Not being a beach person—I get sun-burned travelling on an outer deck of a Scottish ferry in winter—-it was fascinating seeing so many beach birds without getting sand between my toes.
For it is in the caravan park we were visited by a couple of friendly locals (of the feathered variety).
Reluctantly we left Carnarvon and all the good ole folk just before 10 and pulled into Coral Bay around 12.30 in time for lunch.
On the journey up we saw 3 kangaroos, but they high-tailed it in the other direction upon seeing us approach; but not so what appeared to be a murder of crows, or worse, a wombat straight ahead in the middle of the road.
Slowed down to a halt and saw a magnificently proud wedgetail eagle lunching on a bit of road kill.
What a tremendous sight!
Thankfully the eagle decided he might become prey to a few tonnes of shiny metal and wedge-tailed it to a nearby dead tree stump. Sadly we were unable to get the camera out in time, so the usual pinched web pic adequately illustrates my yarn.
The other feathered friends at our caravan pitch I’ve identified as crested pigeons and a few noisy miner birds (Aussie native variety). Identification and pictures all courtesy of Mr Google Images.
Tomorrow we head toward Tom Price for a few days and the Karinjini National Park
P.S. I did actually stroll along the beach and check out the other bird life
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