TWITCHING the RIVER to see a RARE BITTERN

In part 2 of our East Gippsland trip, we cross back to Victoria with a bit of a stop in Southern NSW to see two rare Beach Stone-curlews on the Nullica River.
Then it was off to Gipsy Point where Nimal was lucky enough to join in on a boat trip up the Wallagaraugh River to spot a rare Bittern. Well.... the group were keen to see a Black Bittern that had been spotted in the area.... but instead they found another rare Bittern (Australian Little Bittern)!! Very sweet little bird with beautiful colours and a very high pitched squeak!!
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[@user-tv8lx1sl3j]

Well done Guys. Little Bittern video is top shelf. Stills of welcome swallow so crisp. Gold star effort. Steve.

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Thanks! Video was pretty rough as it was hand held & on a moving boat.... but how great was that! 😀 Pretty bird!

[@maxt_birding]

Wow this is awesome! What a cool adventure

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Thanks! 😀 Far East Gippsland is a great place for adventures

[@pseudophotog]

Good to see your pickup some top quality birds on the way home

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Actually this was kind of our official start! (since the previous video was a bit of a fizzer). From this point (and for the other videos) we base ourselves in Mallacoota. Next video is another boat trip for Nimal over to the very remote Howe Flat! That video is going to be a doozy! I'm looking forward to starting that one soon ~ Karen

[@pseudophotog]

Nice work twitching Black-backed heron by boat - as I'm not a great sailor that's my kind of pelagic!@@naturephotographychallenge

[@CowboyJojosAdventures]

Those Curlews are sutch strange, bjt cute looking birds. How great to see a Sea Eagle. Some great birds and wildlife along the river cruise. That Bittern is quite a strange looking bird. Green legged! Well captured Nimal and Karen. Great little adventure. 👍🏼🤠🙏🏼♥

[@naturephotographychallenge]

That Bittern was pretty cool 😃 So glad Nimal saw it. The green legs were amazing. Nature is just fabulous! ~ K

[@pembridgehouse]

I am loving your videos. It was almost as exciting as seeing the birds to see and hear the Twitchographers twitching and twitch offing and intertwitching.New words to learn!

[@naturephotographychallenge]

haha!! Great words! 😀 Twitchographers is a good one!

[@pembridgehouse]

I think other people came up with twitchographer before I did.I am not a twitcher that writes down my list but I keep one in my head. Twitching can be dangerous if you go by Anne Cleeves murder mystery about twitchers in England.@@naturephotographychallenge

[@moonwolf790]

Thanks for the great videos throughout the year. Have a Merry 'Twitching' Xmas.

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Thank you so much for watching them!! 😀 Merry Twitch-mas to you too!

[@spottypiglet]

Great adventure. And a fabulous unexpected find! Twice! I visited that creek near Eden just before but at high tide so missed out on those Beach Sone-curlews. Gripped. 😎

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Thanks! 😀 It was pretty cool to see those Beach Stone-curlews!! Total accident so lucky we stopped there. Shame that you missed them

[@judyblionphotography172]

What an adventure spotting such a rare bird in East Gippy. A few weeks ago a Beach-stone Curlew was actually photographed at Bastion Point Boat Ramp in Mallacoota - however prior to the floods that just went through. I have never seen one and when I was there a couple of weeks back sadly I could not find it, no doubt moved on. Was that a photographic club that was on the boat trip at Gipsy Point ? or just a group of birders lol ? Nimal sure was not ' thrilled ' about the fishing boat coming between them and the bird ... thank goodness it was not spooked away. Looking forward to part 2.

[@naturephotographychallenge]

We hoped that we would see a Beach Stone-curlew in Victoria... but oh well. Great to know they did jump the border for a little while 😀 The group on the boat trip were all the birders who were booked on the cancelled Eden pelagic. Everyone stayed around Mallacoota after travelling down from Eden. It was a great opportunity to group together & go birding (the next episode will be another boat trip organised by the same group of people to Howe Flat to find the rare Eastern Bristlebird).

[@flyingparrotphotography]

There's a Beach Stone-curlew at Merimbula Lake too. Park at Spencer Park and walk towards Bar Beach on low tide 👍

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Thanks! Next time we're there, I hope we get to see him 😀

[@flyingparrotphotography]

@@naturephotographychallenge and one in Tathra too, near the Mogareeka mouth entrance up the end of Tathra Beach

[@christieschmid6631]

Can you provide a link please for more information on the cruise company?

[@naturephotographychallenge]

Dale is the guy who runs the cruises. 😀 If you look up www.mallacootacruises.com there's heaps of information on there & a contact number for Dale. He's a very friendly guy and happy to accommodate whatever cruise or trip you'd like to organise.