Daybreak on the first morning….

when the light was soft and warm…

pacific swallows greeted us in the dim dawn light

and one of the first birds I saw outside the resort was this magnificent Osprey perched nearby

he was bathed in the warm morning sunshine

And this was one of the most common birds seen in this week…the New Holland Honeyeater

Here, beautifully perched in the morning sun

Australian magpie-lark…beautiful black and white, crow like bird

and as I walked along the beach, there were countless Galahs swooping around making a racket….

magnificently coloured in contrasting grey and red..the Galah

and over the water an Australian pelican flew gracefully

and posed on the water

seagulls on land…

ring necked parrot

ring necked parrot

Red wattlebird

Red Wattlebird posing

Pacific seagull

Silver gull with his breakfast

another view of silver gull

cormorant

another osprey perched on a sailboat’s mast

Dunsborough beach at dawn