The purpose of my visit here this morning was looking for Penduline Tit. I was hearing their high-pitched call but couldn't see any movement in the reeds at all. Instead I found them searching out insects in nearby olive trees, which made them hard to see and impossible to get the clear shots I hoped for. It was good to see them and I watched them intermittently, as they seemed to go on a feeding circuit returning every ten minutes or so. Cormorants arrived on one lagoon, I estimated no less than 80 birds, all diving and finding many fish. In the reeds along this lagoon, I found one of the introduced species - a female Black-headed Weaver. Waxbills are numerous around here, in noisy flocks moving from bush to bush and feeding on the ground at times. Many birds were on this site this morning, particularly wintering Chiffchaffs, Song Thrushes, Corn Buntings and Meadow Pipits in large numbers. Two Marsh Harriers and two Booted Eagles were the only raptors seen. The light form Booted Eagle was performing a spectacular display flight and calling constantly. A Water Rail was also seen with two Purple Gallinule.
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