Asia, and more of a weed species than a highlight but a tick is a tick.
Meanwhile, a bird missing from my Moyne year list, which is usually fairly common and I have posted photos of in the past has eluded me until now, drum roll, the Australian Spotted Crake. A bit of a skulker but others have been finding it. I got a fleeting glimpse of a bird in flight about a month ago that might have been … but ethics. At last, in the rain in a grotty, algae covered puddle …
My posting has slowed down. The cardinal rule of holding an audience is to keep talking. My apologies. The problem is that I have run out of space in the media library. The blog is hosted by WordPress and to buy more space would cost me fifty bucks a month. This blog is not monetised. That sort of expenditure is not justifiable. So in order to continue I have to go back and erase previous material. After a bit of a delay that turns up as usable space to insert a photo. Not ideal. I am exploring the alternative ways that my creative career might continue.
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