On a day trip with a few birder friends, we explored Eynesbury Forest in the western plains about half an hour from Melbourne. Eynesbury is a growing commuter suburb established in a rural setting with a 288 hectare Grey Box Forest. It has a good variety of birds and animals and has an open under-story with good foliage for the smaller birds. I have always enjoyed walking in the area. On this particular trip we found large groups of cockatoos and parrots. I found the group below feeding on salt bush seeds. Later we explored the old colonial homestead grounds and found the barbed wire Emu.
Sulphur Crested Cockatoos feeding on seeds, Eynesbury Forest
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Eynesbury Forest, Victoria
Barbed Wire Emu, Eynesbury Homestead, Victoria, 20 Feb 2016
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