Probabilities and Polly
Frances spent the day exploring artistic bits of Adelaide and my objective was birding around St Kilda (SA version, not Moorabbin Oval or the Espy). We parted company after a visit to the Central Market and I took advice from Polly about the best route to St Kilda. This started with a leg along Glover Avenue through the West Parklands to South Road. That soon became the M2 (memories of driving the UK M2 to University) and speed up to 80 kph. For some reason at one point the limit dropped to 40 kph - wtf? no congestion/accident/ roadworks - and then when it got to Grand Junction Road up to 110 kph all the way to St Kilda Rd. Woo Hoo: this probably reduced the time for the trip by 20 minutes or more! My target birds for the visit were Banded Stilt, Red-necked Avocet and White-winged Fairywren (WWF). The first two were absent - probably gone to the salt lakes up North. The third was tricky as I found some wrens (at point 1 in the image below)...