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Rankins Springs is holding their annual Birds of the Bush festival next weekend. This delightful little community is situated in the mid-western area of New South Wales.

Rankins Springs is approximately 574 km from Sydney, 353 km from Canberra, 856 km from Adelaide and 519 km from Melbourne.It is located between West Wyalong and Hay on the Mid Western Highway in the Riverina.

I have driven through this area quite a number of times, often stopping for a meal or refreshments on our way somewhere else. It is about time I planned to actually stay there for a few days because the birding is very good.

For more information  about this special event click here.

Red Rumped Parrots, Rankins Springs

This photo was taken several years ago when we passed through the town on our way further east. We had lunch in a little park in the main street. Several Red Rumped Parrots were drinking from this pond. They are hard to see because this was before I had my good digital camera with its zoom lens. Click on the image to enlarge.

One morning last week I was travelling on the South Eastern Freeway on my way to university in Adelaide. As I was passing Mt Barker I passed what appeared to be a dead chook on the side of the left hand lane.

I guess it was a foul way for a fowl to leave us. Someone in a nearby house must have missed their egg for breakfast that morning.

Sadly, on the way home on the same day there was a dead kangaroo on the side of the freeway almost opposite where the chicken had died. I suspect that there may be a connection between the two deaths, and foul play may be the culprit. This o-pinion could be me jumping to conclusions, however, for I have been known for my feather-brained thinking on many occasions.

Hi there everyone – I’m still here, even if I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been very busy with my studies at university, then I was away for a few days and most frustrating of all – I’ve had massive computer problems over recent weeks. I hope to get this all sorted out in the next few days and then get back to posting a few bird observations before getting back into the studies again for semester 2.