Why should you carry a camera with you while travelling?Travelling the Calder highway on a regular basis has provided opportunities to observe the changes in nature along the route.
Right now the Grey box trees are flowering in profusion. It makes it quite easy to distinguish a grey box tree from any others. You may also notice the dense creeper known as Snoddy gobble is very green and in several places south of Wedderburn it is stretching from the top of the host tree right down to the ground.
Ever watchful while travelling at a modest speed on an unsealed road, a Bearded Dragon was sighted basking on the road. We were safely able to stop and admire the reptile, and of course take photos out of the car window.
Returning home at 10pm one night a Barn Owl was observed perched on a fence post right beside the track. This beautiful and striking bird was well illuminated by the car headlights and stayed on the post for several minutes to be observed. Attempts to photograph the owl did not prove successful in this case.
Road travel also provides opportunities to observe pest animals such as common Mynahs, and allow these sightings to be reported to agencies that are collecting data on the spread of these birds.
On a recent trip to Swan hill when the weather was hot and dry the challenge of the journey was to count the number of raptors (birds of prey) sighted. There were many perched on power poles which made them easy to spot, but from the moving car, not easy to identify.
Even when you are restricted to observing as a passenger in a moving car, there is always something interesting in the passing environment to take note of, and always have a camera handy just in case!
Wedderburn Conservation Management Network “Observers”
Accompanying Photograph is of the Bearded Dragon, basking on the road.
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