John

Activity 1 - I've chosen a couple of birds local to home in Melbourne - the Little Raven and Noisy Miner. The latter being a much small bird with yellow beak and legs, with black head apart from white forehead. Rest of bird is grey with white belly. The Little Raven is totally black apart from a white eye (adult). A little smaller than the Australian Raven - but less common in Melbourne. Activity 2 - White-plumed Honeyeater (white cheek plume), the Magpie Lark (black and white smallish bird with male and female identifiable by different patterns) and the White-winged - Chough (a black bird with a red eye, and a circular white patch on wings visible in flight) Activity 3 - Australian Magpie - spends a lot of time on the ground looking for insects, bugs under grass or just below the surface, Red Wattlebird - feeds on nectar from flowers, Welcome swallow - low level erratic flight after insec ts Activity 4 - Brahminy Kite -  a medium sized bird of prey, white head, neck and breast with upper body and wings a reddish brown, black tipped wings. Coastal areas especially in northern Australia. Tends to scavenge on beaches after fish, reptiles, crustaceans. Slow soaring flight.